Which portable recorder for pro line level use?

Anthony Agius · March 23rd, 2014, 10:07 PM

Just thought I'd pop in again and say I purchased a Tascam DR-40 and a Behringer DI20 - been working a treat so far to attenuate the hot signals the Tascam DR-40 can't handle.

Rick Reineke · March 24th, 2014, 08:19 AM

attenuate the hot signals the Tascam DR-40 can't handle
Can't handle? What would that be... speaker level?
The DR-40's line level input can handle signals in excess of +20dBm. If your exceeding that, your doing something wrong.

Ade Towell · March 24th, 2014, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Fran Guidry

The PCM-M10 has an excellent reputation for handling line in, is very compact, and is reasonably priced, but I haven't used one to be able to confirm that it works as desired. Line in is also 3.5mm stereo unbalanced.

Fran

I can confirm that it works great using line level with SD mix pre-d

March 23rd, 2014, 10:07 PM	#31
Anthony Agius New Boot Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 12	Re: Which portable recorder for pro line level use? Just thought I'd pop in again and say I purchased a Tascam DR-40 and a Behringer DI20 - been working a treat so far to attenuate the hot signals the Tascam DR-40 can't handle.

March 24th, 2014, 08:19 AM	#32
Rick Reineke Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New York Posts: 2,039	Re: Which portable recorder for pro line level use? attenuate the hot signals the Tascam DR-40 can't handle Can't handle? What would that be... speaker level? The DR-40's line level input can handle signals in excess of +20dBm. If your exceeding that, your doing something wrong.