Features:

  • Designed for the needs of professional filmmakers, television producers, advertisers, and documentarians
  • Packs high quality multi-track recording into a rugged, lightweight package compact enough for use with any camera
  • A timecode generator is included for location reference, which can be jam synced from a SMPTE generator, camera, or smart slate
  • The HDMI in and out allows a DSLR camera to start recording on both devices, and video clock prevents drift between sound and picture
  • Four mic inputs can be individually recorded and mixed to a stereo track, for a total of six-track recording
  • For additional tracks, the Cascade function allows multiple units to be run in tandem
  • Tripod mounts on the top and bottom of the unit allow the unit to mount under a camera, attach to a follow-focus cage, or used stand-alone
such a great little device

such a great little device. did a wedding and a voiceover for a film, its so small and lightweight and with 2 onboard mic's you don't need anything else for your DSLR camera for guerrilla interviews, but having 4 xlrs recording to 4 channels at a time with little to no self noise or coloration is truly everything anyone should need. Look no further. battery or USB powered. I carry an extra battery pack and plug in USB as the AA batteries can go fast. but they are easy to change. and mounting a camera to the top or bottom, along with another device, or just tripod, really makes this super versatile. recommend a a sescom attenuation cable to allow you to pass sound through to your camera so its recorded in two places or just to save yourself from having to sync audio for situations where you don't otherwise need to (one or two mics that are well balanced, etc. Recommend: Sescom LN2MIC-ZMH4-MON 3.5mm Line to Mic 25dB Attenuation Cable for Zoom H4N with Headphone Monitoring Jack

Brilliant!!

I come at audio for video with a pretty strong audio background. Tascam has a reliable reputation in the audio industry so when I needed an audio recorder I favored the DR100 mk2 over other brands like say Zoom that have tended to be sort of cheapo equipment in that other industry. The 100mk2 had several major flaws: 1. It's form factor and construction - though great for a handheld audio recorder, it was super awkward to mount with camera hardware, wireless mic receivers, etc... on top of this it had sort of cheap feeling construction 2. It's gain attenuator switch applied to both recording channels instead of having individual controls which created all sorts of havoc working with microphones with radically different gain expectations 3. The inability to partial use of onboard mics along with external was annoying too. The reason I list these issues is because the DR-70D handles all of these problems and more. It's form factor could not be more perfect for working with other video gear. Even if you don't use the feature of screwing it into your camera's tripod attachment (which is genius btw), you can use that feature bolt the d70 into a camera strap or use the screen guards as a convenient attachment for other shoulder straps. Plus it's built tough! The 70D has very discreet controls for each recording channel. You can freely assign inputs and input gain. On top of all that, they've added combo connectors so quarter inch feeds off of a sound board don't need to be converted to xlr, there are 2 more connectors and corresponding tracks, and there are a bunch of other bells and whistles like safety track recording and stereo mapping. The onboard controls are very intuitive too. Finally, the fact that the device outputs 4 discreet audio files when you transfer files to your editor is a nice touch. The simplicity of being able to just drag and drop the files into an editor without splitting them or having to worry about pan settings and whatnot was a great piece of forethought on the engineers part. All this and it's a really inexpensive device! All this is to say that I am very impressed and Tascam is fully redeemed in my eyes.

New Tascam TR-70D Installed On My DSLR Video Shooter's Rig

I installed this New Tascam TR-70D on my DSLR Video Shooter's Rig. I love the fact that I can now easily switch between my shotgun mic or wireless mic setup, Plus I love the rubberized knobs for adjusting the gain for each channel. Plus with it's easy to navigate menu system I was able to setup all mics and have it up and running in under 10 minutes. Now the size of it was a perfect fit to install it right over my small rig shoulder pad system as seen in the photos. I am also using a RAVPOWER USB power supply to add at least 12 more hours of run time to it. Now I can not wait to take it to this Wednesday's Bike Night, and really put it thru it first fully tested system, Since I had already owned the Tacsam TR-40 with it's 2 XLS inputs, I know that this Tascam TR-70D with it's 4 XLS & 3.5mm Mic input jacks will be a lot better performer for my mic needs. I would highly recommend tis for any Video Shooter's Rig Owners. Kurbster Motorcycle Photography Services [...]

I really like this recorder

I really like this recorder. I used it on a shoot recently and it worked very well. It was a small shoot with talent of varied degrees of acting training. Some quiet some louder. I ran 48 volt phantom power to one mic at a time and recorded a safety track and used the low cut filter and had the screen light on constantly. The shoot took about all day. I bought a 14 dollar power supply and velcro'd that to the bottom of the recorder. It powered it all day long without issue. Never switched batteries inside the recorder once and only charged the power bank at lunch as a precaution. Menu is decent when you get the hang of it. I changed from mid setting to low setting in between takes for shots with screaming and audio was coming out clean in the phones. The recorder is small and light. I used an old gun sling strapped to the red rails on the recorder and kept it hanging around my neck and a shoulder pretty much all day. Holding the boom was the bulk of the work as the recorder is pretty light. USB power and a gun sling isn't the most pro rig I've heard of but certainly worked and worked well. For indie film productions you really can't beat these preamps. Only thing I've heard of is that the 3.5mm jack out is pretty noisy. I haven't used it myself but if you're looking for a small affordable option that will beat the hell out of in camera audio, You can't really beat the price and quality of this little recorder. I'll upgrade soon to a better recorder but only because I want to get paid for doing location sound. I assure you I'll keep this and use it as a backup though.

Amazing product for the price

Amazing product for the price. Does exactly what it says. Connect this bad boy to your canon 5d mkiii/iv via hdmi and it will trigger recording on the Tascam. With the 5d mkiv's gps, you can now get accurate time off day timecode, which gets passed through via hdmi to the recorder. ***UPDATE*** Just used this in a real world shoot recording 2 musicians, 1 vocal, 1 guitar and 1 sax. A line out to the room PA, plus hdmi in from a canon 5d mkiv and a loop out hdmi to a small field monitor. Everything worked like a charm. EXCEPT I was replacing the 4 AA's on a 20-30min cycle. I was using off the shelf energizer alkalines and it sucked them dry fast. Be warned.

Great audio recorder - only use memory cards on Tascam's recommended list

I purchased this to capture individual tracks from the mixer when my guitar/vocal duo performs. 4 tracks is perfect. I own a DR-05 that I've used to capture audio of practices and performances and it has worked VERY well for me for the 5 years that I've owned it. With the success of the DR-05, I figured I'd stick with Tascam for a multitrack digital recorder. The form factor is great. It's sturdily build with a metal chassis. The buttons feel solid. The level controls for each channel are a little tight, but not a big deal. It is easily set up and pretty intuitive. I was able to remove the mount on top since I won't be using this with a DSLR. They even give you little rubber plugs to plug the holes if you choose to do this. Sound quality of the recordings is fantastic. I am recording 4 individual mono tracks at 16bit/44.1kHz. Beware that it is very picky about memory cards. I had purchased a 128GB PNY card to use with it. It is the same card that has worked wonderfully for me in my Canon HD camcorder. With this card, the DR-70D would record for an hour or so and stop with a "file write error". This happened numerous times and with multiple cards. I decided to try a SanDisk card from Tascam's recommended list. This works perfectly fine.

Filmmakers friend!

Great field recording solution. Feature packed and great, well thought out form factor. Ur gonna need a case tho. Wouldnt trust it in a bag. Mabe a small pick and pluck pelican case. Oh it's hell on batteries so buy a external 10k mill-amp charging pack (yet another great feature) . it's a must have and you'll come out cheaper very early in its usage. Trust me.

Groovy sound

Absolutely love it. I've always used Tascam because their stuff is so dang easy to use, & for the most part so is this. If you spend a single day playing with the different settings you'll pretty much have it figured out. I took it with me on an interview shortly after purchasing it, used both the stereo mic input/internal mic combo & XLR/dual record mode for safety & I honestly can't believe how good it sounds. No noise, very clean & lifelike. Tho I did record directly into my DSLR also, the audio from the Tascam was so much cleaner. I ended up simply replacing the video sound with these clips which, stemming from the same recording source, were easy enough to line up in Premiere.

Excellent Addition to Video Production Package

Wow. I've been recording audio for video on a Tascam DR-40. This is sooooo much better. As one reviewer mentioned, the preamps are dreamily quiet. With the 40, it was hard to know when I was trying to pull too much out of the preamps, because to hear distant sounds, like wolf howls with a shotgun, I'd turn up the input and turn up the output, but was never really sure if the noise in the headphones was the record or playback circuit. This is just plain quiet. Four channels with XLR instead of two--what's not to like? The camera mount looked at first like the camera might be wobbly mounted on it, but my 7D MkII is solid on top of it with heavy glass. Having camera slate makes syncing up in post much easier. There are lots of options for setting up the unit, like the output jack level as microphone or line level; adding phantom power to the 1/8 inch mic input jack, and more. Overall, this is a nice unit for the price, especially being able to lay down 4 independent tracks for multiple subject interviews. I'd buy another one.

Holy Carp, Batman -- this thing could not be more perfect for my Pro Video needs!

I could not be happier with the Tascam DR-701D! Here are some things that I absolutely am thrilled worked out so well when I took this for a spin in the field recently... 1. per-line limiter... awesome! 2. flexible monitoring options 3. in conjunction with Ninja field recorder, I was able to embed two channels of 701D audio into the HDMI stream and output two more in the 1/8" mix went to the Ninja, effectively recording all 4 701D audios inside the Ninja video file. This significantly streamlines our live event commentary workflow.. awesome! 4. *clean* audio 5. can run on standard 5V USB power (or battery), and live battery backup works perfectly Overall, love this unit!

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