Tascam DR-40

The Tascam Digital Recorder DR-40 is a portable digital recorder. You can take it anywhere because of its size. The light weighted and multi-tasking voice and sound recorder has adjustable condenser microphones, XLR mic inputs and extended battery life. Pair of great-sounding Tascam microphone preamps welcomes condenser microphones with phantom power, recording at up to 96kHz/24-bit resolution. The DR-40 accepts SD or SDHC cards up to 32GB, and a 2GB card is included. Recordings can be transferred to computer using a USB 2.0 connection.

Features

Portable, high-quality handheld recordingCompact size and easy operationUses a SD/SDHC card as recording medium (2 GB included)Supported audio formats:- Linear PCM (WAV format) at 44.1/48/96 kHz and 16/24-bit
- Compressed (MP3 format): 32–320 kbit/s at 44.1/48 kHz (VBR files can be played but not recorded)

Specifications

Analogue audio inputs and outputs
Microphone input (EXT MIC/LINE IN, phantom power supported): XLR-3-31 (1 = ground, 2 = hot, 3 = cold (–)) - Input impedance: 2.2 kOhm
- Nominal input level: –19 dBV
- Maximum input level: –3 dBV
Line input (EXT MIC/LINE IN): 6.3-mm TRS standard jack (Tip = hot, Ring = cold, Sleeve = ground) - Input impedance: 10 kOhm or more
- Nominal input level: +4 dBu
- Maximum input level: +20 dBu
Headphones/Line output: 3.5-mm stereo mini jack - Output impedance: 12 Ohm
- Nominal output level: –14 dBV (10 kOhm load)
- Maximum output level: +2 dBV (10 kOhm load)
- Maximum output power: 20 mW + 20 mW (when connected to headphones, 32 Ohm load)
Built-in loudspeaker: 0.3 W (monaural) Other inputs and outputs
USB: Mini-B typeFormat: USB 2.0 HIGH SPEED mass storage classREMOTE: 2.5mm TRS jack Audio performance
Frequency response (EXT IN to LINE OUT, JEITA): - 20 Hz–20 kHz +1/–3 dB (44.1 kHz)
- 20 Hz–22 kHz +1/–3 dB (48 kHz)
- 20 Hz–40 kHz +1/–3 dB (96 kHz)
Total harmonic distortion: 0.05 % or lower (EXT IN to LINE OUT, 44.1/48/96 kHz, JEITA)S/N ratio: 92 dB or higher (EXT IN to LINE OUT, 44.1/48/96kHz, JEITA)Note on JEITA: Conforming to JEITA CP-2150 Windows - Pentium 300 MHz or faster
- 128 MB or more memory
- USB port (USB 2.0 recommended)
Macintosh - Power PC, iMac, G3, G4 266 MHz or faster
- 64 MB or more memory
- USB port (USB 2.0 recommended)
Recommended USB host controller: Intel chipsetSupported operating systems - Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
- Macintosh Mac OS X 10.2 or later

Power supply: - Three AA batteries (Alkaline or Ni-MH)
- USB bus power supplied from a computer
- AC adaptor (TASCAM PS-P515U, sold separately)
Power consumption: 1.7 W (maximum)Operating temperature range: 0–40 °CDimensions (W x H x D): - when the microphone pair is closed: 70 x 155 x 35 mm
- when the microphone pair is open: 90 x 155 x 35 mm
Weight: 0.213 kg (not including batteries)