Tascam Mixcast 4
The Tascam Mixcast 4 is a podcast recording station.
The Mixcast 4 makes it easy to create professional content. For podcast creation, live streaming, event production or voiceovers, the Mixcast allows you to mix and record microphone inputs with background music, sound effects and jingles played internally and triggered by pads, and with an external audio input signal from your phone, PC or Bluetooth device.
From recording audio to mixing recorded sounds, the Mixcast 4 provides a complete production environment with many convenient features, such as 14-track direct recording to the unit's SD card, Bluetooth audio input, an Aux input connector for easily mixing and recording phone conversations (with N-1 feedback) or other sound sources, and PC connectivity for importing sounds from a computer to the unit.
The Mixcast 4 features eight fully customisable light-up pads, each with eight banks, for triggering live sounds during podcast production or live broadcasting. In addition to the supplied pre-assigned sound effects, the user can freely assign new sounds, music or even sounds captured with the microphone and previously recorded on the device.
The Tascam Podcast Editor software provides simple and convenient editing of your audio content, track arming, and easy setup and assignment of sound effects and background music to pads.
Produce podcasts with up to four people: 4 microphone inputs with auto-mix, 4 headphone outputs
Invite guests and friends: Mix-Minus to include calls with echo-free sound via Bluetooth, USB input or 4-pin TRRS audio cable
Pads for instant sound and effect triggering
Easy and intuitive control via a 5" touchscreen
Fully compatible with dedicated Tascam Podcast Editor software to cover the entire production workflow
Records up to 14 tracks directly to an SD card (12 channels + stereo mix)
Integrated USB audio interface with 14 inputs and 2 outputs
Multilingual: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean
Physical features
4 microphone inputs on balanced combo connectors (mixed XLR/TRS jack)
4 headphone outputs with independent volume controls
Headset input/output via 3.5 mm TRSS jack (takes signal from headset output 1)
Stereo line input, either balanced on two TRS jacks or on 3.5 mm TRSS jack.
Balanced monitor outputs
Stereo line output on 3.5 mm stereo mini jack 8 sound trigger pads
- These pads allow instant playback of sound effects, jingles, background music or any other sound
- 8 banks of sounds available for a total of 64 triggerable sounds
- Quickly switch between banks via the touch screen
- 8 large channel faders for adjusting the levels of 4 microphone signals
- One stereo signal via USB
- Stereo signal from a mobile device
- Stereo signal via Bluetooth
- Sounds assigned to the 8 pads
Mute and Solo buttons on each channel (for pads: Sound only)
Talkback button for transmitting indications/orders to participants
Mark button for placing markers for specific events or phrases during recording Power supply via 12-volt DC voltage (mains adapter with lockable threaded connector included)
Software settings and processing :
Microphone channels :
- Selection between condenser (48 volt phantom powered) and dynamic microphones
- Easy equalization via presets (Deep, Mid, Bright) or manual adjustment (2-band semi-parametric equalizer), on/off switching - Easy compression via presets (Soft, Hard) or manual adjustment (5 parameters), De-esser (3 parameters) and noise suppressor (5 parameters) - Reverb (on one mic channel only) with presets (Small, Medium, Large) or manual adjustment (5 room types, 3 parameters), on/off switching Stereo channels USB, smartphone, Bluetooth :
- De-esser (3 parameters) and noise suppressor (5 parameters) - Easy to adjust audio enhancer (3 positions: Talk, Music, Off) Functions for playing, checking, renaming or deleting recorded audio files Pads :
- Six different methods for playing back pad-assigned sounds
- Recording of pad-assigned sounds Audio settings: - USB N-1 mix on/off
- Feedback suppression on/off
- Line level output on/off
- Solo mode before/after fader
Display brightness adjustment, auto power off
Adjustable delay on the USB output signal to compensate for any delay between the audio signal from the unit and the video signals played back on a computer (0 to 2000 ms)
SD cards can be erased (quick erase or full erase) and used as mass storage media via USB
Comes with dedicated Tascam Podcast Editor software, encompassing the entire system workflow - Upload audio files to Mixcast 4 for use/triggering with pads - Upload recorded podcasts to Mixcast 4 for editing and archiving - Record multiple audio tracks to your computer or mobile device
Euroguitar Reference : 99413
