🎙️ TASCAM DR-05 Portable Digital Recorder (Version 2): Unleashing Enhanced Recording Capabilities Review

This is a great little recorder and I've been using it extensively over the last few months to do both ambient recording/sampling and a dedicated recorder for my ham radio station. Now the thing is that it is intended for recording my radio hobby because I prefer to keep it plugged in via the USB port that it offers. HOWEVER, and this is a BIG CAUTION - this recorder is very noisy and picks up a lot of junk when recording on USB power, including increased hiss and audible clicks/pops! in and…

Update: After about a year and a half this device no longer supports batteries (claims all new ones are dead) and no longer boots with SD card inserted - needs to be removed. and then paste it without card after loading. (You'll also need to use a DC power supply.) Who knows what he'll do next. 2 stars deducted for lack of durability. I use this product to record our growing music group so we can see where we need to improve and to record other local bands live. I like the fact that you can…

My dad is an avid guitar player and he finds it very difficult to buy gifts as he seems to have almost everything already. I don't know enough about his gear preferences to safely buy him a new amp/speakers/etc. to buy. equipment, but I knew he didn't have a quality audio recorder. After doing a little research on the best recorders in my price range (under $200), I settled on this one. My father says he loves. He uses it to record his game and then plays the sound to improve his technique. He…

My daughter needed a digital tape recorder for a Manhattan class on How to Succeed on Broadway. She was advised to have a recording device for certain sessions. It had to be sensitive enough for their sessions, and ease of use was a must. I shipped it with heavy duty AAA alkaline batteries. I also bought extra memory cards for backup purposes. There are several levels of recording quality, the highest level takes up the most storage space. Since the goal was to record specific sessions, I set…

I bought the TASCAM DR-05 because I wanted something smaller than my DR-100 MKII for traveling and around town shooting. My DR-05 was marked "Enhanced Performance Version 2" on the box and came with a 4GB microSD card and USB cable. sync with DSLR rails) and a few more firmware tweaks related to the auto capture modes. This is a bare bones package with no case, handle or windscreen (dead kitty). -40: Dark gray plastic, raised buttons and pumpkin orange monochrome LCD. The small LCD is based on…