Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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 school.learnlightandsound.com 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 Amazon.com, 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 geni.us/BE098
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Earthworks SV33 studio vocal microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/jfIw
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Universal Audio Volt 276 USB audio interface — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/H5pbQ7
- Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/AqRF
- Epiphan Pearl Nano live stream encoder — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/qXyXR5
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs
- TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H bhpho.to/3o2dTOS
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
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
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 school.learnlightandsound.com 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 Amazon.com, 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 geni.us/BE098
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Earthworks SV33 studio vocal microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/jfIw
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Universal Audio Volt 276 USB audio interface — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/H5pbQ7
- Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/AqRF
- Epiphan Pearl Nano live stream encoder — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/qXyXR5
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs
- TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H bhpho.to/3o2dTOS
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
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
