Product ReviewsTascam HD-P2 Digital Multi Track Recorder

If you were looking at the Zoom H4n, save a little bit more for this HD-P2!

Sound quality and features are really good for those that are just starting out in filmmaking. For people on a budget, I recommend saving a little bit extra to get a used HD-P2 instead of a brand new Zoom H4n and bypass Zoom altogether because their preamp is extremely weak for most shotguns and other microphones, even at the highest setting. With the HD-P2, mics with 10mV output was not a problem and did not require an external mixer or preamp (although I see now why an external mixer/preamp like MixPre-D or 302 is always recommended though). A mixer would have been required with something like an AT897 shotgun mic on a H4n, unless you are fine with a noisy recording. Even with a hotter 4073a shotgun, it was still noisier compared to the HD-P2. Plus it is the only portable recorder that supports LTC and World Clock timecodes compared to Edirol, Marantz, etc at the same price point. Mine also had the Busman Audio mod, which makes a big difference on music recordings.

The main thing I don't like is the gain knob that has both L and R kinda put together, instead of using separate pots.Read full review...

Grab one if you can!

I do classical music concert recording. This is the third one of these machines that I've owned. They are absolutely stone reliable, and the sonics are as close to "straight-wire" as you can get, along with the flexible feature set, especially at this price point. I don't use them with batteries, but if you do, they use standard AA batteries, not some expensive proprietary battery like the DR-100. Tascam should not have discontinued this model.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: ntc_tech

Great stereo recorder!

I had a Tascam DA45HR DAT for years in my studio and due to tapes being hard to get decided to get a tape-less recorder. The HD-P2 records on compact flash cards and you have many options to dump the work into your system. The 24bit 192khz recording is awesome! For all you that think it's not necessary, that's fine but I'll still be enjoying the high resolution anyways. You're well into ultrasonic range with 192khz sample rate. I believe the top end goes to 80 or 90khz. Sound you don't hear as much as feel. I'm really enjoy working with this machine and think it's powerful and portable. I use outboard mic preamps with input and output transformers and the sound is very satisfying.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: carolinavideoworks

if you have a high quality mic - expect high quality sound

I am using it in low budget short films - the unit produces excellent results.
If you want to hear recording in live environment - goto vimeo and type in bradwestonfilms
videos were recorded with this exact unit and high quality micRead full review...

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Just what I was looking for.

This easily allows me to digitize all my recording masters. It is easy to use and reliable. It integrates with my home stereo for excellent playback.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: scavarra

Fantastic Recorder

Will keep it short.
Awesome recorder with great features. If you're considering one against an H4N; take the p2 for sure. It's 1000 times more functional in the field.
Only suggestion I'd make is to get a rechargeable battery pack for the unit.Read full review...

Good product, still works great.

I'm using this to transfer DAT recordings to drive (by way of the CF in this unit), not for field recording - so I can't comment on the unit for that application. For what I'm doing it's great, reasonably easy to use and the transfers are working great. If you can get a good price on a used one of these it's well worth it.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: hitech-assets

Great for the price

Got this as a refurbished unit. Works great but wish it would've come with a strap. Other than that it's awesome

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: refurbished | Sold by: naro2nite777

Powerful

we are shooting a full featured film with it

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: pcdeals09

This recorder rocks!

Great recorder for the price.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: playtimezone0372