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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: justme on April 08, 2026, 02:57:32 PM
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The DR-40XP is your go-to 4-track field recorder – built for musicians, videographers and anyone who wants to capture brilliant audio on the move with total reliability. It combines adjustable stereo microphones with low-noise HDDA mic preamps, plus XLR/TRS inputs with phantom power, so you’re ready for almost any recording setup.
With 32-bit float recording at sampling rates up to 96 kHz, you get clean, distortion-free audio even in challenging environments. Add in long battery life and a USB-C audio interface option, and it’s a solid choice for both recording in the field and working in the studio.
https://www.tascam.eu/en/dr-40xp
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Tascam do not seem to be claiming dual ADCs for this device. Other than that, it seems to have some interesting features and the self noise is respectable at -126dBA.
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Note that this unit uses the same HDDA preamps found on their cheaper units going back the DR-60D and DR-70D, not their best Ultra HDDA preamps you find in the FR-AV2, FR-AV4, and their more expensive mixers, interfaces, and field recorders.
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FWIW, the portacapture units use the same HDDA preamps:
https://tascam.com/us/category/hdda
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Tascam do not seem to be claiming dual ADCs for this device. Other than that, it seems to have some interesting features and the self noise is respectable at -126dBA.
Without dual ADC, the next interesting question would be if gain control is working in the analog domain or if it's fixed analog gain + post-ADC digital gain, as we see in many 32bfp recorders these days...