TASCAM's DR-680 brings multi-channel portable recording within reach of any musician for polished live location and surround recordings. Up to eight tracks can be recorded to solid-state SD card media at 96kHz/24-bit Broadcast WAV quality. Six mic inputs provide phantom power and 60dB of gain for great-sounding recordings with your condenser microphones. Record the six microphones along with a digital S/PDIF source for 8 track recording. Each mic input has a selectable low cut filter and analogue limiter for optimal sound.
Inputs can be monitored using a built-in mixer with level and pan controls for each input. The stereo mixdown can even be recorded along with the six mics for quick stereo playback of the event. There's even a built-in speaker to check recordings without headphones.
In addition to WAV recording up to 96kHz the DR-680 captures stereo audio at 192kHz/24-bit for audiophile-quality masters. The DR-680 records up to four channels of MP3 audio for web-ready recordings. Two of the recorders can be connected with a cascade cable for up to 14-track recording on battery power.
Multi-channel portable recording has never been as simple or affordable as the TASCAM DR-680.
• 8-track portable recording
• Record eight individual inputs or six inputs plus a stereo mixdown
• Up to 96kHz/24-bit Broadcast WAV file resolution for 8 channels
• Stereo 192kHz/24-bit recording mode
• 4-channel MP3 recording
• Digital monitor mixing (level and pan) with recordable stereo mixdown
• Mid-side microphone decoding either during recording or monitor/mixdown
• Ganged input option for use with stereo microphones
• Ideal for surround music and effects recording
• Cascade function for running two units together
• Pre-recording feature
• Auto-recording mode begins recording when the input reaches a certain level
• Mark function during recording/playback
• Edit functions such as divide and delete
• 128x64 backlit LCD display
• Powered through (8x) AA batteries or (included) PS-1225L adapter
• Records to SD/SDHC card media (not included)
• Premium AKM Audio4Pro™ 192kHz A/D converters with over 100dB signal to noise ratio
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| Type | Portable |
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