Tascam DR-05X Handheld Digital Recorder | Review 

Thank you for A1 class demo,iv just purchased one for recording my band rehearsals,still finding my way round with it ,nice guitar playing.take care all one love x.

Your guitar playing is magnificent and Your introduction is amazing this is the best Tascam Intro I have seen thank You to much great Job

That intro is exactly how I intend to use one if I get it. Thank you for demonstrating the thing I was wondering about.

This is the best review I've seen of this model. Outstanding video quality too, thank you !

Great review. Just ordered one.

I really like this recorder.Its user friendly .I didn't need to read the instruction manual to figure out how to operate it

I’m replacing my tascam dr40 with this. Dr40 quit reading cards, a problem and tascam said not worth fixing. 05 has mono, which dr40 didn’t have, many of the functions are similar, looking forward to receiving mine. Nice demo tutorial.

That does it. I'm getting one of these bad boys.

I have an entry level DSLR that has no mic input, and a built in mono audio recorder. . I don’t have a proper mic for my laptop. I bought the Tascam DR-05x and really like it. I picked up a lav mic along with a 128gig card. For the camera, I bought a shock mount that comes with a cold shoe adapter, and another to attach the Tascam to the mount and the cold shoe. It is a Movo SMM5-B Universal Microphone and Portable Recorder Shock Mount from Amazon. So I’m hands free after I press record on the unit. I just bought all this, so I have to figure out how to sync the audio with video. Since I have this, I can place the Tascam on a Manfrotto Pixel tripod on a desk. Great unit, love the recoded audio from it. Far superior to what I had before, and I’m sure it beats some of the regular audio input mic’s for digital cameras.

Great video.

Love the song u played

What a coincidence ... I've been looking into buying something like this. Great review thanks ... **scuttles off to web shop**

Can you do some kind of overdub (recording over a pre-recorded audio that is playing at the same time of the recording?

How do you connect the recording with effects with the camera? Thanks

In the BROWSE menu, I don't see how to create folders except within the MUSIC folder. Is there no way to do this? When I do it on the computer, in "SD card reader mode" they don't show up on the unit. Also, how do you determine which folder your recordings go into?

hi, I can't connect the dr-05x to mac/pc. Either as sd card reader or audio interface both not working. Is it working on yours?

With the line in could I record straight from the output on my keyboard?

Gr3at review.

Very nice playing and recording. Don't mind me asking. What the build quality is like please. Thank you. I've got a Dr-60d. But eats batteries like in 10 minutes so I need a better 1. Absolutely nothing wrong with it it's just nuts so quickly. And if you use a psu plugged into the wall and get a hum. And I have a good cable tester. Absolutely crazy how many cables I have don't pass the test stop even the one with ferrite beads. I mean they're safe to use though just not shielded properly. So you can get noise sometimes.

Ordered from "that" place at a super cheap, way below $100 price tag. I love open box sales!

Just ordered one! I am a singer/songwriter, Can't wait to get it..

When trying to record voice at one foot distance, I need to set input level at 70 to achieve -12db, is this normal with Tascam DR-05x? I don't know if mine works well.

Hi! Can you maybe use this as a microphone for you smartphone?

Love the intro playing

Please tell me - How to record audio in mode "TREBLE+" ? I want record song-covers with high frequencies, but the equalizer can only be set to output. At the beginning of the video, the guitar sounds very beautiful, I try to achieve the same sound.

Mine is muted for some reason and I can’t unmute it, I have tried going to the IO settings and turning the speaker on and off- it still shows the muted speaker icon top right- any suggestions?

Will this be Able to record my bands practice ? We are very loud ?

any idea how to get decent quality into audacity? The interface works but the recording quality is terrible. anyone know the settings? thanks

With this unit, what's the best way to record 2 people at the same time? It looks like you would have to lean in very close to the on board mics to get a decent voice recording and in these current times it's not a great thing for 2 people to be doing. Is there an external mic solution to this where we can be further apart? Thanks :)

Why do I get a lot of digital noise in my recordings? Sound is reminiscent of a dial up modem after connecting to it...

Sound tests begin at 11:02

Please tell me if you have experienced a radio interference problem with the Tascam DR-05? For example if you record close to a router or amplificators. I've seen a lot of people complaining about that in RU-vid. I like the audio quality and rich low freq that the Tascam has, but with that problem being so common, idk...

Wait, how are you powering it via usb? Can you do that??

Why doesn't mine show "Monitor Mix"...You were moving pretty fast I couldn't catch what you did!

I want to turn off the external mics and record via the line in from my stereo, but i can't turn off the external mics - can anybody please help?

What would you recommend the recorder to be set at if your recording a full band aspect?

thanks

6:23 'as well as waffs' ? Aren't you referring to wave files? I've never heard them referred to as 'waffs' heh heh heh. Great review - I am replacing my ancient ZOOM H1 from 12 years ago (getting a bit wobbly!!) - and was considering the odd-looking ZOOM H1n...but, after your review - I think I might grab the TASCAM DR-05x. Thanks again. James in Toronto

how do you change the language from Japanese to English??

It would have been nice to know exactly how long a set of batteries last. Also, there was no comment about the build quality. I experience with the existing Tascam recorders is they are plastic and are not very robust.

How do you stop the beep between recordings its very annoying

I brought a Tascam DR-05X and spent hours trying to download files onto my PC. In frustration I decided to buy a new memory card the one I was using was from an old phone. That fixed all the problems I was using an old corrupted card. Before you waste hours trying to figure out what is wrong spend a few dollars buy a new card.

Amazing guitar sound, is that a Martin?

the none "X" DR-05 model could also be used as a two in and two out I/F using the PC's 3.5 jack aux-in.. so what's difference with the "X"..!?

what is the difference between this 05X and the 05?

How do you hear what you recorded without running it through a computer?

what's the name of the usb cable you're using with the tascam?

Can we see someone playing the guitar and singing at the same time cheers

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I just wish you would do this again, but pretend that you were making it for your mom, who is not very technologically inclined.

I bought one, and I hate it. POC.

Dude it defeats the purpose of the video if you didn't let us hear the sound quality

Nothing about overdubbing! Seriously!!!!!!!!

Be aware that these do NOT come with an sd card , and the ones they recommend are very expensive … adding over 50% of the price to the unit …. They don’t tell you this in the advertising … grrrr!!!

Glossed over the tone function, auto tone , tone secs. "Head+ tail", whatever TF that means...