Is The Tascam DR-10L Still Worth It In 2023? 

I bought 2 for $100 last week. (Used but in excellent condition). Steal of a deal. I’m glad I got them.

Good video and points made. Also, just a quick note, lower your background music a little more. It was a bit distracting when you were speaking.

Nice job on this video! As someone who owns a Tascam DR-10L, I have zero complaints. Best feature (as you mentioned) is no one can accidentally turn it off while recording. It’s small, simple, works great, reliable, and gets the job done. Checks all the boxes for me. 👍👍

Thank you for the informative material! I have the black one and this has helped me with my choice. Congratulations on your first video! It looks great.

I'm looking around for a failproof solution for recording interviews and came across this video. Thanks for the honest review Matt!

Great first video Matt and thanks for the great review.

omg amazing first video man, didn't even realize it was your first video!!! loved every part of this, proud of u for starting here :D

Fabulous job on your first video.... stick with it buddy!

Excellent 1st Video! 👍🏼

Excellent review. Thank you for creating!!

Congratulations on your first video!

Very helpful, I'm looking to start audio recording for youtube and this helped a lot - thanks!

Great video, thank you so much for all the information. The quality of your videos is so good, keep going.

I can 100% agree with Matt's review. I've used my white & black DR10-L units on wedding videos and countless interviews and they've NEVER failed. The dual recording levels are a no brainer fail safe. Matt talks about non compatibility between the Tascam lav used on the newer DJI mics, I can say that I tried using my Røde lav from their older RødeLink wireless kit and it works perfectly on the Tascam unit. I needed two black lavs for an interview (dark clothing) and it worked well.

Hi Matt, was just listening to your review while pulling up B&H to price compare... and wait, what?! This is your first video! Of course, you do weddings! Well from a fellow RU-vidr, congrats on starting your journey. For your first video, it was fantastic. If you keep it going, I'm sure you'll do well. Ironically, if I was trying to find something to critique it would be to demo it at some point in the video which I see was commented below and you answered. Since I am looking for a mic to improve my RU-vid audio that was helpful. I have the Tascam DR-05 now and use it just out of frame sometimes (when I'm on camera) but need to get a closer mic. I tried a RODE video micro but it didn't sound any better than my built-in iPhone mic, so that was not the ticket. I'm thinking about the lav route. Thanks again and good luck!

Thanks for the vid its really making me lean towards Tascam for my first Lav

我认真的看完了视频，您讲的非常好，加油！TASCAM- DR-10L和TASCAM- DR-10CS我都有，也有RODE Wireless GO，这些设备我都会用，并不因为TASCAM是老设备就放弃使用。

That was awesome! Thanks!

Just came here to say that this is the best Lav Mic I've used and it's reliable. Also, the price is going down on this, making it more affordable for all filmmakers.

Well done Matt.

Great video Matt! Thank you! I did some research on the DR10 and purchased on last week - I shoot interviews and training sessions and this looks like it will do the job really well! Once I get my first results next week I will purchase a second DR10 so I can shoot interviews guest and interviewer. This DR10 comes with free editing software, is this soemthing you use or do you use another platform?

Useful video Background music interferers in listening.

It isn’t only useful to wedding videographers. It’s saved my bacon several times; like a few weeks ago, when I brought everything necessary to a shoot, but forgot the one thing that makes my workflow go - the battery for my Zoom F6. If I hadn’t had this tucked away in my bag, the whole shoot would’ve been blown.

Thank you for this video!!! It is greatly appreciated. I’m looking for a mic to record audio while using my iPhone and insta360 for video recording. Need better audio

Pretty good, I like it. “set it and forget it!” Good video, good luck!

Great video man, I love my Dr-10L. Question, what type of key light, and back lights are those you used in this video?

Great, Good luck

What's the rode mic or DJI that can compete with this? That is updated? Thank you

Great review! Does it have time stamp to sync with video?

Hi Matt - good video! Quick question - I just picked one up, and the SD card door was quite loose/easy to pop open, replaced it and the second one has the same 'issue' for lack of a better word. Do you also find the SD card doors to not click in firmly?

nice video

Hey man! What are you thoughts on the new Rode wireless Pro mics? I'm trying to decide if I want the new Tascam Pro with 32 bit float or the Rode Wireless Pro that also has 32 bit float onboard. Unfortunately if I have to use a lav mic with the Rode, it's only a 24 bit recording. I would need the audio from the actual transmitter to get 32 bit float...and that would be in a grooms jacket pocket or a brides dress...what should I do??

Thank you for your first youtube video! Good topic to start with :) I've used the DR-10L for years and don't have much to complain about, except one time when it ran out of battery juice and made the entire sound file corrupt. Since then I use the function in the device that breaks the files up so that if the battery runs out, only the last file is lost (but really I should just be better at changing the battery). The other plug I'd like to put in for the TASCAM over the newer fancier DJI Mic is something that not many people talk about. And that is you can always change the battery for the TASCAM. Whereas with the DJI Mic, sometime in the future the battery won't be able to hold a good charge anymore (or any charge at all), and then you'll be stuck with a hunk of junk. Finally, the battery life on the TASCAM is such that you can set it up on somebody and walk away for around 8 hours (I think). With the DJI Mic, if you want to do one of those "set and forget" recordings, you'll have to keep in mind that you might have to recharge the transmitter a lot sooner (and even sooner yet when the battery begins to hold less and less charge). Thanks again, and I look forward to some techniques on wedding photography/videography. Seems like a real high-stress profession!

I have owned the Tascam DR 10L for maybe 5 years, but never really used it. So, now I am moving toward creating training programs for Udemy, and may decide to use a webcam (possibly the Logitech Brio) with it, though with my mug on the screen used at a minimum. Mostly I will just be narrating text with no webcam of me speaking, so the Tascam might be all that I need. Still, I am wondering how the sound quality is with this Tascam versus (let's say) a Shure MV7 dynamic USB mic. Will they sound way different? Am I better off just using the Shure mic for all my voiceovers? Your thoughts, please.

Great. 👍

Great video! I’m considering buying two dr-10l’s. But I’m wondering if there’s any echoing while recording on both devices on the same time ( while listening in post) .If yes how to resolve that?m

Which microphone setup was this video recorded with? Did you use the TASCAM?

Can it be used for music recording with rode nt4?

I get card error on the tascam can someone tell me what it is due to

No way do I want anything to do with wireless audio recording. I have had too many issues. The DR 10L is great, and it never fails me. I do NOT do weddings. But I do demo and interview videos.

Both of my tascams batteries die quick, even with brand new batteries. You have any idea why?

Has anyone here had issues where their file would become extremely “crackly” to the point of not being usable? I’ve had that happen 3 times in a row now. I take great care of everything I own so I’m wondering if there’s some kind of hardware issue in the device or if it’s maybe a card or battery issue.

I replaced my stock mic with an Oscar Sound Tech OST-802 and it records and sounds superb.

Bro trying to seduce us with that background music 🤣

Why do so many people insist on putting music to this type of video? I want to hear about the subject not listen to music.

tascam all the way !! wireless not reliable always interfering frequency and now tascam pro with 32 float de best

wireless can suffer bad interference wired audio is always better quality, I would never buy wireless.