I would just like people reading this to know, you can multitrack with this device. You have to enable the feature first. You go into the menu - settings - recording settings and scroll down to turn auto rec off. This will allow you to hit record, play some guitar for instance.. then when you hit stop it becomes a file. The next time you hit record it will say overdub yes/no and if youre wearing headphones itll help a lot but then it will start a new file with this new track you are doing over the previous one

Also realistically if you want to multi-track and dont feel like spending a lot, you could buy this tascam unit and simply buy a 4-8 channel mixer and play around with what youve got as far as turning the 'auto rec' feature off I had mentioned.

As fine an overview as I've seen in the time taken in quite awhile. Thanks for the help in making a decision.

I'm a songwriter and keyboard player, i just bought one of those a few months ago and I'm very happy with this recorder, the sound is very impressive,very clear too,really its a great device!

I'm so excited about this product. A guy in a drum/rock shop recommended it and I pick it up tomorrow. I'll be using it to record group time with about 10 3-4year olds and their teachers having a discussion. As it's for research I have to have a clean, clear recording so I can transcribe easily. I was beginning to think there was no easy solution. This might be it though.

Hey man - good review. Really clean and precise.

Mercy, thank you so much for walking me through using the Tascam DR-05! I was a little put off when you started by saying, "don't bother to read the manual." What? I read the manual and was really confused and became more and more frustrated. Your program was concise, to the point, easy to watch i.e. well focused, and of course, with clear audio. So again, thank you so much for walking me through using this recorder. I would nominate you to make instructional videos for all my electronics! My Canon camera, for example. Happy New Year! Claire S

NICE job! My brain goes at 90 miles an hour and reading the manual isn't done until years later usually. I knew I was on the right track of learning this device when you said don't bother. Your audio and speech were very clear and especially no rustling noise that so many have when unboxing. Again Great job!

It isn't really a helpful review as the most important aspect would be the audio-recording quality under various conditions. It is shoehorned in at the end in the last few seconds and doesn't tell me how it will record in large rooms, hallways, crowds, how well it will filter out the background noise, how sensitive the microphone is to wind and other environmental effect as rain (I live in Holland: a very windy and rainy place) and how it will react when carried around.

there are enough videos reviewing or unboxing this device but this review-video is the best by any means. Nice work and very usefull information, good close-ups on the device. You helped me very much!

I just got my Tascam DR-05. My old guitar player bought one last summer and I knew I wanted one. I still did a lot of researching and reading reviews and hands down I was going to get this one. I Thank You very much your review and showing of the basic of use. It sent me light years into my future. It's gonna come in handy this weekend. Thank you for the info.

What settings did u use while recording? it sounds very clear. Did u edit it at all?

Do you think this can handle louder sounds in the 100+ db range? I know it's strange, but I would like to use it to record the audio from tornado sirens.

I'd like to get either this unit or the DR-40 for digitizing vinyl and other analog sources. Audiophile soundcards usually don't have RCA inputs and have much more background noise in general than this unit would. With the DR-40, you can connect with balanced line-level inputs. Most importantly, with a Tascam you're getting pro-spec A/D converters for about half the price of an audiophile or gaming soundcard (which will have nowhere near as good A/D converters and be much noisier). Amazon currently has the 05 for $80. Of course, the DR-40 is more.

That Tuner is a VERY nice feature for guitar sessions. I had no idea it was in there

I lost my H1 but also hated the tiny hard to press buttons. I had to use my fingernail to dig down on them. The tiny card door also did not work having to glue it in place. This unit looks like winner, Thanks for the great review.

i just wanted to say this unit is freaking incredible. great battery life. i turn the mic gain all the way off and have a separate 8 channel mixer. great for recording studio work and podcasting. 24 bit recording is nice cause you can go back and edit the audio nicely in a daw. happy as heck about this thing. get a 32 gb micro sdhc

I have mine dr05 for yrs Great tool for band practices

I just bought one and was baffled a bit by the manual. There should be a simple "How to record" section, and I couldn't find one. I enjoyed your video. It gave me easy tips to do what I want with it, so now I can put it to use!! Thanks again. Nice job.

From what I found its best to do a test song first to adjust levels or have the band or you sing the loudest one, cause if you do it during the main song you will get clicking noises from the buttons....

Thank you for this review, it helped me choose the Tascam and I love it! It's definitely my favourite toy and I use it for all sorts of purposes - recording song ideas, live gigs, recording, dictation and it handles all these jobs brilliantly! It's easily the best recording sound quality for a portable recorder I've found since my old beloved mini-disc recorder years ago. Thanks again, a very straightforward and useful review of a very straightforward and useful device!

You sir, have just sold another dr-05! Thank you for this amazing review.

I have one of this model . I use it to record most of external devices such as radio, cassette, cd and vinyl

Hi, nice review. 2 questions if may I: Did you use an external microphone connected to the Tascan DR-05 to record the audio of this video or just talking directly to the bare unit? Did you post-processed this audio before publishing? I mean noise removal, filters, etc Thanks in advance.

I made a recording and though the volume was turned on to the max, it barely came through on my speakers. It's recorded in stereo and and the tone volume is -24 dB and low cut 80 Hz.

This device is very simple and easy to use! I have had consistent success picking up great quality recordings. Sure there are lots of really fancy recorders out there with loads of advanced features, but as for me, I will likely stay with this great, simple little workhorse. 🤓

@leefuji Yes. You don't need batteries in the unit at all if you're connected via USB.

Hi! Why does my screen keep turning off after about 10 seconds? The device stays on and I can see it in a non-lit black characters. It's just the screen keeps turning off. Thanks for having this tutorial!

The audio quality of the voiceover is really good! Thanks for a helpful review.

bonjour comment changer la sortie "écoute" casque/haut parleur intégré (voir l'ecran d'accueil, icône n°13 sur le manuel) je ne trouve pas l'explication dans le manuel Merci

Mine came in and I watched this and other videos plus scanned over the manual. All of the "set-up" info was pretty straightforward. Recorded two sets of a live band last night plus their sound check. Came home thinking I had 3 files. The sound check, the first set, and the second set with all 33 songs. Nope, I have 151 files of the music. Some of the songs are made up five, sometimes, six separate files. Obviously, I have something set wrong for music. I thought I was buying a device that recorded when I turned it on and kept recording until I turned it off. No such luck... This Tascam DR-05 has only one question on their website's FAQ support page. To add insult to injury, the video on the DR-05's page is not even for the 05! More research and phone calls in my future...

Nice review. Just what I needed in learning about the Tascam Dr-05.

You jumped over the record functions of 'Low Cut', 'Pre Rec' & 'Auto Tone'.

how comfortable is it recording with this while you are typing?

I just got my dr-05 (version 2) bundle delivered, and I know it has the auto record option in the menu. I looked through the manual and couldn't see if auto is their definition of voice activated.

I just gotta say, as an owner of one of these for years one of the things that really ruins it for me is the fact that it loses the date and time when the battery runs out - doesn't seem like the biggest deal but it's beyond annoying when you have a recording and you have no idea when it was made.

Very good review. I picked up a Tascam myself. And I agree, I would get the Tascam over the zoom just because of build quality.

Forgot to mention the tripod mount on the back(Screw hole) a useful feature, and one that might not be immediately obvious to a lot of people.

ive broken the screen on my dr05, i can still use it but i cant transfer files via usb anymore as I dont how to select storage on the USB screen. would really appreciate if some could let me know what buttons to push once ive plugged in and turned on the device

Nice review. I own this unit and I like it as well. Your mono tip for voice over recording was key for me. Most appreciated.

For the voice over in this video what are the Recording settings you used besides Mono? WHat it a WAV and if so how was it set? Was the Low Cut on? I ask because I recorded on it and it does not sound anything like yours. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I found the review to be very helpful. Excellent overview and introduction for my new DR 05. Also like the comparison with the H1. Covers basic operations very quickly. Very useful video!!

Thanks for that great review, it helped me big time deciding between the Tascam and Zoom. I appreciate it!

May be i WAS just unlucky with this and should have sent it back but on play back it plays slow so I BOUGHT A PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER FROM CHINA FOR £30 LESS THAN THE DR5 AND IT BLOWS IT OUT THE WATER IT ALSO CAME WITH A 4GB MEMORY AND MUSIC SAMPLES

When I record on my dr-05, it's sounding "garbled". Why is this. It's not working properly. What am I doing wrong? Sound quality is terrible, and the input is not overloading, or clipping.

I just booted mine for the first time too and it says MBR Error Ini t CARD. Something to do with the card that it came with. I tried everything, i formatted it using my computer. Nothing works. I'll be returning this product now.

I ordered a Tascam DR-05 from SweatWater. Thanks to this video, I was able to use the Tascam right when It got here, a few minutes ago. Thanks, AibalReview!

Man, great review! I've been searching for a portable recorder that could produce a good-quality tracks for professional voice recording to set up a home studio .. you actually wasted none of my time and gave a great feedback on the device! I really appreciate that, keep it going! Greetings from Russia ;)

When I transfer the audio to my PC, it's very quiet... What went wrong? I may have lost 35 minutes of recording now. I used headphones while recording, everything sounded fine, even the playback from the device sounds fine. It just sounds bad on the PC

Hi there, I just got one of these mics and was wondering what settings you had for your mic? My mic picks up quite a bit of background noise and I noticed that yours didn't

Thank you. I was having trouble with the mic-in volume, and this video showed how to fix it. Thanks for the help!

When I press the record the second time it should start recording ~ eh? Mine will slip back into the pre-record flashing record mode and do nothing. When I press play back it simply beeps back at me. I even put a 32 GB mem card in it and it makes no difference. My question.... what am I doing wrong? I've formatted the card, and used the default settings along with various chances to the parameters all to no avail....

Would the tascam recorder dr-05 be a good device to record lectures from RingCentral from an iPhone and MacBook Pro?

for voice recording Olympus recorders ... Tascam (wav) has problems with loud input and the voice is not bright and crystal... Olympus DS30 (wma) has perfect auto limiter - peak reduction ..... OLYMPUS No1 . used it the last 10 years...

Is there any difference in sound recording with Tascam? I just wondered if there’s a difference between using digital software or recording with a tascam recorder

AibalReview, good night. Bought a DR-05 and would, if possible, to get me a question. When I connect an external mic to the DR-05 I hear a hiss, which only disappears with the recording volume below level 30. I have connected a lapel mic and Turn Videomig Go and both the hiss is audible. It happens to you too? Am I with a faulty drive? When I use the auto level this also happens. I guess it's a gain that the DR-05 take the microphone out, but I thought the noise was not to appear. When using the internal microphones do not hear this noise. If you can help, thank you. A hug.

I'm considering buying this unit for recording my guitar. Now while I'd surely record it via the uilt-in mics, I was just wondering whether it is possibel to record using the external mic input. One of my amps has a phones/record output, so I was asking myself whether it would be possible to record my amp using this input.

Hi have you got any advice please about using the DR-05 to record a phone conversation on my mobile please? Maybe using headphones too?

Any idea if I can plug this into my laptop/computer to use as a USB micophone and record with it directly into Adobe Audition or such programs?

Please help. How do you delete a folder or all the files. Please try it first. Is my machine faulty? I am up to track 652 now and it won't freakin zero out. What is wrong with this machine? Do I need a new card? I deleted the files on my desktop computer but it holds the files on the machine when you do that? Why? Can you delete from a desktop computer? Can you delete files in a folder at all? Can you zero out the track number?

I tried to record audio from my computer through an AUX cable which worked great for background music but when dialogue started, it was terribly distorted. is there any way to fix that?

please can you advise on DJ mixes recorded into the mic/inn using 3.5.mm RCA jack coming from master out. I get a very bad recording...

Ahoj, prosím, máš zkušenost porovnat hladinu šumu mezi těmito přístroji ( H1 a DR-05) a to především z externího mikrofonu? Který z přistrojů má nižší hladinu vlastního, ,,systémováho" šumu?

BumBumBand from Germany who is a very popular band these days (although they don't sell that much stuff) record only with tascam @

Sold ! Tascam owes you a commission for probably two units. Nice review. Very helpful.

can you compare to h1n? you say dr05 reproduces low end better than h1, yet head to head compare on another vid seemed opposite to that where zoom had deeper richer low end. i bought this, but wonder if h1n might beat it in an ease of use showdown.

Does anyone have any experience recording a loud live band with this? Looking for something to record some band demos on but we play pretty loud and I’m just wondering how far a unit like this can go without distorting or clipping.

Great. I want to buy a tascam, but can anyone tell me how you would record a backing track from a computer and singing at the same time ?

I think when you use the hold button is to avoid to accidentally erase what you already recorded. But I am not 100% sure

Thank you sir, this video is great. I will maybe check a vid on the zoom but i saw a picture of it, and on top of everything else, the DR-05 looks more like the device for me.

I bought one for recording live music. It gets loud sometimes, do you recommend any settings for high volume? Thanks and good review.

This info is very valuable. Thank you! I have one question. When porting files to your computer using the USB cable, does the Tascam need to have batteries inside, or does power come in through the USB cable? Thank you!

Great review!! I just received mine (before I looked at your video). Well packaged and I just love the feel and the ease of setup. Menu is great-now all I have to do is record and playback to see for myself how good the machine is. Thanks for sharing~~

Im looking for something that can lay tracks and is sensitive, my zoom h4n broke, I want to use it for music mainly and nature recording, I wonder if there is a tascam or something you would recommend over the zoom h4n or h4n pro, I just dont have the coin right now for the pro

Hi! How long can it record without changing the batteries? And can it take other kinds of sd cards or just the 2g ? I want to buy one to record some Opera performances so I need something with big storage capacity and long battery life (an average opera can run about 3 hours long) thanks!

hey i have a problem to synchronize the recorded audio with the video filmed at the same time , the adobe premiere couldn't make it , any help ?

I make short films & can i use an external digital audio recorder without a directional mic plugged into it & get professional audio ?

Very nice review. I like your smooth way of talking and explaining. Just one short question: What about battery life? How long can you record with a set of two AA-batteries?

Fantastic Review! I just got mine and enjoyed learning the basics with YOU! Many Heartfelt Thanks for a great video!

Btw, in this video you didn't show it actually, "Powering up for the first time." The first time ever powered up, it shows a time set screen which did not appear like it should have. Great video!!! I recommend this product!

WXCELENT review. One of the best of any product I've seen on youtube. Many thanks for posting.

Does the USB port also supply power if we don't want to use batteries?

More importing think is do this recorder can lock all buttons while recording?

can hear bit of a norse has this been edit? tascam dr 6d is that better if get a NTG 4+? say you was doing a video how you get it sink in with video

@TIRanald Nope. It's not a USB mic. The cord is only for charging or file transfer.

one thing the h1 has from what I've heard I really wish tascam would have implimented is use as a usb mic. I owned a dr-07 and then it got either lost or stolen, and I'm thinking about going dr-05 (I didn't even really need X/Y for what I use it for honestly)

Hello , is it possible to overdub on this unit or is that features only on the mark 2 version? Also is it possible to record a loop? Thanks

Thanks for this review. It was thorough, and gave a good overview of the recorder. You saved me some time leafing through the manual.

Excellent tutorial, concise, straight to the point.

Nice review - even better you didn't say "Hey, guys" every 8 seconds!

im looking for a recorder to record sound samples for music production. will this one do?

How long can it record before you have to save I go to a jam session it last for 3 or 4 hours I Would just prefer to let it record all the way through

could i run a line out straight into my dslr just so my recordings got more bass on it rather than just plugging the mic straight into my dslr?

Good , clear & informative review. Also , the camera is excellent. What r u using? Thanx.

nice review. do you know the difference between DR05 and DR 22WL in terms of the microphone direction does it make any difference?

Great review, I want to use it with my GoPro Hero 5 black attached to my Karma Grip aa the sound recorded on the Gopro is pretty bad, I like the inclusion on a tripod mount underneath so I can attach to the Grip.

Awesome video! =D This helped me pick up the Tascam DR-05 =) I just wanna ask what settings did you use to make this video? Format, type, sample and in details would be helpful. Also, did you do any post processing? Hoping for a reply =)

Can you use this with a lavalier mic and get good audio? I want to increase the quality of my videos via good audio - I would use this instead of my el cheapo Nady wireless mic. would this work to replace the Nady wireless? Thanks for the video.

Great vid, I will buy this one, but I'm not very shure about the line in feature, because I read that the line level from this is very high so almost everything you plug in will create distortion, for ex. the stereo rca out from a mixer,

Was this recorded just using the Tascom? or did you plug in a mike? if so... what make model mike?