TASCAM DR-100: Multi Mics & More
There are, amid us, numerous reporters, turf recordists and crazy stunt interns who still today reject to part with their desired field gaining recorder, be it a typical Marantz cassette unit, a handheld Sony MiniDisc machine or a well-worn Denon DAT deck.
Whether because of mawkishness, familiarity or just the bite of how much a new unit costs, many these old sloggers plod along yet today.
But contemporary handy solid-state digital recorders have it totally over those previous-generation machines. Full binaural recording, mechanical shock invulnerability and detailed built-in microphones (with the resultant absence of XLR cables) are some of the benefits of contemporary memory card recorders.
Obviously, the crucial benefit of these gadgets is instant unload into a DAW via USB for editing or instantaneous swallow into the station’s audio library.
While those cassette-slingin’ cowpokes of past have to reel their cuts off in real time — and hope the tape doesn’t jam or stretch — presenters who use strategies for instance the TASCAM DR-100 Portable Digital Recorder are already off to the next story.
