The Digital Voice Recorder For The Professional: The TASCAM DR-100mkII
As technology companies try to homogenize virtually all of their products, it is very easy to distinguish the professionals from the amateurs who simply enjoy the novelty of new gadgets. A professional photographer does not want to take photographs on their smartphone. A professional filmmaker does not want to rely upon a laptop computer to make their feature film. In a similar vein, professional interviewers and musicians do not rely upon equipment that does eighteen different things; they utilize digital voice recorders. One of the premiere digital voice recorders on the market is the TASCAM DR-100mk II.
The DR-100mkII is a 24-bit, 96 kHz linear PCM digital voice recorder from TASCAM, one of the premiere audio equipment manufacturers. The DR-100mkII is intended for professional use and is ideal for creating digital recordings of live performances or archiving important conversations. With four microphones for input, two of them being high-quality omni-directional microphones, the DR-100mkII captures more sound with its built-in hardware than most other digital voice recorders. In addition to recording multiple layers of sound for recording musical events, the omnidirectional microphones make the DR-100mkII ideal for interviews as the interviewer and subject may sit at a comfortable distance from one another while both parties may be heard by the digital voice recorder!
Easy to use, the DR-100mkII comes with all sorts of bells and whistles that are atypical to digital voice recorders. The DR-100mkII’s microphones feature preamps, which help to both increase the gain and reduce the noise for your recordings. This can help speed up your editing time as there are fewer filters you need to apply to the finished recording. The gain for the microphones may manually be raised, a function that is very uncommon and that may also reduce editing time if you are listening to the recording as you make it. By increasing the gain – especially when interviewing a subject who speaks quietly or mumbles, you get the most information for your recording and it is far easier to strip away elements than it is to augment elements from a bad initial recording.
The DR-100mkII easily connects to your PC or Macintosh computer via a USB port and TASCAM includes the necessary cable to make that connection possible. For Windows-based PCs, you must be using Windows 7, Vista or XP on a Pentium 300MHz or better processor to get the most out of the device. Similarly, Mac users need to be running OS X 10.2 or better with 64MB of RAM.
With its durable aluminum casing, lightweight design (it weighs just over 10 oz.), and incredible recording abilities, the TASCAM DR-100mkII is an essential piece of audio equipment for anyone who is serious about making high-quality digital recordings.
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