Sound for Video Session: Tascam Portacapture X8 & Q&A

In this week's Sound for Video Session, we have an initial look at the Tascam Portacapture X8 along with some audio samples. This audio recorder is the first hand-held style recorder with wide dynamic range, 32-bit float recording capabilities. Then we'll answer your sound for video related questions. If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio. Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are , B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases: - Tascam Portacapture X8 audio recorder - B&H - Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon - Earthworks SV33 studio vocal microphone — B&H, Sweetwater - Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater - Universal Audio Volt 276 USB audio interface — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon - Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater - Epiphan Pearl Nano live stream encoder — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon - Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon - Canon C70 Camera - B&H - Canon RF 24-70 f/ IS lens - B&H, Amazon - TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H - ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon - Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon - Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: Copyright 2022, Curtis Judd Index 00:00 Start 0:11 Beginning of stream 0:42 Agenda 1:54 First look at the Tascam Portacapture X8 38:26 Can a 3.5 mm mic plug into mic input jacks without XLR converters? 39:17 X8 pre-recording feature details 40:17 Would recording using time file increments help control audio drift? 43:10 What does ‘MS Decode’ mean? 46:39 X8 Camera Settings tutorial request 48:23 What is ‘Peak Mark’? 50:02 What is XRI? 50:29 What is ‘Initialize’ and what does it do? 51:22 X8 Power Savings options 51:34 Why do I have to gain my mics so high to get to my desired levels? 57:48 Questions from the chat 1:03:41 Wrap-up 1:04:02 End of stream