Amazing thanks. Looked into cables to connect it into the phone directly and record as an alternative but after looking at how user friendly and versatile the tascam is will probably go with that
Not sure if tascam are the same, but if they use an SD card, buy a bigger one. I always record as WAV, I have space for 40 odd hours with a 32gb micro SD (I think thatās what I got). Might seem excessive but I hit record pretty much every time I stick records on
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Still getting to grips with it but can really recommend the Tascam. Very easy to use and quick to transfer files onto other devices with minimal effort. Great sound quality as well. The only issue is the weird record levels needing to be brought down to zero to avoid distortion. Think someone already mentioned that earlier.
Check in the menu if there is a setting for a db pad for the inputs you are using. On my zoom h5, once the -12db pad is engaged in the menu, i can set input gain/volume at 5 oclock and all is well (or, bit late, but buy a recorder with 32bit float and never have to worry about gain staging again)
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FWIW I have an old Roland R-05 that I bought used years ago. Takes AAA batteries that last for ever, records in MP3 or WAV, decent size file support and cost next to nothing.
Takes line in and connects via USB to my laptop showing up like an external hard drive.
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Was recording something on the Tascam and at about 3 hours 25 mins it reset to zero as if it had started all over again. I kept recording and when finished realised it had automatically split the recording into two tracks. Iāve looked online but canāt figure out why this happened. Am assuming itās to do with file size? Anyone had the same issue?
If the storage format is FAT32 thereās a 4GB file size limit so typically this is dealt with by starting a new file every time this is reached.
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Thanks. Thought it might be something like that. Another question- Have a 128 sd card and bought the same brand but a 256. The 128 works fine but it says the 256 is invalid. Do you know if there is a limit to the size you can use?
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Iām not familiar with this particular unit but checked the manual here, looks like 128GB is the max supported.
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Check to se if a firmware update is available that might just fix that problem, but a lot of these are limited to 128gb.
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I just got one of these second hand for 40 euro and it works like a dream. Itās so straight-forward. Thanks for the suggestion. Yet again, this forum delivers the goods!
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