Tascam DP02-CF Compact Flash Tascam's DP02CF combines 8-track CD-quality recording with a ... more
Portastudio interface designed for musicians who want to record quickly and have fun. A matched pair of Tascam mic pres features XLR inputs with phantom power fo...
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Tascam DP02-CF Compact Flash Tascam's DP02CF combines 8-track CD-quality recording with a ... more
Portastudio interface designed for musicians who want to record quickly and have fun. A matched pair of Tascam mic pres features XLR inputs with phantom power fo...
Postage & Packaging: Free! Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
The TASCAM DP-02CF combines 8-track CD-quality recording with a Portastudio interface - ... more
designed for musicians who want to record quickly and have fun. The Tascam DP-02CF records two channels at a time to an included 1GB compact flash card - with eno...
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Advantages: Good features, sound quality, can be bought cheaply on ebay. Disadvantages: No phantom power some leaking issues.
The most expensive of Tascams portastudio range. The 424 MKIII is a very good purchase for the musician on a budget who needs more than just plug and play features.
The unit contains, 4 unpowered balanced XLR inputs. 4 jack inputs. (you can't use bolth the xlr and jacks at once) and 2 further jack inputs.
So if you were to use XLR - Jack converters. You could run 6 microphones through the unit at once.
The unit does have a tricky operation however.
First you must select the input,
line/mic - for microphones and jack inputs
off - for no input
tape - for monitoring whilst recording on another channel to monitor without leakage.
Then there is a 4 band e.q., high, high-mid, mid and low. Very few portastudios have a 4 band e.q.
Next are the effect sends, if you have a compressor of effects unit connected, these dictate how ...
Advantages: Compact, Powerful, Large Storage, Good connectivity, Quick Play Media Centre Disadvantages: Shared Graphics Card, No Laptop Case, No bluetooth installed
I bought the HP DV1355ea for use on the road so I was looking for a smallish machine, with loads of RAM and storage. I found all this with the 14" screen, 100GB Hard drive and 1024MB RAM. I run intensive music and video apps and apart from the sluggish graphics this laptop handles it all. I run a USB powered Sound Card (Tascam US 122) and have not had any problems with that so far. The design is great with a black body vs blue light scheme which is better than most PC laptops. HP Quick Play is great for playing DVD/CD's without having to bootup Windows - I can have a CD playing within 1 min. The Altec Lansing speakers are much better than most laptops I looked at, but I wish someday a manufacurer would utilise the body of the laptop to produce some more bass resolution. I have recently bought a MP3/Pen Drive for transferring small files ...
Advantages: Good range of songs Disadvantages: none
to it all the way trough it and it sounds like a slow version of today’s music.
4. Micro Kid
This song was originally written by Larry Dunn. It contains an upbeat tempo, with an upbeat chorus.
5. Hot Water
This song has a really good base grove to it; it is written in the way of house music that was from Chicago.
6. The Chant Has Begun
This song has a polyrhythmic beet to it that was done on roto-toms, this has no real pop formula on it and because of this it never really made a high chart position.
7. Something About You
This song was written in Mark King’s house using an 8-track Tascam, a synthesiser and a sequencer. This has a rising chorus, a kick base line and a melody in it, the melody is like you would hear in soul songs.
8. Leaving Me Now
This is a slow moving song that, as the title portrayals, is ...
The TASCAM DP-02CF combines 8-track CD-quality recording with a Portastudio interface - designed for musicians who want to record quickly and have fun. The Tascam DP-02CF records two channels at a time to an included 1GB compact flash card - with enough space for a dozen songs or more. When you're satisfied with your production, arm the dedicated master track for your stereo mixdown. You can transfer your tracks and mixes or backup your song to a computer through a speedy USB 2.0 connection for MP3 encoding or CD burning from your Mac or PC. Also available, the DP-02 offers built-in multieffects and CD mastering. No other workstation makes recording so simple, affordable and fun as the TASCAM DP-02CF. A matched pair of TASCAM mic pres features XLR inputs with phantom power for condenser mics and a guitar in for direct recording. Each channel gives you dedicated controls for instant access to fader level, record arm/track mute, pan, effect send, high and low EQ. There's also an EQ frequency button for finer control over the mix.
