Stereo Recorders

The ultra portable DP-008 offers eight-track recording and is small enough to be tucked into a guitar case or cargo pocket. Just don't put it in your center pocket.  

Everyone knows that Summer NAMM is the smaller of the two NAMM shows. . . so it only makes sense that Sony used SUmmer NAMM to introduce it's smallest PCM recorder ever, the Sony PCM M10. This little guy is priced to dominate the "prosumer" market, and sacrifices very little of the functionality from the PCM D50.  

Creation of future-proof audio recording and archiving has been made accessible and affordable to the public via Korg's MR Series of recorders. With new file editing tools and multiple-format import and export capabilities, Korg AudioGate Version 2.0 now makes audio archiving and recording even more accessible (and still exactly as affordable).  

Jitter is one heck of an annoyance that despite audio clarity, it is so noticeable that it's very disturbing with very clear clicks far worse than that in vinyl. With TASCAM CD-200, your CD can possibly have the fluidity of your grandfather's turntable you've always envied.  

Sure digital audio is convenient, crystal clear and robust, but sometimes you just need to record to magnetic tape cassette, and there's no better solution for that than the new Tascam 202 MKV rack-mount cassette recorder. When are those times? Beats me.  

Tucson's Skincage records all manner of sound, from music to ambient, and he's used all manner of devices, all constructed from skin. AH HA HA JUST KIDDING. Zoom's portable H2 has Skincage's life much simpler, and he can tell you exactly why.  

You may only need one bit to record better-than-DVD-audio quality fidelity, but sometimes you need more than two tracks for a recording session. That's why the new version 1.5 OS update for the Korg MR-2000S recorder features a smart multi-sync mode, as well as number of other handy new features.  

The TASCAM BB-1000CD never met a bit of audio it couldn't consume, process and regurgitate as another piece of audio. With SD, CD, XLR and other acronyms standard on the BB-1000CD, we asked TASCAM's Winter NAMM 2009 rep to help us sort it all out.  

The Korg MR-2000S DSD Recorder impressed users so much that they wanted more . . . more tracks, that is! Korg responds at Winter NAMM 2009 with the promise of an OS upgrade that will allow you to process eight tracks at once instead of two -- problem is, you'll just need four MR-2000S recorders.  

Here's the exciting finale of the Tascam DR-1; like Klark Kent becoming Superman, Owen O'Malley has gotten the specs out of the way, and is now set to put the DR-1 through your basic "trial-by-Radiohead-cover."  

There sure are quite a few digital field recorders out there nowadays, with more hitting the market every quarter. Here to help you sort through them all is your field recorder field guide Owen O'Malley; this time around he's taking a look at the Tascam DR-1.  

The new Yamaha Pocketrak CX helps cut down on battery waste with an ultra-efficient "Eneloop" rechargeable energy cell, which provides up to 20 hours of linear PCM recording, or 50 hours of MP3 recording. Another environmentally friendly feature: it only records %80 post-consumer recycled song ideas.  

One of the many new features of the new MR-2000S DSD Recorder is the ability to link four of them via S/PDIF, which reminds me of a mnemonic device you can use when you're thirsty:

S/PDIF it tastes like poison. Drink if it doesn't.

 

Korg has introduced a new flagship product in the field of single-bit digital recording. The MR-2000S is a rackmountable recorder that takes the torch from 2006's MR-1000, which is awfully tired after running for two years.  

The Universal Audio LA-610 channel strip is, in layman's terms, a magic box that will make whatever you plug into it sound better. Owen O'Malley and his sweet lightning bolt guitar strap test the merits of this preamp / leveling amp.  

We get an up-close look at the new Alesis ProTrack at Summer NAMM in Nashville. The nifty little unit turns any iPod into a stereo field recorder.  

A Tascam DR1 by itself is a useful and refined field recorder that already offers built-in stereo micing with adjustable sensitivity, but adding a TM-ST1 adds even more flexibility and fidelity, including the ability to narrow or widen the stereo field image.  

The new Alesis ProTrack is like a power suit for your iPod that turns it into a mighty force for the preservation of democratic principles and free society. And a field recorder. OK, it just turns it into a field recorder.  

Jaimie Branch is cutting -- literally -- two new records with the experimental Chicago outfit Musket, and she spoke with GW about the joy of pressing a master without any ones and / or zeros.  

Sanford Parker of Semaphore Studio talks a bit about recording with Steve Albini and how the famed producer engineer influenced his (Sanford's) decision to outfit his studio with a Neotek Series 3 mixing console. Plus: Spirograph psychedelia.  

So many things get better with age -- cheese, wine, George Clooney -- but did that Ibanez Blazer Bass really attain some magical quality once it hit the two-decade mark? Crosstalk discusses the liberal use of the "vintage" tag and its implications.  

Marantz releases the PMD580, the latest addition to their PMD line. Its a solid state recorder that boasts one huge new function -- networking ability. In an online, networking, MySpace obsessed world, this ability is now almost integral for survival.  

Marantz has announced the PMD620, a compact field recorder with many capabilities intent on toppling some of its SD competitors like the ever popular Zoom H4 and the Edirol R09. Sizing in at a new minimum for Marantz,...  

From the floor of the 122nd AES Convention in Vienna, Austria John McCubbery shows us the Korg MR-1 and MR-1000. Both of these recorders run in stereo and use DSD 1-bit recording.

DSD is unique because instead of...  

The Edirol R-09 is getting a facelift. Well, at least the popular portable field recorder will come in some new colors. Also, a new line of accesories will be available for the R-09. A custom carrying sleeve and headphone...  

Today I was contemplating my ancient Tascam 4-track cassette recorder, wondering what the hell I was still doing with it taking up space in the closet. On a whim I did a keyword search on the phrase cassette multitrack, and...  

M-Audio's Microtrack gets an up close look in our demo video. This pocket-sized beauty is built for a variety of applications, including scratch recording, sampling or sample transfers, even doing musician interviews or recording...  

The Sound Devices 744t portable hard disk recorder has a new 2.0 firmware update that lets it record to an external firewire hard drive or DVD RAM. The new firmware also lets you use an external keyboard with the recorder....  

Fostex gives an advance look at the FR2LE, a digital field recorder which can work as a live sound recorder from a sound board out, a scratch recorder for a rehearsal (it has two built-in mics) or a wild sound recorder...  

Edirol's Michael Barrett offers yet more proof that the bad old days of DAT are gone forever. Check out the impressive feature list of this iPod-sized device in Gearwire's very own Edirol R-09 video from Winter NAMM 2006. ...