These Tascam solid state recorders have mainly been designed for broadcast and contractor markets, however they would equally be at home in education, houses of worship, and conference situations and installations. This range of solid state recorders can record audio in either WAV or MP3 formats onto a variety of media type dependant on model.
This network-capable, solid-state recorder has two memory-card slots that allow 24bit/96kHz mirrored or 'relay' recording of WAV and MP3 audio files, and playback of the same file types, to and from compatible SD/SDHC, SDXC cards and USB media. Network capability gives SS-R250N the ability to upload or download recorded audio files directly from a connected server as well as time based automatic operation. RS-232C serial control connection allows the connection of a RC-SS150 optional hardwired remote. It has balanced and unbalanced I/O and AES/EBU digital I/O. The optional IF-DA2 DANTE card offers 2-channel audio inputs and outputs at 16/24bits and 44.1/48/96kHz sampling rate.
Compatible media types: SD card, 512MB to 2GB; SDHC card, 4GB to 32GB, SDXC card, 64GB to 128GB, USB flash drive, 512MB to 64GB. Digital inputs: Coaxial S/PDIF, AES/EBU, auto-detected on input. Analogue inputs: L+R XLR, balanced; L+R RCA (phono), unbalanced. Analogue outputs: L+R XLR, balanced; L+R RCA (phono), unbalanced. Dimensions (W x H x D): 483 x 45 x 301mm. Weight: 2.9kg.
The DANTE-capable SS-CDR250N has a similar feature set to the SS-R250N but includes, in addition, CD recording and playback functionality. CD recording formats include MP3 and WAV or the user can choose to record directly to removable media if inserted into one of the two SD memory card slots that are compatible with SD cards (512MB to 2GB), SDHC (4GB to 32GB), or SDXC (64GB to 128GB). The user can also record directly to USB flash drive via the USB slot on the front panel.
It has balanced and unbalanced I/O and AES/EBU digital I/O. The optional IF-DA2 DANTE card offers 2-channel audio inputs and outputs at 16/24bits and 44.1/48/96kHz sampling rate. RS-232C serial control connection allows the connection of a RC-SS150 optional hard-wired remote.
Compatible media types: SD card, 512MB to 2GB; SDHC card, 4GB to 32GB; SDXC card, 64GB to 128GB; USB flash drive, 512MB to 64GB; CD-R/CD-RW. Digital I/O: Coaxial S/PDIF, AES/EBU, auto-detected on input. Analogue inputs: L+R XLR, balanced; L+R RCA (phono), unbalanced. Analogue outputs: L+R XLR, balanced; L+R RCA (phono), unbalanced. Dimensions: 483 x 45 x 301 (W x H x D) mm. Weight: 3.2kg.
This remote is designed to work with the SS-R250N solid state recorder. Operation time, playback mode, file name, playback level as well as elapsed and remaining time are clearly displayed on the adjustable 3.5inch TFT colour screen. Twelve flash start buttons are located around the screen, corresponding to the displayed options. An additional three buttons give the user access to menu pages and another two buttons are allocated to 'Stop' and 'Play'. The remote is powered when connected to the Tascam SS-R250N hardware via the supplied 5m RS-232C cable.
Dimensions (WxDxH): 343 x 250 x 174mm. Weight: 1.5kg.