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# 3.5-inch color touch display 32-bit/192kHz pro-grade recording 8 XLR/TRS combo inputs w/ phantom power TASCAM Portacapture X8 32-bit 8-Channel Multitrack Field Recorder

**Brand:** tascam
**Price:** ฿116598
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## Summary

> 🎙️ Elevate your sound game—record like a pro, anywhere, anytime!

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- **What is this?** TASCAM Portacapture X8 32-bit 8-Channel Multitrack Field Recorder by tascam
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## Best For

- tascam enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted tascam brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Studio-Quality Precision:** Capture every nuance with 32-bit float and 192kHz sampling—unmatched clarity for your professional projects.
- • **Intuitive Touchscreen Control:** Navigate complex sessions effortlessly on a vibrant 3.5-inch color touch panel—app-like ease for fast workflow.
- • **Versatile Multi-Channel Input:** Record up to 8 channels simultaneously with premium HDDA mic preamps and individual phantom power for ultimate flexibility.
- • **Power & Connectivity On-the-Go:** USB-C power bank compatible for marathon sessions plus seamless integration with smartphones and computers.
- • **Detachable Large-Diaphragm Mics:** Switch between A-B and X-Y stereo configurations with high-sensitivity 14.6mm condenser mics for pristine field recordings.

## Overview

The TASCAM Portacapture X8 is a cutting-edge 8-channel multitrack field recorder featuring 32-bit float and 192kHz sampling for pristine audio fidelity. It boasts 4 XLR/TRS combo inputs with individual phantom power and high-definition discrete architecture preamps, plus detachable large-diaphragm condenser mics for versatile stereo recording. Its intuitive 3.5-inch color touchscreen offers app-like control, while USB-C power compatibility ensures extended mobile use. Designed for professionals demanding studio-quality sound in the field, the X8 combines advanced circuitry with flexible connectivity and robust recording modes.

## Description

Simple user-friendly app-like operation. Utilizes cutting-edge functionality for creating quality content.

Review: Top Recorder! - Top! Stabile Bauweise, amtlicher Klang, einfach zu bedienen, sehr gut funktionierende Handy App! Nach sehr kurzer Einarbeitung mit BDA und entsprechenden YT Videos (auch die Tipps auf YT der Fa. Tascam sind sehr nützlich) habe ich damit ausgezeichnet klingende Aufnahmen meiner Bands (Drums, Bass, Voc, Sax, Kb) im Proberaum, meines Klavieres im Studio und eines Chores in der Kirche gemacht. Er lässt sich extrem hoch aussteuern ohne zu verzerren, die zwei Mikrophone nehmen alles mit. Multitrack Recording und Overdub funktionieren wirklich wunderbar. Die Verwendung externer Mikrophone, egal ob dynamisch oder Kondensator, funktioniert perfekt. Ein ausgereiftes professionelles Gerät, das sich einfach bedienen lässt. Die Fernbedienung (BT-Dongle muss extra gekauft werden, ist aber den Preis wert) klappt hervorragend. Keine Unterbrechungen, alles lässt sich am Handy mitverfolgen bzw. steuern. Die verschiedenen Aufnahme-Modi sind sehr nützlich und auch übersichtlich in der Bedienung. Zur Übertragung der Spuren auf den Mac muss man den Recorder mit USB-C verbinden, das klappt aber dann auch tadellos. In einer YouTube review wird behauptet der Recorder produziere im 192khz Modus ein störendes hochfrequentes Geräusch, konnte ich nicht nachvollziehen, es traten beim mittlerweile ausgiebigen Gebrauch keinerlei Sound- Artefakte auf. Die 32bit Fließkomma Aufnahmen lassen sich bei extremster Aussteuerung in der Audiosoftware tatsächlich leiser drehen ohne dass irgendwelche Qualitätseinbußen auftreten. Getestet mit folgendenen externen Mikrophonen: - Audio-Technica ATM350U - Austrian Audio CC8 Stereo Set - Austrian Audio OC16 - Shure SM58 Ich habe schon mehrere Geräte von Tascam und die Qualität, Zuverlässigkeit und Klang sind erstklassig. Ich bin mit dem Tascam Portacapture sehr zufrieden und kann ihn zu 100% weiterempfehlen! Edit nach 3 Monaten intensiver Benutzung in verschiedenen Settings: Erstklassig! Nichts zu bemängeln! Eine externe USB-Powerbank ist zu empfehlen, damit ist man bei stundenlangen Sessions auf der sicheren Seite. Die sehr gute Aufnahmequalität wurde mir mittlerweile auch von mehreren professionellen Musikern und Chorleitern bestätigt. Nach wie vor: KEINE Tonartefakte, KEINE Ausfälle, KEINE Probleme irgendwelcher Art. Exakte Abbildung des akustischen Geschehens. Die verbauten Mikrophone des Recordes sind hervorragend! Bravo TASCAM!
Review: Incredible value for money, but with a few small sacrifices. - The X8 is just a bit too large and conspicuous for me so I got the X6 because it's more useful in more random situations and easier to carry around. I'm an engineer so I took it apart and examined all the circuitry and general build. My conclusion is that TEAC/Tascam did a pretty fantastic job with the design for this unit. Much of the money you're paying, is going into the circuitry - which is indeed complex and high quality. Very good opamps (OPA1678's, which you can replace with OPA1656's if you like, for a little improvement), great ADCs (AKM AK5704's), high quality dual clocks from Kyushu Dentsu (KDK) - one for 44.1kHz, and another for 48/96kHz. The device runs on a single core Cortex-M7 ARM CPU at 600MHz, and it has 128MB of RAM. All the audio routing and processing is done on an CPLD/FPGA from Lattice which costs twice as much as the CPU. I'm guessing that the reverb functionality is implemented through it as well, effectively "in hardware". The good: -What I haven't see anyone mention - you can run the X6 (and presumably X8 as well) from a USB-C power bank, even without the AA present in the unit. I got an estimate of 60-90 runtime hours from a 25000mAh battery bank. It seems to have good power filtering for USB-C as well, so power noise doesn't couple into the analog circuits much at all. -Excellent circuit design (unit is engineered by TEAC with their extensive experience in audio, they have their high-end "Esoteric" parent brand after all). -Internal shielding is fairly elaborate (thick metal plate between digital and analog portions of the circuit, which keeps self-noise very low. BUT, this device is not as resistant to external interference (plastic case and all). If you place a phone or other electronics next to this device, it will pick up various EMI interference which will be extremely audible especially at high gain. So the upside is that the device is light (unlike heavy chonkers from Sound Devices etc), but you don't have as much external electrical noise immunity. Keep this in mind~ -Sealed dome switches for keys (not membranes) - should last for a long time. -Plastic case is actually pretty high-precision and cleverly designed when it comes to molding. Subtle thing and no one likes plastic anyways, but it's well made at least. -Pleasant noise floor signature (gained up to the max, the noise sounds like brown more than white - it's soft) -Built-in mics are very sensitive with low self-noise for the price of the device -Gimmicks aside ("ASMR" mode etc lol), the device is straightforward to use. UI isn't the best nor the most intuitive but you get used to it quickly. Just accept it and move on lol. -32-bit mode is indeed excellent and captures the entire dynamic range of sounds with its dual ADCs per input, so you can recover peaks in post, or gain up the audio with no drawbacks -I tested this device with a Samsung S24 Ultra and it works fine as an audio interface there. I was able to get MotionCam Pro to use this device as a sound input (only when the X6 is set to 48kHz/32-bit), at which point MotionCam Pro was able to include 32-bit 48kHz uncompressed audio from the X6 into the RAW video files, which is what I wanted. You do have to set the audio profile to "Unprocessed" in MotionCam. I've written my own multi-threaded decoder for their .mcraw files for Linux (.mcraw to DNG+Proxy), so I can now have RAW video + "RAW" (32-bit) audio in single files that are easy to edit, which is pretttyyy coooool as probably a world first. The bad: -The #1 issue to me as an engineer (which I haven't seen anyone bring up before for this device), is in how the device handles its high pass filter (low-cut filter) when it comes to the BUILT-IN mics. This filter is applied digitally (post-preamp, post-ADC), which means that when it comes to wind or loud surrounding bass, the built-in mics will already clip the preamp/ADCs, so you're applying low-cut to a clipped waveform at that point, which will retain all the distortion components from that clipping. This is terrible, and I've seen complaints on Reddit about this device clipping lows in unexpected situations. Many external mics have low-cut filters built into the mics - which is what you want. Low-cut filters should ideally happen in the analog domain, before digitizing. This would've required more parts and board space, so I can see why TEAC/Tascam didn't do that. But - that's how you'd avoid clipping your preamps/ADCs. This device saves money by doing this digitally, but that means that to use this recorder professionally in the field, you have to have phenomenal quality wind filters on it. Cheap stuff won't do, cause you REALLY need to get rid of anything that's gonna clip the lows on those mics (which are unfortunately/fortunately great at capturing low frequencies). -Given that all the money went into the circuitry, you sacrifice overall build quality. Almost everything is plastic. Case contact is highly audible with built-in mics, so you need an isolated shock mount etc if you're going to be moving around. -Built-in mics are non-removable on the X6 and removable on the X8, with 10mm capsules on the X6 and 14mm on the X8. The mics themselves are excellent. The way they're installed into the case is kind of cheap, and if you ever drop this unit onto the mics (or have a hard bump into a wall or something), they will definitely smash into pieces - so you have to be careful. On the X6, the mic wires are directly soldered to the PCB with no connectors. In one sense, it might make them more robust than the X8's connectors which might eventually get some corrosion/wear, but replacing mics on the X6 would be troublesome. Still completely possible though, if TEAC sells you replacements. Overall: Best audio quality out of the box for the price, loaded with functionality. BT functionality with dongle for remote recording/adjusting, ability to use the unit as an audio interface in Windows/Android/macOS/Linux, true 32-bit recording, decent battery life, ability to power via USB-C (with a 5V/1.5A capable supply, though the unit only used 5V/200-300mA in practice). Convoluted UI (you'll get used to it) and cheap construction are the only drawbacks.

## Features

- Intuitive Launcher system using a 3.5-inch color touch panel display.
- Recording applications such as basic multi-track recording, podcasting, music, voice (interviews, vlog), field recording, ASMR and more. Supports up to 192kHz/ 32-bit float point recording.
- 4 XLR/TRS locking combo jack MIC/LINE inputs with individual phantom power supply (24V/48V) and in-house-developed HDDA (High Definition Discrete Architecture) mic preamps.
- Detachable 14.6mm large-diaphragm condenser mics for both A-B position and X-Y position.
- *Note: Only use AK-BT1 adapter. This product is not compatible with the AK-BT2 adapter.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B093LFP3RD |
| Best Sellers Rank | #59,621 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #86 in Portable Recording Devices |
| Brand | Tascam |
| Brand Name | Tascam |
| Compatible Devices | Smartphone |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 538 Reviews |
| Digital Recording Time | 512 hours (approximation) |
| Format | WAV |
| Hardware Interface | USB |
| Headphones Jack | 3.5 millimeters |
| Item Type Name | Portacapture X8 High Resolution Adaptive Multi-Track Recorder |
| Item Weight Unit of Measure | 730 g |
| Manufacturer | Tascam |
| Memory Storage Capacity | 512 GB |
| Microphone Form Factor | Built-In |
| Microphone Operation Mode | Mono, Stereo |
| Model Number | Portacapture X8 |
| Number of Batteries | 1 Lithium Metal batteries required. (included) |
| Screen Size Unit of Measure | 3.5 Inches |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |

## Product Details

- **Compatible Devices:** Smartphone
- **Brand:** Tascam
- **Hardware Interface:** USB
- **Microphone Form Factor:** Built-In
- **Format:** WAV

## Images

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![TASCAM Portacapture X8 32-bit 8-Channel Multitrack Field Recorder - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71jEaJ2ksCL.jpg)
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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Can I monitor (headphones) a previously recorded track while recording another track**
A: No. The record & playback are two separate functions.

**Q: Would you need or use a fethead phantom with a sennheiser mkh 50 mic using the tascam x8?**
A: Wow that is it with the Sennheiser mkh 50 mic? So long as the MKH 50 will accept either a 24V or 48V phantom power source, the Tascam X8 will power it. I use a Rode NT1 condenser mic and the X8 has no problem powering it.

**Q: Can i use lithium (li-ion) rechargeable batteries such as ebl brand on amazon?**
A: I use PaleBlue rechargeables with no issue. Good luck!

**Q: CAN i run both phantom mic and ¼' line-level at same time?**
A: Yes you can. You can plug your mic that requires phantom power into one of the XLR jacks and you can plug your 1/4" line into a different XLR jack. The XLR jacks accept both male XLR and 1/4" inputs. You can also plug in 3.5 mm jacks if needed.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Top Recorder!
*by N***E on 27 March 2025*

Top! Stabile Bauweise, amtlicher Klang, einfach zu bedienen, sehr gut funktionierende Handy App! Nach sehr kurzer Einarbeitung mit BDA und entsprechenden YT Videos (auch die Tipps auf YT der Fa. Tascam sind sehr nützlich) habe ich damit ausgezeichnet klingende Aufnahmen meiner Bands (Drums, Bass, Voc, Sax, Kb) im Proberaum, meines Klavieres im Studio und eines Chores in der Kirche gemacht. Er lässt sich extrem hoch aussteuern ohne zu verzerren, die zwei Mikrophone nehmen alles mit. Multitrack Recording und Overdub funktionieren wirklich wunderbar. Die Verwendung externer Mikrophone, egal ob dynamisch oder Kondensator, funktioniert perfekt. Ein ausgereiftes professionelles Gerät, das sich einfach bedienen lässt. Die Fernbedienung (BT-Dongle muss extra gekauft werden, ist aber den Preis wert) klappt hervorragend. Keine Unterbrechungen, alles lässt sich am Handy mitverfolgen bzw. steuern. Die verschiedenen Aufnahme-Modi sind sehr nützlich und auch übersichtlich in der Bedienung. Zur Übertragung der Spuren auf den Mac muss man den Recorder mit USB-C verbinden, das klappt aber dann auch tadellos. In einer YouTube review wird behauptet der Recorder produziere im 192khz Modus ein störendes hochfrequentes Geräusch, konnte ich nicht nachvollziehen, es traten beim mittlerweile ausgiebigen Gebrauch keinerlei Sound- Artefakte auf. Die 32bit Fließkomma Aufnahmen lassen sich bei extremster Aussteuerung in der Audiosoftware tatsächlich leiser drehen ohne dass irgendwelche Qualitätseinbußen auftreten. Getestet mit folgendenen externen Mikrophonen: - Audio-Technica ATM350U - Austrian Audio CC8 Stereo Set - Austrian Audio OC16 - Shure SM58 Ich habe schon mehrere Geräte von Tascam und die Qualität, Zuverlässigkeit und Klang sind erstklassig. Ich bin mit dem Tascam Portacapture sehr zufrieden und kann ihn zu 100% weiterempfehlen! Edit nach 3 Monaten intensiver Benutzung in verschiedenen Settings: Erstklassig! Nichts zu bemängeln! Eine externe USB-Powerbank ist zu empfehlen, damit ist man bei stundenlangen Sessions auf der sicheren Seite. Die sehr gute Aufnahmequalität wurde mir mittlerweile auch von mehreren professionellen Musikern und Chorleitern bestätigt. Nach wie vor: KEINE Tonartefakte, KEINE Ausfälle, KEINE Probleme irgendwelcher Art. Exakte Abbildung des akustischen Geschehens. Die verbauten Mikrophone des Recordes sind hervorragend! Bravo TASCAM!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible value for money, but with a few small sacrifices.
*by N***K on 1 March 2025*

The X8 is just a bit too large and conspicuous for me so I got the X6 because it's more useful in more random situations and easier to carry around. I'm an engineer so I took it apart and examined all the circuitry and general build. My conclusion is that TEAC/Tascam did a pretty fantastic job with the design for this unit. Much of the money you're paying, is going into the circuitry - which is indeed complex and high quality. Very good opamps (OPA1678's, which you can replace with OPA1656's if you like, for a little improvement), great ADCs (AKM AK5704's), high quality dual clocks from Kyushu Dentsu (KDK) - one for 44.1kHz, and another for 48/96kHz. The device runs on a single core Cortex-M7 ARM CPU at 600MHz, and it has 128MB of RAM. All the audio routing and processing is done on an CPLD/FPGA from Lattice which costs twice as much as the CPU. I'm guessing that the reverb functionality is implemented through it as well, effectively "in hardware". The good: -What I haven't see anyone mention - you can run the X6 (and presumably X8 as well) from a USB-C power bank, even without the AA present in the unit. I got an estimate of 60-90 runtime hours from a 25000mAh battery bank. It seems to have good power filtering for USB-C as well, so power noise doesn't couple into the analog circuits much at all. -Excellent circuit design (unit is engineered by TEAC with their extensive experience in audio, they have their high-end "Esoteric" parent brand after all). -Internal shielding is fairly elaborate (thick metal plate between digital and analog portions of the circuit, which keeps self-noise very low. BUT, this device is not as resistant to external interference (plastic case and all). If you place a phone or other electronics next to this device, it will pick up various EMI interference which will be extremely audible especially at high gain. So the upside is that the device is light (unlike heavy chonkers from Sound Devices etc), but you don't have as much external electrical noise immunity. Keep this in mind~ -Sealed dome switches for keys (not membranes) - should last for a long time. -Plastic case is actually pretty high-precision and cleverly designed when it comes to molding. Subtle thing and no one likes plastic anyways, but it's well made at least. -Pleasant noise floor signature (gained up to the max, the noise sounds like brown more than white - it's soft) -Built-in mics are very sensitive with low self-noise for the price of the device -Gimmicks aside ("ASMR" mode etc lol), the device is straightforward to use. UI isn't the best nor the most intuitive but you get used to it quickly. Just accept it and move on lol. -32-bit mode is indeed excellent and captures the entire dynamic range of sounds with its dual ADCs per input, so you can recover peaks in post, or gain up the audio with no drawbacks -I tested this device with a Samsung S24 Ultra and it works fine as an audio interface there. I was able to get MotionCam Pro to use this device as a sound input (only when the X6 is set to 48kHz/32-bit), at which point MotionCam Pro was able to include 32-bit 48kHz uncompressed audio from the X6 into the RAW video files, which is what I wanted. You do have to set the audio profile to "Unprocessed" in MotionCam. I've written my own multi-threaded decoder for their .mcraw files for Linux (.mcraw to DNG+Proxy), so I can now have RAW video + "RAW" (32-bit) audio in single files that are easy to edit, which is pretttyyy coooool as probably a world first. The bad: -The #1 issue to me as an engineer (which I haven't seen anyone bring up before for this device), is in how the device handles its high pass filter (low-cut filter) when it comes to the BUILT-IN mics. This filter is applied digitally (post-preamp, post-ADC), which means that when it comes to wind or loud surrounding bass, the built-in mics will already clip the preamp/ADCs, so you're applying low-cut to a clipped waveform at that point, which will retain all the distortion components from that clipping. This is terrible, and I've seen complaints on Reddit about this device clipping lows in unexpected situations. Many external mics have low-cut filters built into the mics - which is what you want. Low-cut filters should ideally happen in the analog domain, before digitizing. This would've required more parts and board space, so I can see why TEAC/Tascam didn't do that. But - that's how you'd avoid clipping your preamps/ADCs. This device saves money by doing this digitally, but that means that to use this recorder professionally in the field, you have to have phenomenal quality wind filters on it. Cheap stuff won't do, cause you REALLY need to get rid of anything that's gonna clip the lows on those mics (which are unfortunately/fortunately great at capturing low frequencies). -Given that all the money went into the circuitry, you sacrifice overall build quality. Almost everything is plastic. Case contact is highly audible with built-in mics, so you need an isolated shock mount etc if you're going to be moving around. -Built-in mics are non-removable on the X6 and removable on the X8, with 10mm capsules on the X6 and 14mm on the X8. The mics themselves are excellent. The way they're installed into the case is kind of cheap, and if you ever drop this unit onto the mics (or have a hard bump into a wall or something), they will definitely smash into pieces - so you have to be careful. On the X6, the mic wires are directly soldered to the PCB with no connectors. In one sense, it might make them more robust than the X8's connectors which might eventually get some corrosion/wear, but replacing mics on the X6 would be troublesome. Still completely possible though, if TEAC sells you replacements. Overall: Best audio quality out of the box for the price, loaded with functionality. BT functionality with dongle for remote recording/adjusting, ability to use the unit as an audio interface in Windows/Android/macOS/Linux, true 32-bit recording, decent battery life, ability to power via USB-C (with a 5V/1.5A capable supply, though the unit only used 5V/200-300mA in practice). Convoluted UI (you'll get used to it) and cheap construction are the only drawbacks.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Buena grabadora.
*by L***N on 8 February 2025*

Pros -Buena calidad de sonido -Menus aceptables, aunque podría ser mejor -Audio a 32 bits si hace la diferencia pára no perder información. -Se puede alimentar con una powerbank por el puerto usb-c -Varios modos de grabación -El modo Manual de grabación esta bien diseñado Contras -Muy baja velocidad de transferencia via el puerto Usb-C, (mejor extraer la micro sd para respaldar) -Consume más bateria de los esperado. Con las 4 baterías AA dura unas 10 hr aprox. -En funcionamiento la pantalla no se puede apagar completamente, solo se reduce el brillo. Y esto impacta en la batería. Ya deberían incluir el case en este tipo de artículos.

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