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Everyday Tracks: Tracking with the TASCAM Portacapture X8

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I took a break last week so I could produce this special episode.

I've used the TASCAM DR-07 for many years to record podcasts and other things, but it was aging and not very gracefully.  I had been holding it together for years.  It's time to something else.

In this episode:

  • Vintage radio promos and announcer lines
  • The history of the TASCAM DR-07 and what happened to it
  • It's not as portable as the DR-07, so recording with it and using other microphone isn't easy
    • It's more difficult when the wires and cable I'm using to record this are too long to use while mobile
  • Using a Rode NTG-1 shotgun microphone and Electrovoice RE-20 microphone with this podcast
  • Sample rate and bit depth features
  • Inputs and simultaneous recording channels (where the other 2 channels)
    • Included mics (2 channels, one for each), 4 balanced audio using combo XLR or TRS (using one each), Line-in (one for left and one for right) and USB (2 channels).
  • Features of the X8
  • Portacapture X8 launcher and its apps
  • Responsive touchscreen
  • FCC's announcement for mobile carrier's not receiving customers opt-in to share location data
  • Portacapture X8 has a limiter, compressor and EQ setting for each channel or tied together for stereo audio
  • Two channels are mixdown and used for only two of the included apps
  • Included mics can be arranged for A/B or X-Y recording

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    Everyday TracksBy Philip Walker