1 minute and 20 seconds with the Tascam DR-1 / HEY Mr. T-Man

Not sure if this should go here in the Studio forum, Live Sound or Hear Here, but the mods can move it if needed.

I just picked up a Tascam DR-1 portable recorder, mainly to record our band practices at church but also to do some noodling. Very simple to use and obviously very portable, though the trade-off is that it's not as functional as a multi-track recorder.

It can take a line-level input (e.g., from a mixer) or can function as a field recorder with the built-in mics.

I did a very quick test recording of Mr. Tambourine Man with the built-ins: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6695274
(sorry for the mess-up at the :30 second mark :oops: )

The DR-1 was about 10 inches from my guitar's sound hole. Recorded in stereo in MP3 format; I then hooked it up to my computer via USB, opened it in Audacity to normalize the volume, and exported the finished MP3. No EQing, no effects; this is just to test the native recording capability the way many people will probably use it: power it on and press record. :D

One thing I did note with another test recording is that it is very susceptible to handling noise during recording; kinda defeats the purpose of having a pocket-sized field recorder if you can't hand-hold it - I'll be getting the accessory kit with a mic stand adapter for church use. Still, for my purposes it seems like it will be a very useful device.