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# Up to 96kHz/24-bit high-res audio Switchable mic positions (X-Y to A-B) 4-track simultaneous recording Tascam, 4 AD Converter, usb2.0, Black, DR-40

**Brand:** tascam
**Price:** ₨341280
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## Summary

> 🎧 Elevate your sound game anywhere, anytime with Tascam DR-40!

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## Best For

- tascam enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted tascam brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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## Key Features

- • **Pro-Level Clarity:** Record up to 96kHz/24-bit for crystal-clear, studio-quality audio.
- • **Capture Every Angle:** Switch between X-Y and A-B mic positions for versatile soundscapes.
- • **On-the-Go Powerhouse:** 15 hours of battery life keeps your creativity flowing all day long.
- • **Dual Recording Safety:** Never lose a take with automatic safety track recording to prevent distortion.
- • **Plug & Play Simplicity:** USB 2.0 compatibility and phantom power support for seamless pro mic integration.

## Overview

The Tascam DR-40 is a compact, professional-grade 4-track recorder featuring switchable microphone positions, dual recording for distortion-free takes, and high-resolution 96kHz/24-bit audio capture. Designed for musicians, podcasters, and content creators on the move, it offers 15 hours of battery life, USB 2.0 connectivity, and built-in studio tools like a tuner and reverb, making it a versatile and reliable audio solution.

## Description

Tascam incredible DR-40 lets you take true 4-track recording on the go! This impressively affordable 4-track recorder gives you all of the tools you need to capture audio anywhere in any environment. Want to record live music? Plug the main feed from the board right into the DR-40 and use the built-in microphones to capture the room. Want to record audio for video? Just plug your shotgun microphone into an input and enable Phantom power. Dual mode Recording, automatic level adjustment, and a built-in limiter all ensure that your recordings will come out sounding great. And the Tascam DR-40 includes great practice and Studio-style recording tools, such as a built-in tuner and reverb, making it an amazing songwriting tool too.

Review: Get rid of the laptop! - I am easily irritated by sound chipsets in laptops these days: they are an afterthought, always plagued with noise and high latency. Plug in a high-Z microphone, and they are barely useful for Skyping or other low-datarate realtime communication. But even for a hobbyist or amateur musician who wants to get started recording themselves, or parents who want to record their kids' band concerts? Laptop A/D converters are barely up to even that task! Enter the TASCAM DR-40. This little gadget gives me exactly what I need. I used to play around with 4-track tape recorders as a kid, and let me tell you, this is exactly the toy that picks up that heritage of letting the kids play around and learn, but also has the quality for serious work even by pros. This is the very cheapest device you will find that offers balanced XLR inputs, A/D conversion circuitry designed for low noise, and high-res, pro-level digital formats (96khz/24bit). As other reviewers have mentioned, there's a bit of handling noise from the internal microphones, but that's to be expected; that's why the pros use those elastic suspensions for even their $10,000 large-diaphragm condensers. Either a tripod for this device or an external microphone on a stand will eliminate that handling noise and makes the user the hero of the high school performance. The overdub mode and mixdown functions bring back those old four-track recorder functions we used to play around with so many years ago, but I think this device will have more longevity. Unlike modern laptops with horrible sound hardware, this does not require a special line-lump power supply that can get lost or broken; it does not have a laptop monitor hinge that will wear out and break; there is no reason why, twenty years from now, my kids, once grown, shouldn't be able to dig this out of my gear closet, remember how much fun they had singing along with Adele into it, dust it off, pop in fresh batteries, and do it again, just like they do today. (Good luck finding cassette tapes to use with those old four-tracks!) Of course, twenty years from now, the kids might also find that it's still plugged into the mixer and being used every day to record practice tracks or performances. For more advanced editing than simple mixdown, it couldn't get any easier. This recorder mounts as a USB bulk storage device, so I plug it into any computer's USB port, drag and drop the .wav files onto the local hard drive, and then I can do professional-quality effects, mixing, and mastering with free software downloads like Audacity, or import into a full-featured DAW. My recommendation is, if you are any sort of musician, performer, hobbyist, parent, or gear junkie, you will be pleasantly surprised with how versatile this recorder can be and how high quality its recordings are. Toss this in with your gear, and you will quickly find that you don't need to lug the laptop and associated cables along any more, nor waste time trying to clean up horrible recordings made through its microphone jack.
Review: Voice Over: A Newbie Review - I bought the DR-40 a few months ago, and just got down to using it these past few weeks. My expectations were high based on the reviews I've read, and I am happy to report that my expectations been exceeded. But first, a caveat: I am using the DR-40 in a controlled environment (more on that later) and not out and about, so my review will focus on this as a studio microphone set-up. I am also not a sound professional. I was a film major back in college, so I know a bit about sound production and technique, but by no means does my career revolve around it. If I had to label, I'd say I was an amateur enthusiast. I have the three AAs installed (they come with the unit), but am running with the USB connected (USB bus power) to my laptop. I purchased a sturdy little table top tripod to pop the unit on, and that has proven to be a wise purchase. I can position the Tascam so that it is pointing directly at my mouth, no matter how I am sitting, and the stand also keeps vibrations down. Since the Tascam is very sensitive to any movement or vibration, isolation is important. You cannot handhold the unit by its case and expect not to pick up rustling; you have to mount it on something if you want to carry it about. Learning the button layout and features is fairly straightforward. The interface and buttons labels aren't the clearest in the world; there is a shallow learning curve. But once you get them down, things are easy and make sense. With a thirty second glance at the manual I was up and recording. Hit the 'Record' button to go into standby mode (it blinks red) and hit it again to begin recording (steady red). Pretty easy. I was able to upgrade the firmware with no problem. When recording, it took me a couple of tries to get the levels right. And to be honest, they still aren't right. I'm yacking into the DR-40 relatively close, and the levels on the screen look good, but when I import the sound into Audition (yeah, I know) the levels are mediocre. I'm also getting some clipping on hard P sounds, even though I am not that close to the mics and the level monitor doesn't indicate clipping. These are small problems, and I'm happy to attribute them to user error at present. I'm also fairly certain an external mic would mitigate these problems. But again, I'm confidant I can solve them with a little experimenting. As for the sound, I'm very pleased. I've been recording short phrases for a iOS game I'm making. The first try was ok. The second try better. The third try, excellent. I was able to get a full, balanced sound out of the unit. And even after having bumped up the levels in post, there was very little noise in the signal. Listening to playback through a pair of Grado PS1000's was like listening to me talking to me. It sounded live, so much so that it startled me the first time. My setup is a bit funky: I currently live in a hotel, and it is tough to get a quiet spot. Even 25 floors up, the Tascam picks up road noise. It is very sensitive. I've been locking myself in a closet, AC off, with a heavy quilt over myself and the Tascam. Even under these less-than-optimal conditions, the sound is stellar. Importing sounds into the laptop is easy if you have a card reader. My laptop does, so it is as simple as popping the SD card out of the DR-40 and into the card reader. The card shows up as a volume on the desktop, and the individual sound files are a drag and drop away. The unit comes with a 2GB card, and I upped it to 8GB just to be safe. I didn't need to worry. A 3-4 minute file at default settings saved as a WAV comes out to be around 50MB. Based on how impressed I am so far, and realizing I've uncovered a small percentage of capability and potential, I can enthusiastically recommend the Tascam DR-40. I'm giving it five stars based on the price and quality. Fifteen years ago I used a Tascam professional DAT field recorder that cost 1KUS , and I think the DR-40 gives it a run for its money.

## Features

- Discontinued Model Replaced by New & Improved DR-40X
- Switchable microphone position from X-Y to a-b. Os - Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
- 4-Track recording - Record the built-in microphones and mic inputs at the same time
- Dual recording captures a safety track to prevent distorted takes
- Up to 96Hz/24-bit resolution. Sampling frequency: 44. 1K/48K HZ

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B005NACC6M |
| Battery Average Life | 15 hours |
| Best Sellers Rank | #110,336 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #67 in Digital Multitrack Recorders |
| Brand | Tascam |
| Compatible Devices | Devices with USB 2.0 ports |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,602 Reviews |
| Digital Recording Time | 120 minutes |
| Format | WAV |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00043774027583 |
| Hardware Interface | USB |
| Headphones Jack | 3.5 millimeters |
| Item Dimensions D x W x H | 3.5"D x 5.5"W x 8"H |
| Item Type Name | AD Converter |
| Item Weight | 0.21 kg |
| Manufacturer | Tascam |
| Memory Storage Capacity | 2 GB |
| Mfr Part Number | DR-40 |
| Microphone Form Factor | Built-In |
| Microphone Operation Mode | Stereo |
| Model Number | DR-40 |
| Number of Batteries | 3 AAA batteries required. (included) |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Screen Size | 40 inches |
| UPC | 043774027583 989898818631 |
| Warranty Description | Parts, 365 days. |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Tascam
- **Compatible Devices:** Devices with USB 2.0 ports
- **Format:** WAV
- **Hardware Interface:** USB
- **Headphones Jack:** 3.5 millimeters
- **Item Weight:** 0.21 kg
- **Memory Storage Capacity:** 2 GB
- **Microphone Form Factor:** Built-In
- **Number of Batteries:** 3 AAA batteries required. (included)
- **Product Dimensions:** 3.5"D x 5.5"W x 8"H

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does it have a built in speaker?**
A: Yes it does have a built in speaker which isn't good. But it does have a headphone jack that you can listen to what you've recorded, or you can use it to listen to yourself while recording.

**Q: Hello, I have a  questions about over-dubbing something on the four-track system; Say if you recorded a guitar track first, could you listen to that tack while over-dubbing the vocals? And if you could do that, could you listen to those two tracks COMBINED while recording a bass for them? I'm very interested in this mo…**
A: The Zoom H4N is a better solution as a songwriter's portable workstation.  In addition to having more flexibility with multitracking, it also has guitar amp and cabinet model effects, ideal for electric guitarists laying down demo tracks through headphones.  The Tascam DR40X is superior as a stereo field recorder for gigs, especially loud or unpredictable ones, due to its ability to record at two levels at the same time (that is, record stereo while also recording stereo 12 dB lower, in case you set the levels a bit too high.)

Andrizee is correct about what you can do, but what you cannot do is keep the multiple passes as separate tracks.  That is, you can record multiple stereo tracks, but you're stuck with the mix you made when you recorded it (or you're limited to just two passes, or you have to do intermediate mixdowns for each new pass, which you cannot remix all together on the DR40x but you could load into a DAW and remix.)

Chad Walker is correct about the limitations.  You can't record one mono track, then another mono track, then another mono track, and then another, to end up with 4 mono tracks to mix together on the DR40x.  The Zoom is much more flexible in this regard.

**Q: How do the built-in mics compare with $50 to $100 MXL, Behringer, or Audio Technica condenser mics?**
A: I record with protools, and Master with sound forge.. But I find myself recording almost everything I do live, with this.. Set the limiter to auto... Absolutely never clips or crackles.. then upload to computer and edit with a Mastering program.. All the Frequencies are there... It records great bass, mids, and trebles.. if you know how to eq and bring them out with plug ins..  I owned and used it for a year before I realized (not spreading the mics open / AB ) actually records better,, More similar tracks and easy to mix... I can rip down, chop, mix a complete band practice, and burn it on a CD in about an hour... Batteries Last Forever also... BEST VALUE HERE...

**Q: How is this for field recordings?**
A: The DR-40 never stops to amaze me, no matter if used as stand alone recording source or on a dslr. Any good microphne will do but the better the microphone the better the results! There is no top end to the sound quality improvement this device can deliver! I currently work with 2 RODE mics: http://www.amazon.com/Rode-VIDEOMICR-CPK-Videomic-Extension/dp/B00QCMEXIU/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1437203398&sr=1-5&keywords=rode+micandhttp://www.amazon.com/Rode-NTG2-Condenser-Shotgun-Microphone/dp/B00093ESSI/ref=sr_1_12?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1437203398&sr=1-12&keywords=rode+micThese perform amazingly well for their price even under difficult conditions! They are both really good and worth every cent especially if you can get them as a deal with reduced price!

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Get rid of the laptop!
*by H***R on February 22, 2013*

I am easily irritated by sound chipsets in laptops these days: they are an afterthought, always plagued with noise and high latency. Plug in a high-Z microphone, and they are barely useful for Skyping or other low-datarate realtime communication. But even for a hobbyist or amateur musician who wants to get started recording themselves, or parents who want to record their kids' band concerts? Laptop A/D converters are barely up to even that task! Enter the TASCAM DR-40. This little gadget gives me exactly what I need. I used to play around with 4-track tape recorders as a kid, and let me tell you, this is exactly the toy that picks up that heritage of letting the kids play around and learn, but also has the quality for serious work even by pros. This is the very cheapest device you will find that offers balanced XLR inputs, A/D conversion circuitry designed for low noise, and high-res, pro-level digital formats (96khz/24bit). As other reviewers have mentioned, there's a bit of handling noise from the internal microphones, but that's to be expected; that's why the pros use those elastic suspensions for even their $10,000 large-diaphragm condensers. Either a tripod for this device or an external microphone on a stand will eliminate that handling noise and makes the user the hero of the high school performance. The overdub mode and mixdown functions bring back those old four-track recorder functions we used to play around with so many years ago, but I think this device will have more longevity. Unlike modern laptops with horrible sound hardware, this does not require a special line-lump power supply that can get lost or broken; it does not have a laptop monitor hinge that will wear out and break; there is no reason why, twenty years from now, my kids, once grown, shouldn't be able to dig this out of my gear closet, remember how much fun they had singing along with Adele into it, dust it off, pop in fresh batteries, and do it again, just like they do today. (Good luck finding cassette tapes to use with those old four-tracks!) Of course, twenty years from now, the kids might also find that it's still plugged into the mixer and being used every day to record practice tracks or performances. For more advanced editing than simple mixdown, it couldn't get any easier. This recorder mounts as a USB bulk storage device, so I plug it into any computer's USB port, drag and drop the .wav files onto the local hard drive, and then I can do professional-quality effects, mixing, and mastering with free software downloads like Audacity, or import into a full-featured DAW. My recommendation is, if you are any sort of musician, performer, hobbyist, parent, or gear junkie, you will be pleasantly surprised with how versatile this recorder can be and how high quality its recordings are. Toss this in with your gear, and you will quickly find that you don't need to lug the laptop and associated cables along any more, nor waste time trying to clean up horrible recordings made through its microphone jack.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Voice Over: A Newbie Review
*by J***N on February 14, 2013*

I bought the DR-40 a few months ago, and just got down to using it these past few weeks. My expectations were high based on the reviews I've read, and I am happy to report that my expectations been exceeded. But first, a caveat: I am using the DR-40 in a controlled environment (more on that later) and not out and about, so my review will focus on this as a studio microphone set-up. I am also not a sound professional. I was a film major back in college, so I know a bit about sound production and technique, but by no means does my career revolve around it. If I had to label, I'd say I was an amateur enthusiast. I have the three AAs installed (they come with the unit), but am running with the USB connected (USB bus power) to my laptop. I purchased a sturdy little table top tripod to pop the unit on, and that has proven to be a wise purchase. I can position the Tascam so that it is pointing directly at my mouth, no matter how I am sitting, and the stand also keeps vibrations down. Since the Tascam is very sensitive to any movement or vibration, isolation is important. You cannot handhold the unit by its case and expect not to pick up rustling; you have to mount it on something if you want to carry it about. Learning the button layout and features is fairly straightforward. The interface and buttons labels aren't the clearest in the world; there is a shallow learning curve. But once you get them down, things are easy and make sense. With a thirty second glance at the manual I was up and recording. Hit the 'Record' button to go into standby mode (it blinks red) and hit it again to begin recording (steady red). Pretty easy. I was able to upgrade the firmware with no problem. When recording, it took me a couple of tries to get the levels right. And to be honest, they still aren't right. I'm yacking into the DR-40 relatively close, and the levels on the screen look good, but when I import the sound into Audition (yeah, I know) the levels are mediocre. I'm also getting some clipping on hard P sounds, even though I am not that close to the mics and the level monitor doesn't indicate clipping. These are small problems, and I'm happy to attribute them to user error at present. I'm also fairly certain an external mic would mitigate these problems. But again, I'm confidant I can solve them with a little experimenting. As for the sound, I'm very pleased. I've been recording short phrases for a iOS game I'm making. The first try was ok. The second try better. The third try, excellent. I was able to get a full, balanced sound out of the unit. And even after having bumped up the levels in post, there was very little noise in the signal. Listening to playback through a pair of Grado PS1000's was like listening to me talking to me. It sounded live, so much so that it startled me the first time. My setup is a bit funky: I currently live in a hotel, and it is tough to get a quiet spot. Even 25 floors up, the Tascam picks up road noise. It is very sensitive. I've been locking myself in a closet, AC off, with a heavy quilt over myself and the Tascam. Even under these less-than-optimal conditions, the sound is stellar. Importing sounds into the laptop is easy if you have a card reader. My laptop does, so it is as simple as popping the SD card out of the DR-40 and into the card reader. The card shows up as a volume on the desktop, and the individual sound files are a drag and drop away. The unit comes with a 2GB card, and I upped it to 8GB just to be safe. I didn't need to worry. A 3-4 minute file at default settings saved as a WAV comes out to be around 50MB. Based on how impressed I am so far, and realizing I've uncovered a small percentage of capability and potential, I can enthusiastically recommend the Tascam DR-40. I'm giving it five stars based on the price and quality. Fifteen years ago I used a Tascam professional DAT field recorder that cost 1KUS , and I think the DR-40 gives it a run for its money.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works great for very loud bands.
*by C***R on September 1, 2012*

I was in the market for a handheld digital recorder and was having a lot of trouble trying to find any that explicitly stated that they could handle a VERY loud band. In my band we have a bass player who has a near pathological obsession with speaker cabinets. He has a wall of speakers featuring no less than 2 4x10 cabinets, a couple 18s and a couple 2x15s. In addition we have two guitar players running full stacks with Marshall and Verellen heads, and of course a drummer. I'm not saying this is the right thing to do, nor is it safe, but that's what we do. It gets LOUD. And even though I'm pushing forty, I know loud. We play stoner rock and sludge metal. This ain't your dad's cover band. After a bad experience with a previous Tascam DR-2d recorder that seemed to always be clipping no matter how low I set the input gain (it was stolen before I had the chance to see if the distortion was the result of a bad setting on my part), I was skeptical but hopeful that this one would perform better. It far exceeded my expectations. I couldn't get the Peak light to come on unless I was holding it right next to the drummer and he was really cracking the snare. I placed it in the center of the room, pointed it in no particular direction and set it to record. I set the input level all the way down and let it roll. We played through about four songs and then I went out to the car to see how things were sounding. I was blown away. It obviously doesn't sound like it's ready to be pressed to vinyl or anything, but it sounds AMAZING for a little handheld recorder. No distortion from the drums or the bass, you could hear all the instruments even though I didn't take any special care in directing the built-in mics toward one instrument or another. It basically created a faithful recording of what we were doing and allowed us to hear back our practice clearly so that we can refine our songwriting. This will be an indispensable tool for all future practices, and I might even record some live shows with it. Those tend to be even louder, so we'll see how it holds up. I haven't even tried the dual record mode yet, which is supposed to create a safety recording at a lower level. I'm going to upload a customer image of the levels from this recording so that you can see that nothing was clipping and there's still plenty of room left for me to increase the input volume. I'd also like to give some special props to Tascam for including a storage card with a *usable* amount of storage. Every digital camera I've purchased in the last 15 years comes with a tiny card that you can't do anything with. They include a generous 2GB SD card which is a ton of recording time in single track mode. Files are very easy to access via USB and recorded in WAV, which any audio editor will understand and easily convert to mp3 in seconds. My buddy has a BOSS digital recorder and we still can't figure out how to read its proprietary track format. Bad move on their part, and I'm glad Tascam didn't go that route. All this plus XLR ins with phantom power so I can use any mic that I want? (Though the built-in mics sound great!) I think I'm in love. Another bonus, it kinda resembles a tazer and you never know when you might have to scare away a crackhead who's giving your gear the greasy eyeball while you're loading your van.

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