Topic: Tascam DR-70D 4-channel audio recorder (Part 2)

[PH]

I just picked up one of these at that $199 price, plus it comes with Sound Forge, an 8GB SD card and free shipping. Insane price. What batteries and cards are y'all using successfully with these? Pumped. I still have my R-44, any thoughts on how the internal preamps compare?

[rockymtnryan]

Wow, that's a killer deal. I picked up a couple Ravpower 10400 mAh 5V batts. Ran one for NMO on Friday. Had it on for maybe 4 hrs and I think I still had 3 lights on.

[yug du nord]

where does the promo code come from??  email list??

[Rally_AK]

I just picked up one of these at that $199 price, plus it comes with Sound Forge, an 8GB SD card and free shipping. Insane price. What batteries and cards are y'all using successfully with these? Pumped. I still have my R-44, any thoughts on how the internal preamps compare?

Good score!... Check the FAQ thread for recommendations. 

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=172550.0

[PH]

^^thanks! I just picked up a PNY 128gig card and a pair of the USB batteries. pretty nifty little setup.
Trying to get smaller for Jazzfest

[stevetoney]

Aaaaannnd, casually strolling onto this thread just cost me $199. 

[2manyrocks]

Gasp...

You picked the right time to stroll in.

[Colin Liston]

Aaaaannnd, casually strolling onto this thread just cost me $199. 

Ditto

[vanark]

Almost cost me $199. I have held off, saying my 60D does just fine... Hmmm... phantom power on two more channels.

[stevetoney]

Damn it, I couldn't resist!!  I'm in as well thanks for the link

Yes, I forgot to thank those involved for sharing this link.  B&H must be wondering where all of these people are coming from.

[jbell]

I posted it in the retail section to give it more exposure! 

[willndmb]

Almost cost me $199. I have held off, saying my 60D does just fine... Hmmm... phantom power on two more channels.

same
Almost jumped but do t need it and have no need for the extra xlr at this point

[voltronic]

Damn it, I couldn't resist!!  I'm in as well thanks for the link

Yes, I forgot to thank those involved for sharing this link.  B&H must be wondering where all of these people are coming from.

I think TS members deserve some free swag or something for the all the business they get from here... Although we are probably insignificant dollar-wise compared to their big customers.  Just wishful thinking.

And that link almost cost me $199, and I already own one!  I had a second on trying to rationalize that now I'm committing to 4 channel recording that I should have a backup unit...

[stevetoney]

Damn it, I couldn't resist!!  I'm in as well thanks for the link

Yes, I forgot to thank those involved for sharing this link.  B&H must be wondering where all of these people are coming from.

I think TS members deserve some free swag or something for the all the business they get from here... Although we are probably insignificant dollar-wise compared to their big customers.  Just wishful thinking.

And that link almost cost me $199, and I already own one!  I had a second on trying to rationalize that now I'm committing to 4 channel recording that I should have a backup unit...

Not to weaken your resolve, but having multiple recorders, especially at this price being discussed is (ahem sorry for the pun) priceless when the need arises.  This will be my sixth, which is ridiculous, but I rationalized the purchase because none of my others are 4 channel and I'm going to sell the D50 for a little more than I bought this for.

[Life In Rewind]

Maybe I am just getting old, but I would love a firmware yograde to allow us to make numerical gain numbers larger so I can see them easier...and maybe make that triangle indicator at -12dB instead of -16db. Prolly just nitpicking now though.

There's probably a limit to what they can do with such a low-resolution screen, and it's likely we'll never get per-channel numerical gain all on one screen.  But I think they could definitely make the one peak level indicator larger.

What I really want to see is that when you move a gain knob, a large readout of the gain setting pops up sort of like on the newer SD 6xx series recorders.  I feel like this is especially important with knobs that are this small, have no indicator marks, and are just digital encoders anyway.

I'd love to see a solo feature. Like put it in Hold
..and hit the 1234 buttons to solo a channel. Solo mode should show numeric levels... And more details