Thanks for doing this... Great review! I am SO pleased that you did not choose to add a background bed of chill beats to these demo snippets. Surprisingly difficult to find these days!
You know your stuff! Thanks for so many quit moments and outside sounds. Most RU-vid guys " testing" recorders or microphones take a guitar and play a little, hope to get famous in some of them
Hi! Sorry for hijacking your comment... I recently got one X8 myself but I'm getting a weird electronic buzz/noise while I'm navigating the menus. It seems to disappear when I arm one of the inputs though. Does your X8 have something like that? I haven't read anything about an issue like this and I just want to make sure mine is defective so I can go replace it. Thank you for your time!
It sounds great ! I wanted X8 for recording jams and ideas but decided to get the Tascam dp32 portastudio. Big great machines but I figured for the same price as the X8 i can get the dp32 portastudio and use it for every single thing X8 can do plus way more !
Given all the remarkable facilities of this recorder, does it offer any support for M/S recording? Of course it will happily record a mid mic and a side mic, but can it decode the M/S to normal stereo for monitoring or playback? M/S mics are quite often used in video making and so I'd hope that appropriate monitoring was provided. It would be very simple to do. Anyway, very clear review and I loved the canada geese sound samples! [Early reviews mentioned very poor RF shielding - apparently Tascam have said this was only on early models, which is tough on early purchasers... did you encounter any problems with that?]
You are not the first to say that you can remove the XY microphones. But the first to say that you then have 2x 3.5 mm inputs for a lavenier. In my case with an interview I would give 1 lavenier to the speaker and leave the Y-mic and aim at the speaker as an additional option. What I can't find anything about, not even in the manual, is that there is also a line-in 3.5mm stereo input. But nowhere is it mentioned on which track that is recorded. Is that instead of 2 XLR tracks or instead of the XY tracks?
Hello, I have a question, can you play a master track, for example a guitar, and add more tracks, a drums, a bass? performance like portable multi-track recorders. For example, if you want to record a drum set but you need the guitar track to play the drum set, regards
Merhaba harika bir video olmuş teşekkür ederim hakkım olmayarak bur soru sormak istiyorum Acaba nasıl bir camera almam gerek x8 e bağlamak için siz hangisini kullaniyorsunuz cevabınız için şimdiden teşekkür ederim
Hi, thanks for the video. Very helpful I have just one question. How did you separate the channels of the upper microphone? 1-2. For me it appears as one wide band Thanks
Hi! sorry to bother you, I recently got one X8 myself but I'm getting a weird electronic buzz/noise while I'm navigating the menus. It seems to disappear when I arm one of the inputs though. Does your X8 have something like that? I haven't read anything about an issue like this and I just want to make sure mine is defective so I can go replace it. Thank you for your time!
@@ww1www I don’t have video of the issue right now but I’ll get some tomorrow morning. I have these recordings I made though… *link removed* I got the headphones output connected to my focusrite interface to record the noise I’m hearing when I navigate the menus. There I switch between sample rates and when I’m using 48k or below the buzz goes away. It’s very faint but it’s a bit distracting. Thank you for taking the time to reply!!
@@thenoisery I might be deaf or the headphones I have here are crap (I think both are true statements anyway), but I cannot hear anything right now. I will try to re-listen at home.
@@ww1www No worries, it is a very faint noise or maybe I'm just imagining things haha Here's a video with the issue if you want to check it out. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-35H8fhBsqDM.html Thank you again!!!
Sorry for a maybe stupid question but could I use this device on my mac (via USB-C) as an external recorder/ microphone for e.g. conference call? Would be nice if that is possible, in that case I could use the recorder for that as well besides my bird and podcast recordings.
Well done, i've enjoyed the whole vid, as a german i like the efficiency in it ;) helps me a lot for my choice. u r still happy with the x8? Greetings.
Hello, I just bought the Portacapture x8. The user manual indicates the maximum card capacity would be only 512 GB. I need more (512 BG can be too limited with 32-bit recording). Have you checked if it is possible to use 1TB or 1.5TB microSDcards (Lexar, SanDisk...) ?
NONE of these handheld recorders are made to be dropped or treated roughly. To protect them from accidental abuse, the build costs would be much higher, and it would probably double the cost.
You could use a 1/4" TR "Y" cable to route the direct dry sound of guitar into one input, and the wet guitar pedal output into another input to record them both at the same time. You might need a 2 channel "D.I" box between your guitar + pedal and the line level inputs of this recorder using two short XLR mic cables to connect the output of the D.I. box to the XLR inputs on the Tascam set to "Line".
Everyone talks about how crappy the build is on the included mics. But then some people say they sound "good." What do you think about that. I'm thinking those trs inputs would be great for Clippys or HearSight mics for field recording. Have you done any testing with alternatives that way?
Most things are built pretty cheap… could it be better? Of course. My go to is the zoom f3, which is a little more beefy but lacking the TRS.. the screen is also nice, but one more thing to go wrong. It does the trick tho.
It was the same one I used for my zoom H4n so this should work - www.amazon.com/Microphone-Windscreen-Recorders-Windshield-YOUSHARES/dp/B07NTQ6LSN/ref=mp_s_a_1_8_maf_2?crid=3BKUWWV9HHKCP&keywords=windscreen+for+zoom+h4n&qid=1698537019&sprefix=windscreen+for+zoom+h4n%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-8
@@JRESHOWonly when using a wireless microphone. Sometimes interference and can be fixed. It sounds as if a little tiny clap comes over every 2 or 3 seconds. Like hi my name is g_-+$ I love making v#&$3 but. Almost sounds like cell phone dropping reception. I now have 15 videos I have to reshoot and some of them it's not possible. Sucks but I'm contacting DJI out of pure frustration and requesting a warranty replacement.
@JRESHOW are there any 32bit float audio files online that are dowloadable so that they can be compared in quality to non-32 bit float? can the difference be heard.
Plastic garbage. One cannot have a decent handheld recorder these days because brands think a flashy smartphone like touchscreen is more important than durability. Ridiculous.
