Recording With The Field App; Setting Procedures; Screen Overview; Shortcut Menu - Tascam Portacapture X8 Reference Manual

6 - Recording apps

6 - 7 Recording with the FIELD app

This app is good for recording outdoors.

Setting procedures

HOME screen

Screen overview

Shortcut Menu

button
Project status bar
Recording level
Recording sub-
ject selection
Input settings
Shortcut Menu
Press the Shortcut Menu button to open the menu shown below.
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Select recording subject
Remaining
battery
charge
GAIN set-
ting
Gain level
LOW CUT
setting
LAUNCHER
App switching and unit settings
(page 10)
BROWSE
File operations (page 58)
GENERAL SETTINGS
Additional settings (page 75)
REC SETTINGS
Recording settings and operations
(page 48)
INPUT SELECT
Track number and input jack
assignments (page 26)
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Adjust input gain

Setting the inputs

For details, see "Making input settings for each input" on page 27.

Selecting the recording subject

Tap the center of the screen.
NO PRESET
Use mic preamps as is (no processing)
CITY
Crowds and other urban sounds
NATURE
Rustling leaves, murmuring streams and other natural sounds
VEHICLE
Trains, motorsports, etc.
BIRD
Wild bird calls and similar sounds
o If none of the options match the desired subject, select NO PRESET.
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Record
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Tap the recording subject.