Handheld portable recorders with XY microphone configurations are great for tight stereo imaging but if you want to capture a wider ambient sound then an AB configuration would probably be better.

Most portable recorders come with an array of physical buttons, switches and toggles. It's part of what makes them practical and charming to use. But with its new Portacapture X8, Tascam wants to make ...

The company describes it as a powerful yet compact 4-channel field recorder and mixer, suitable for film production and video journalism, as well as field recordists and sound designers. The FR-AV4 ...

15 different recording settings, from the nadir of lo-fi MP3s to immaculate WAVs. Device mounts as a removable drive. Transfering data happens in a flash thanks to USB 2.0. Kickstand and recording ...

It might have a retro look, but Tascam says that its new Studio Bridge is designed to solve a thoroughly modern problem: to connect the analogue and digital recording worlds. What we have here is a 24 ...