I am amazed how good the guitar recording sounds from just the in- built microphones. The excellent playing probably helps also 🙂
@kadourimdou43
Жыл бұрын
Can we have more vids with some acoustic playing.
@Gael_AG
Жыл бұрын
thanks for the review , i’ll stick to the X8 i was about to sell to get the x6 but many missing features can’t compensate the size and portability
@dekdanar
Жыл бұрын
Don't stop impressing peoples Tom. Here from Indonesia. Thanks. Terima kasih
@RickDanner
11 ай бұрын
Tom that little acoustic thing you did in the intro was just beautiful just great
@kebmo3108
Жыл бұрын
that is exactly what I was waiting for. Small, touchscreen, versatil - perfect 👍
@kimhyeonjeong
Жыл бұрын
와.. 기타연주 진짜 잘하십니다 예술
@stevehawthorn8733
Жыл бұрын
Tom's videos are always a must watch and a nailed on like
@Ozpeter
Жыл бұрын
3:49 - the 32 bits helps avoid digital clipping, but an overloaded preamp can't benefit from that - the analog clipping will be very accurately recorded... likewise analog hiss from the preamps if the gain is too low. I think we have to be careful not to overstate the (undoubted) benefits of 32 bit. Is there any built in support for MS mics - so that, for instance, you could monitor in normal stereo while while recording mid and side on the XLR inputs? This would be mandatory for many video people.
@Ozpeter
Жыл бұрын
@8kisok703 hmm, I should have said 32 bit float, which offers 1500 db of dynamic range if I remember correctly.
@VOByRobbins
Жыл бұрын
your guitar playing in A-B mode sounded fantastic, great coverage of the X6, really like my X8, but this new size is handier for sure!! Cheers!!
@calandrella57
Жыл бұрын
I use mainly X8 without its microphones, so I extracted them. Unfortunately X6 have fixed mics, it's only possible turn round XY - AB position, but no extraction. So, length of X8 without mics and X6 with mics is more or less the same.
@Adventuresingearland
Жыл бұрын
Insightful stuff, thanks Mr Q!
@princebanini
Жыл бұрын
Nice video...beautiful guitar play as well.
@Sportsbikeguy
8 ай бұрын
Great review!
@parisoncourt
Жыл бұрын
Well done Tom
@waynosfotos
Жыл бұрын
With the x6 and x8 when plugged into camera, can you have the unit put a sound maker at the start and finsh of the recording for easy sinking in post?
@milankucera7304
Жыл бұрын
What guitar is this please? The sound is awesome!
@NeilEvery
Жыл бұрын
Solid rundown of features and this is a great little unit. That said, I wouldn't really call it an affordable alternate to the X8 since the price difference is only about $40 at current pricing. Given where the X8 is in the market and taking into account that it dropped in price 4-5 months after release I would be very hesitant to pick this up until late summer. If this were priced $100 less, I'd snap it up immediately. Still, great little unit. I'm shocked at how slow ZOOM is in releases a replacement for the H2n that has 32-bit. They have missed out big time on the $300-400 portable market.
@Ozpeter
Жыл бұрын
Zoom M 2, 3 and 4 perhaps? Particularly the M3 which is a totally MS device.
@NeilEvery
Жыл бұрын
@@Ozpeter the newly released Zoom devices have many of the same features but are an awful design. I don't know what they were thinking and the volume of extremely negative reviews calling out the terrible handling noise issues bear this out
@andyracksthecams
Жыл бұрын
New room. Looks reverse of the last one? You have'nt built a case for your Plexi. I have some nice Ash put to one side at my local wood yard for my Small Box. I need to collect it. Great demo. Thank you. I have an H5 but this looks interesting.
@dezem7
Жыл бұрын
Yep, not having the combo jacks is a deal breaker for home studio + you would have thought the top mic's would have been screw out replaceable. (Sharing common parts across the Portacapture range would have been cheaper and more practical I think) ah well...
@ZiSlepovitch
Жыл бұрын
End users' priorities and interests ≠ shareholders' priorities and interests I wouldn't mind having those replacement mics for X8 selling for, say, $90 / pair, let alone the obvious: these mics should have been made out of metal on metal rubberized connectors (or similar) in the first place and not be so fragile and prone to breaking (out of interest, look up how many used X8s are on sale without attached mics). But have you seen replacement mic for X8 around? Me neither. No wonder they eliminated replaceable mic in X6: they can charge you even more to repair it. Wondering what TASCAM support will charge for those when inquired - unless they will tell you to mail in the device for in-house repair at an exorbitant price... Because - see top of this comment.
@chrisdaviesguitar
Жыл бұрын
The man. What acoustic did you open up with please? Looked and sounded very nice indeed.
@Scilter
10 ай бұрын
Important question. Is the line in stereo or mono?
@LMoProVisualComm
10 ай бұрын
only thing missing is the internal lithium battery like the old DR-100 Mkiii... really sad
@brandonolson3997
10 ай бұрын
Can you bounce tracks on this, then add more layers? Also, if so, does it preserve the individual wav files in the bounce?
@CameraRay
Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if this has the same ultrasonic issues that the X8 has? The latest firmware update did not fix it. i would like to know for sure before I buy one. Thanks.
@jarord
Жыл бұрын
Unsure but probably still an issue, which is why it only goes up to 96khz not 192khz like the X8.
@Matthew_Eitzman
Жыл бұрын
Can I overdub to make multitrack recordings? I want to preserve a track as I add a new track.
@tomaslogue1609
Жыл бұрын
Is it possible to listen back to a track while recording another. As in listen to your recorded guitar recording on headphones and then sing into a mic recorded onto the tascam?
@petrub27
Жыл бұрын
tascam x8 mix. ext in was not a powered port. how's for the x6?
@instrumentenfreak
Жыл бұрын
Nice video, as allways :-) Does the X6 allow to overdub?
@ngonzale3
Жыл бұрын
Are the preamps good if one doesn’t want to use 32 bit float if they don't want to?
@ric2play
Жыл бұрын
can the 3.5 in be used a track?
@Truthinshredding1
Жыл бұрын
Do they do a video device too?
@alexanderaseffa
Жыл бұрын
More affordable? The price difference between X8 and X6 is only $20.
@dezem7
Жыл бұрын
Maybe the price will drop after a while like it did with the X8.
@JCNOAOU
Жыл бұрын
lol
@ww1www
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Two things hit my ears, can you please confirm. You said that the aux in input has plug in power. Is it the case? In the X8 that input does not supply power to external mics. Also, on the X8, if you use this input, you lose XLR5 and 6. How about the X6? Can you configure inputs so that this aux in takes over the inbuilt mics but keeps the two XLR ports free for external devices? The other thing you mentioned is that the X6 can be used as an interface with Android or iOS devices. The X8 does not seem to work this way with smartphones. Have they improved on this aspect then? I hope they will fix it on the X8 eventually then.
@ayoungethan
Жыл бұрын
Its all right there in the manual
@ww1www
Жыл бұрын
@@ayoungethan Then these are actually improvements over the X8.
@alantuttphotography
Жыл бұрын
Do you know if the onboard mics can be removed for 1/8" inputs like the X8? I see that these actually turn, where the ones on the X8 have to be removed and reconnected.
@Ozpeter
Жыл бұрын
They don't remove.
@calandrella57
Жыл бұрын
@@Ozpeter this is a bad thing because if one use external microphones, the presence of the fixed mics is not a good thing, these mics are too fragile and without protection
@dezem7
Жыл бұрын
@@calandrella57 You would have thought common components would have been cheaper to produce/replacewith regards to using the same XLR combo jacks and screw in microphones across the Portacapture range.
@ofdrykkja
4 ай бұрын
looks good only in pictures. in real life it's peace of cheap plastic crap
@ZeginMakesMusic
9 ай бұрын
Is it just me, or is the sound of guitar strings scraping across fingers in between cords worse than a crying baby, or nails on a chalk board? I hate feeling that way. I can hear the most beautiful guitar sound and the moment is shattered for me when i hear that awful scratch in between cords. It really takes me out of the moment. As a music lover, it is devastating. I really wish i can just sit and enjoy it.
@calverozara8540
4 ай бұрын
HI. Great Video! Excuse my English, I use an automatic translator. I would like you to help me understand something that could be a big problem if I purchased the TAscam the possibility of falling back to 24 Bit? Until now I am used to working with ZOOM's economical and entry level product, i.e. the H1-N, which gives me the possibility of working at 196 khz and 24 Bit; now I would like to move to a higher quality, but not to the point of being forced to use 32 Bit, since my computer and software don't allow me to do so. At this point, perhaps, I don't know, I'll ask you further: would it be worth buying a Zooom H5? They tell me it's inferior to the TASCAM X6, but if I can't use 32 bits with the Tascam, then I'd be screwed. How could I do? what do you think?
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