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DR1 Portable Digital Recorder | 
| Brand: Tascam
Category: CE
List Price: $399.00
Buy New: $199.99
You Save: $199.01 (50%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 2.8 x 1.1
MPN: DR-1
Model: DR-1
UPC: 043774023158
EAN: 4907034112883
ASIN: B0013K58DU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Portable, Handheld Recording | | • | Built-in High-quality Stereo Condenser Microphone | | • | Variable Angle Microphone Mechanism with A/B Configuration | | • | 48 or 44.1kHz 24-bit Recording Resolution | | • | MP3 Playback: MP3 and WAVE file Recording and Playback |
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Product Description
The TASCAM DR-1 puts world-dominating power into your pocket. Its built-in stereo microphones include a unique variable angle mechanism, so you can set it to record from any angle. The DR-1 is the first portable recorder to include a 1GB card, so yo...
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Good for me, but maybe not you October 3, 2008
B. Anderson
I bought the DR-1 to record from my Alesis Multimix 8 FW as a backup the the firewire recordings. In that capacity it has been perfect. Sound recorded through the line in mini jack is 100% clean. Transferring the files is easy. Good rechargeable battery. br / br /Now for the bad stuff. When I opened the box, the first thing I noticed was the cheap, lightweight feel. The buttons feel cheap, the wheel that you use to navigate menus feels cheap, everything feels cheap. Also, it doesn't come with an AC adapter, you have to buy it separately. Navigating the menus is difficult, it took me a long time to figure out, after changing something in the settings, how to get back to the previous screen without completely leaving the settings section (fyi, you press the rewind button...?) Lastly, I was not impressed with the mics. You could never use this thing hand held, there is way too much handling noise. I thought the voice recordings were tiny. Other people with more experience than me have been impressed by the quality of the mics, so take my remarks with a grain of salt (it's not what I bought it for anyway, I just thought it would give it a try). If you do want to use the mics, I recomend the accessory kit or you will have plosive problems and handling noise.
 Excellent mini recorder September 17, 2008
Robert Beckstrom (Bothell, Washington)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I researched the DR1 compared it with the Zoom Roland models, including the rating reviews asking fellow musicians that are familiar with all of them. This model is top notch very easy to operate, yielding high results right out of the box. It is also very durable has all the features one would want, to record download, making for easy CD burning of all your music. I love it!!
A great little field stereo recorder September 16, 2008
Shreddin' Mike (San Francisco, CA United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have been doing field recordings, primarily but not exclusively of live concerts (both clandestine and not) since I first bought a Sony TC-D5M in 1982. It cost $475. I replaced that in about 1990 with the Sony TCD-D3 DAT recorder, which cost about the same and was of course far superior (48KHz/16b)...when it worked. Now comes a whole new breed of portable stereo audio recorders. I selected this for a number of reasons, not the least being that it's inexpensive, very lightweight, has that Tascam (Teac) brand name, the sampling rate is selectable between 16b and 24b, it got good reviews, records to cheap SD cards, and it has a removable Li-ion battery with a long life. br / br /And indeed it does; I just test-recorded a show that was nearly 2 hours long at 48KHz, 24b. The battery showed approx 1/3 used once it was over. Also, it used only 1.5GB of a 4GB SD card - this is the other beauty of recording with this technology. br / br /I have not used the "overdub" feature yet but the feature, combined with the 1/4" mono input for instruments, is intriguing. br / br /That said, I did learn some things about this device that may be useful to others: br / br /1. Don't use the built-in microphones for serious recording if you can avoid it; while OK - particularly for undemanding audio purposes like interviews - they are inadequate for recording live music. br /2. If you do use them, bring a windscreen regardless of whether you think you'll need it or not! br /3. Put the device on solid footing if you are going to use the built-in mics. I held it up - the built-in mics are very sensitive to handling noise, of course. As someone else noted this doesn't have a place for a mic stand. Of course, neither did my previous portable recording rigs...but then they didn't have microphones built in, did they? br /4. There is now little that prevents your average joe from recording any audio event at incredibly high quality (except expertise). br /
A Great Product September 1, 2008
Carl O. Isaacson (Lindsborg, KS)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This little recorder gives great sound with little fuss and almost no effort. It's just the thing for field reporting, for bands that want to check their sound, for faculty looking to add audio of class presentations to review materials. br / br /It's also easy to digitize sound from other sources. Clean and crisp and a decent price.
 Good recorder. But no mounting place to put it on mic stand or a tripod. July 18, 2008
Charlie (Quincy, MA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Only thing I am not satisfied is that there is no mounting place(like a nut at the bottom of every camera) Therefore it is difficult to place it properly when recording.
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