TASCAM DP-035D Digital Portastudio

[TexasGopher]

Hello Folks---I am looking into buying one of these. I am looking for a quick, simple, way to record practices, rehearsals and gigs. Does not have to be studio quality. The feature that has me wanting one is you can burn a CD right then and there on the unit (true??). I guess I am looking for something like when we had portable cassette players (dating myself!!). Play a gig and listen to it on the way home. Any feedback would be appreciated especially if you have experience with this model. Thanks

 

[Roland GR 88]

It won't burn a cd live. You'll have to route the recorded mix to a master track and then you can record a cd or put it on the SD card.

 

[TexasGopher]

Roland--thanks for the feedback. Is it easy to do?? I am old dog, can I learn this trick?? I gave my Zoom recorder away bc I could not get comfortable with it. thanks,

 

[Roland GR 88]

It's pretty easy. I'm old myself and know what you mean but it's really no different than bouncing tracks on a portastudio. Just get to the correct menu (mastering/mixdown) and it should work great.
For simply listening to a performance you only need to bring up the stereo track you recorded on and it will play back from the SD card. You can arm a different track and record another performance while keeping the first and so on. Burning a CD is only needed if you want to pass out copies or listen in the car.

 

[zontar]

I have a different model that is similar to that one (No CD burning option for example)
It is pretty simple to use--& I found it mostly intuitive.
It was close to what I was sued to from stuff other people I used to jam with had.
If I got software to do recording I'd also have had to buy a lap top so I can go anywhere--and that would have cost a whole lot more.

I got one of these-a Invalid Link Removed--but the one your looking at has faders--which I would preferred, but money was an issue--so I've adapted--but I like using it for testing out parts of songs I'm working on.