Topic: Tascam DR-60D - 4 Channel recorder

[adrianf74]

thanks Ted I do need to get one...did you grab one for yours?  I like mine a lot...its my new go-to for 4 channel for sure

I think it was a steal for the price (US$185) plus the free copy of Plural Eyes.   I haven't had a chance to try mine out (hoping to next month) but it'll be nice to have the option of either 2-channel (M10) or 4-channel (60D) or 6-channel (with clock resync) using both decks.   Really was a no-brainer for the price and any decent USB battery is a god-send with this device.   Definitely money well-spent but I'm wondering about what Busman has to say about the "improvements" with the mods because it's still pretty quiet for what it is.

[obaaron]

Just ordered the RAV battery pack!  Will be running the unit again this Thursday for Lettuce at the Belly Up 4 channel.  Cant believe I was able to unload my H4N for $180 and grab this for $5 more same day....what an upgrade!

[tedyun]

Good job! I bought an Anker 15000 a couple months ago to run my preamp and recorder from the dual USB sockets. My old Tekkeons are becoming unreliable -- I don't know if you remember at the NMAS show, I was having some problems with the batteries that night.

I think price for capacity, the RAV works out to be a better deal. It should power the 60D for as long as you need!

My first use of the 60D in the field might be on Wed -- my daughter and her friend are performing a duet at our elementary school! It's just a 2 min song, but it's the first time she's performing a whole song singing and playing the guitar in front of people! I need to not screw this up, so I might just go with my trusted 661.

Just ordered the RAV battery pack!  Will be running the unit again this Thursday for Lettuce at the Belly Up 4 channel.  Cant believe I was able to unload my H4N for $180 and grab this for $5 more same day....what an upgrade!

[Carlos E. Martinez]

My old Tekkeons are becoming unreliable -- I don't know if you remember at the NMAS show, I was having some problems with the batteries that night.

How did the Tekkeons become unreliable?

[tedyun]

I think just age. A few of them don't seem like they hold a charge. They will power to about halfway, then the battery shuts off. I'm afraid to use them on anything that doesn't have internal batteries to backup. I have a couple of the 3750s that are doing OK though.

My old Tekkeons are becoming unreliable -- I don't know if you remember at the NMAS show, I was having some problems with the batteries that night.

How did the Tekkeons become unreliable?

[hoppedup]

Looks like there are quite a few sets on LMA recorded with the DR-60D: https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22Tascam%20DR60-D%22%20AND%20collection%3Aetree

[shayok]

I ran a test to see how long the Eneloop 1900 mAh batteries last with an ME-66 drawing phantom power from the Tascam DR-60D. I get a respectable 3 hours 45 mins roughly. However, the problem is with the battery indicator. For more than half the time, I'm running on 1 (out of 3) on the battery scale. From the time this 1 changes to a blinking battery sign to it saying BATTERY LOW (at which point recording stops) is barely a couple of seconds. (I had a video camera aimed at the Tascam display to record all this.) So the battery indicator is essentially useless. My battery type is set to Ni-MH.

Anyone else see this issue?

[hoppedup]

I used alkalines for my first recording and switched to Ni-mh for the second. Both times the battery meter went to one bar really quickly. I changed batteries at set break each time. I switched to an external USB power supply for my last recording. I will only use AAs as a backup from now on.

[willndmb]

I ran a test to see how long the Eneloop 1900 mAh batteries last with an ME-66 drawing phantom power from the Tascam DR-60D. I get a respectable 3 hours 45 mins roughly. However, the problem is with the battery indicator. For more than half the time, I'm running on 1 (out of 3) on the battery scale. From the time this 1 changes to a blinking battery sign to it saying BATTERY LOW (at which point recording stops) is barely a couple of seconds. (I had a video camera aimed at the Tascam display to record all this.) So the battery indicator is essentially useless. My battery type is set to Ni-MH.

Anyone else see this issue?

exactly what the manual days for 16/44

[shayok]

exactly what the manual days for 16/44

days -> says ?
16/44 -> ?

[shayok]

Lightbulb goes off! 16 bits 44.1 kHz? If so, my issue was how useful the battery indicator is, not how long the battery lasts. Not that it matters, but I was using 24/48.

In any case, I called Tascam and they said this is what to expect from NiMH. Or else use "high quality alkalines"

[Carlos E. Martinez]

We can't forget alkalines are 1.5v each, and NimHs are 1.2v each, or multiple of them.

[shayok]

Well that's why they have a menu setting for us to tell the recorder which we are using. The Tascam DR-60D seems much worse than my Zoom H4n in this regard. I would think it's a simple matter of tweaking a few numbers in the software. Or maybe it's not so simple if different NiMH behave differently, at different points of time in their life.

[gatorglenn]

I am trying to figure out what size pelican case this will fit into. I cannot find the dimensions in inches anywhere. Can someone tell me the dimensions and if you already know, what size Pelican case it will fit into?

Thanks,
Glenn

[willndmb]

I am trying to figure out what size pelican case this will fit into. I cannot find the dimensions in inches anywhere. Can someone tell me the dimensions and if you already know, what size Pelican case it will fit into?

Thanks,
Glenn

5.24x3.67x3.07

Don't forget there is a firmware update too guys
http://tascam.com/product/dr-60d/downloads/