TASCAM DR-40 4-Track Portable Digital Recorder. W/ 3 Battery + USB Cable + Magnus PopPod Tripod.

Guy Cochran here. Today we're going to be taking a look at a new recorder from Tascam called the DR-40. This is an exciting new development because this unit is the first one under $200 that has XLR inputs. What we're going to do is jump right in and listen to a couple of different microphones. We're going to listen to a large diaphragm condenser, we're going to listen to a shotgun, a lavalier, a dynamic handheld, and then we're going to pipe in a Mackie mixer and we're going to listen to this large diaphragm condenser again through the line level input. We're going to try a variety of different things. Let's get right to it. I'm using a green screen technology. You can see that I can wave my hand in front of this PowerPoint presentation. I apologize that it's not perfect like the high-end weatherman, but it can be good enough for our show. We're going to switch over to a different came