Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? Seems to be well made, I guess, hard to judge. Feels similar to most other electronic units I've used over the last couple years. It's no Soviet train, but not really flimsy either. Standard. Features What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? Though I had to dig through the manual to find out how to use it to it's full potential, the EQ and effects options are very large and make for lots of versatility in sound. Don't overlook this feature! Oh yeah, and price is definitely right! Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? Very easy to use in most aspects, though a few features take a little more digging through the manual to access. Still, very organic in it's feel to musicheads accustomed to recording. Not nearly as complex as the computer based crowd of USB/Firewire recording interfaces. So for an older jammer like myself, this makes it very attractive. Sound How is the tone? Love the sound. Doesn't sound overly digital/computer/electronic, even though I guess technically it is. Easy to get a very analog, old school sound from recordings on this unit, which is what I aim for. After all, when the music hits your eardrum it's ANALOG, innit? Reliability How has it stood up over time? Seems to be made to last, though I worry a bit about the buttons going mushy on me. I keep it covered at all times when not in use, and I'm gentle with the buttons and controllers and that should help make it last a bit longer. We'll see in a few years. General Your general opinion of this product. Totally happy with it so far.

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? Features What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? Sound How is the tone? Reliability How has it stood up over time? General Your general opinion of this product.

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? THe DP-02 seems to me to be made very well. It's slim and sleek. I have seen other recorders that are bulky and not very easy on the eyes. I love it's look and feel. I hope it turns out to be very dependable. Features What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? The DP-02's knobs, EQ's & effects are right there easy to use. I played all the instruments, lead vocals and had my wife do the harmony and it was very easy to do. Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? This is my first mulititrack recorder I have ever purchased.I read the entire manual before I even started to play with it. I was recording right away. It is pretty straight forward, but read the manual first. Youtube also has some helps on it if you get stuck. The manual will help you alot, especially if you have never had a recorder before. Sound How is the tone? The sound was good, not GREAT! I guess it depends on what you are comparing it to. You can't get the "PROFESSIONAL" sound out of it say like a Alan Jackson cd. But I believe you will be very satisfied with it. It really does have a good sound though. Especially for the price. Reliability How has it stood up over time? I can't comment on it's reliability yet. I haven't had it long enough to say. I think and hope that it will last a very long time. General Your general opinion of this product. I love my DP-02. Iam very satisfied with the out come of my recordings.

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? For th price the DP-02 is worth every penny. Features What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? I like the hard drive and footswitch to stop and start or punch i and out of the record mode. Reverb sounds great and special effects include; multi-effects processor on the input provides great-sounding overdrive, flange, and delay. Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? The manual is large, short and easy to read. That being said, if your new to recording like Im thier is a learning curve. I would say I coud have this system down in about six month of hard practice. Sound How is the tone? Sounds Great!! Reliability How has it stood up over time? Only had unit for 2 months but so far so good. General Your general opinion of this product. A great starter unit for those wanting to stay away from a DAW and do some old school 8 Trac recording.

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? Very dependable. Features What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? Versatility Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? Extremely User Friendly...Just Read First, then Play Sound How is the tone? Reliability How has it stood up over time? Only had for a week or so...so far so good. General Your general opinion of this product. Fun right out of the box!

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? The DP-02 is made very well with metal and little plastic. It is heaver than you might think but not too heavy, just well built. Features What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? It is very quiet from a noise standpoint. One feature lacking is adequate gain for the two input channels. dynamic microphones work well, but condenser mics need an external mic preamp which means you have to use one with phantom power as you cannot use the TASCAM DP-02 phantom power in this case. I think this is the only serious drawback of the DP-02. As an example I also have a TASCAM PortaStudio 424MkII and it's preamps have excellent gain through an input level control, but it lacks the phantom power. Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? Pretty easy, but you have to read the manual carefully and do exactly what it describes to get the results you expect. The unit is not easy to get music imported from a computer as you must convert it to .wav files that must be 44kHz 16 bits and mono or the unit will not import them. Audacity is a great program for converting for the TASCAM. The TASCAM will not read an mp3 file directly either through the USB interface or through the CD. However, once you do get music into the memory manipulating it is pretty straight forward. Sound How is the tone? Quality of the recordings is very clean and clear. No hiss and distortion is extremely low. This can make you sound like a pro Reliability How has it stood up over time? I have only had the recorder for a few months and I take care with electronics so it has been reliable. I do take it to practices and bought the TASCAM carry case for it which is a perfect fit and well padded. General Your general opinion of this product. I am very pleased with this product. It is perfect for the small studio user. This is not the unit needed to mix an entire band all at once. It only records two tracks simultaneously. However that is all you need to engineer a mix by recording one or two instruments at a time. Of course you can mix up to 8 tracks including the 2 mic inputs simultaneously.

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? It's built well and with real knobs and faders-it's nice to not have to use a mouse for recording functions. Features What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? The ability to record to a hard drive without the addition of a Windows operating system! The CD burner is a nice touch but it isn't a feature that I will often use. The on board effects are nice for direct guitar tracking-especially when starting out on a new song. Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? It's very much like the cassette recorders I started out on in the early 1990's. The only problems I initially had were with the assign buttons-the manual kind of breezed by this function. Sound How is the tone? Good tones, sometimes I would like a bit more gain, but I have a Mackie mixer that will help with that-so it's not really an issue. Reliability How has it stood up over time? Only had it a few weeks but it's going strong so far. General Your general opinion of this product. I can spend more time on playing and recording and not worrying about virus's or Windows functions messing up a great track! I would like to be able to give the song title a longer title, though.

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? Features What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? Pretty easy if you read the manual. Sound How is the tone? Good Reliability How has it stood up over time? Just got it, but it seems to be built tough. General Your general opinion of this product.