TASCAM DR-40x Full Tutorial | The Nest
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- The Nest's field recorders can be a bit of a beast. In this video I break down in depth how they can be conquered! If you find yourself with a passion for audio and desire to understand many technical inner workings, this is the video for you! If you only want to know how to turn this thing on and record, nothing else... this is might not be the video for you. Consider this a condensed user manual, presented in a far more interesting manor by a far more interested person!
Here is a greatly shortened video on how to use the fundamentals of this device:
• Field Recorder Quick G...
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0:00 Intro
0:59 What's In Store
1:30 Plug n' Play
2:16 Physical Features / Buttons
8:37 Functions (Options + Settings)
9:07 Recording Modes
11:37 Menus
12:04 Recording settings
12:51 Playback settings
13:08 IO Settings
14:10 Further Menus
15:01 Conclusion
15:35 Common Mistakes
17:11 Conclusion II
18:03 MONO vs STEREO
*Note
Wind Protection:
When using the field recorders outside, or just when moving them around in your hand, you'll likely encounter problems with wind. This can be fixed with a dedicated windscreen, though at the moment we don't have any on hand. Windscreens and pop filters can be improvised using spare cloth and material.
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Phantom Power
Giving phantom power to most microphones that don't require it will not be an issue or damage the microphone at all. HOWEVER when given to specific kinds of microphones, like ribbon mics, the damage can be irreversible. Its a good habit to get into knowing wether or not what you are using needs phantom power. Additionally it is a very expensive, painful, mistake to make.
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MS Decoding
• Mid-Side Stereo Techni...
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Thank you for watching, reading, and listening. Hope I see you in the other tutorials.
Sam
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dude... I just purchased this device to use for capturing ambient noise / percussion sounds to use in my music.. there were no good tutorials on best practices or how to set it up. I went into this video thinking here we go... a student project that will be amateur and low effort.. boy how WRONG I was. This is 100% the best video made for the DR40X out there. Super well scripted, edited professionally, exactly what a new user needs. I am beyond impressed and look forward to future videos. Cheers from Canada!
man i know you said this tutorial might not be the best for the general public but this was literally the most helpful video i've seen so far that also didn't feel like a complete bore to watch lol. thanks so much for this!
This tutorial was so well done! I was entertained while learning how to use the device. I'm a 58-year-old woman who is starting a podcast and needed to know how to get going without a lot technical lingo. So thanks!
That’s great news am happy for you. I have the Tascam Dr 07 mk II and it’s remarkable. It doesn’t use XLR the big cable at the base . But still an incredible sound audio recorder . The reviews ive read about this X40 are brilliant. Good luck. When your PC is ready please say. I’d love to listen
Great video. Thank you. I bought the DR-40X and very rarely use it. The reason to buy it was to spread the built-in mics, put it on a table in the centre of my music room, and face it towards my hifi speakers. This way, I assume it will record audio the way my speakers actually sound in person. I could take a line level out of my hifi system and directly plug it into the DR-40X but that would just give me a hi-res audio file on the SD card, right?. In order to share files with friends and family with music the way I hear it in my room, what best way would you suggest? I have 4 different pairs of speakers, and I want to share how they all differently sound while playing the same music from the same source. Your thoughts on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
This was a great video!! Great tutorial thanks👍👍
Considering one for recording my bass practice. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the clear and entertaining explanation!
Brilliantly explained 👍
This was sooooo helpful. Thank you. I have one question iI bet you can answer. How does one label the recorded files? I see the choice to enter a date or word but can't figure out HOW to type that in?? Thx in advance!
I'm happy you found the video helpful! Files on the field recorder can't be named individually from within the device, however you can set a prefix word to go in front of all files whenever you record. When opening the menu you can navigate to "OTHERS" and then to "FILE NAME." The "TYPE" setting dictates whether you want each file to have its date on it or be labeled with your set prefix word. Once TYPE is set to word you can move down to the "WORD" setting and individually set your letters. Hope that helps!
Can you plug that XLR cable straight into the Tascam direct from Mic? And record sound voice etc. thanks I throughly enjoyed your video review the best so far
Glad to hear the video was helpful! The Tascam does work plugged directly into a mic with an XLR cable. This video was recorded plugged into a Shure SM58 and its been my go to setup for all tutorials on this channel. The internal microphones are great, though the ability to use microphones on the go without an interface is priceless to me :)