Anyone using one of these for home recording?

[chet again]

I'm interested in this recorder:

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/tascam-dp-006-digital-6-track-pocketstudio

 

[kbold]

Tascam make good gear.
I have it's bigger brother, the DP-008.
With inbuilt mic's and battery power, you can record an idea or phrase anywhere.
I'm not a fan of the onboard editing features. If I want to edit I'll transfer it to my computer and use Audacity.
The DP-008 has 2 inputs and 8 separate recording channels per song.
The DP-006 has 2 inputs and 4 input channels (2 of them stereo) - (thats what it looks like). If this is all you need, it should be fine.
If you run out of channels, you can master the tracks onto one channel, to free up channels.

Plugging in or with an external mic' you get good sounds. The onboard mic's are acceptable for recording ideas. Usually I'll start by laying down a rhythm track, then record into it with the onboard mic's. This gives me a reference to record (voice guitar, bass, etc) using the external input sockets.

Like anything like this, there is a learning curve, but the basics are intuitive and easily grasped.

 

[Mad Kiwi]

I have the DP004 and now the DP32SD, after years of trying I have given up with DAWS and gone to the D32 for recording tracks and basic mixdown.

Quite limited (in a good way) with great sound quality.

For me the limitations of the gear mean WAY more productivity.

 

[dobrojoe]

The preamps in Tascams are noisy. I have a DR-40 and a Zoom H5. There is no comparison, the Zoom is much better.

 

[magicfingers99]

I'm interested in this recorder:

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/tascam-dp-006-digital-6-track-pocketstudio

it looks like it hasn't been released yet. ship date is june.

if you can use something slightly bigger the zoom r8 is a very good unit and has sliding faders instead of knobs, which allows you to adjust two signal (2 faders) with one finger, allowing you to leave your hand on the guitare neck while adusting the faders with your picking hand.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/R8zoom--zoom-r8-8-track-sd-recorder-interface-sampler


the r8 has a drum machine, can replay samples and has built in effects, as well as some mastering presets to make it easier to mix down your tracks.

another alternative though a bit more expensive is the Boss BR-80
(micro br-80) or the micro -br.


br-80

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W8ZN7Q/?tag=tdpri-20


the micro-br though discontinued can be found pretty easy on ebay etc.

the micro br:

https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/boss-micro-br

all 3 of these units run on batteries or usb charger, and can be used as usb interface for recording on pc.

I've used all 3, prefer the zoom r8 for day to day. the other 2 boss units are small enough to fit in a guitar case compartment with plenty of room. they are slightly larger than a cassette tape case.

 

[chet again]

I like that R8 recorder.

I had a Boss recorder that was made about ten years ago but it was stolen. I didn't really use it anyway because it was too complicated. I've always wanted a recorder with drum backing track capability so this may be the one I go with. I have an upstairs room I want to use to record for the fun of it.

 

[Mad Kiwi]

The preamps in Tascams are noisy. I have a DR-40 and a Zoom H5. There is no comparison, the Zoom is much better.

Aren't you talking about a completely different product category?

I have had both Zoom and Tascam multi track recording units and both (size for size) were very similar from my experience.

I lOVE the DP32sd.

Also recommend the slider units from Zoom or Tascam than the knob ones.

 

[FendrGuitPlayr]

I use software now but still have a Boss BR 864 that works. The COSM patches sound amazing!

 

[SolidSteak]

I have a DP-004 and a DP-008. I tend to take the 008 with me on trips more often as it has twice as many tracks for overdubs and such.

A key requirement for me is having an easy way to transfer the recorded .wav files to a PC for mixing. Some portables are better at that than others... some need to connect via USB as an external device, some you have to export each project or track to a USB (time consuming) and others you can just pull an SD card out and pop it right in a computer and it reads the whole directory.

 

[24 track]

i visited a pawn shop and found this for about 300.00 and it came with 2 plug in cards and a 12 gig HD ( now replaced with a 60 gig IDE, I bought 8 of them ) plus I got the firewire card for it as well, easy to use and navagate around

this card came with it

so did this one

and I got thie fire wire card too

 

[chet again]

What's the name of it?

 

[chet again]

Is it possible to connect speakers to the recorder and run a drum track so you can play along to it? Or do you have to listen through headphones and record that way?

 

[Random1643]

I have that exact recorder. Tascam DP-006. Works great, easy. I use with headphones; no interest in drum tracks.

 

[24 track]

What's the name of it?

Yamaha AW4416 really nice unit

 

[24 track]

Is it possible to connect speakers to the recorder and run a drum track so you can play along to it? Or do you have to listen through headphones and record that way?

if you record drum tracks and play them back , you would be fine and when you are ready record your other parts , now if you use live mics to record, then use headphones
but if you are recording direct , monitors would be fine
you can assign any of the outs to what ever you need , there are 2 main outs , 4 aux outs , 2 spdif, and with the one card 8 channels of adat (lightpipe), plus 2 headphone jacks, it can record 16 tracks at once for a total of 32 tracks , plus you can , record , mix ,master, and burn to cd from this unit, the sound quality is very good , not the best, I use this for a live recoring then can dump the tracks in to logic to add more tracks or to doctor them up , really versitile machine, this is the precurser to the Yamaha 01,02 units

 

[teleman1]

I have a mint Yamaha aw1600, I never used it. I need to sell or trade it, but it is worth 1/4 what I bought it for. Do people still buy these?

 

[24 track]

I have a mint Yamaha aw1600, I never used it. I need to sell or trade it, but it is worth 1/4 what I bought it for. Do people still buy these?

I never owned one of those, but it would do the trick though, I really like mine

 

[Obsessed]

I cut my recording chops on the DP-004. It's nice, but if you are going to do it, skip the 006 and go to the 008, just because of the lit backscreen. You will learn a lot from these machines and to me it would of been more difficult to jump into a DAW without this experience. FWIW

 

[GoldieLocks]

I'm still using my Boss/Roland BR 1600. (rather similar to most of those units). I enjoy it - but it has huge limitations. Great teaching tool. Read those manuals...

 

[T Prior]

The DP series are excellent, I bought my daughter a DP008. The only drawback is converting files from the Tascam proprietary format to MP3 or Wav . Its an extra step. Not a big deal.

enjoy , good luck ! They do what they are supposed to do very well.