Get yourself everything you need to start a four-person podcast with this TASCAM Mixcast Podcast Kit, bundled together by B&H for your convenience. In addition to a professional podcast mixer-recorder with multitracking, loopback functionality, and sound-effect pads, you get almost everything you need to support a four-person podcast. That means four high-quality Audio-Technica microphones, four mic stands, four XLR cables, and a memory card for recording your podcasts without a computer.
Record a podcast with up to four people with the TASCAM Mixcast 4, a tabletop mixer and recorder with sound effects, independent headphone outputs, and mix-minus functionality, for live or streamed guests and more. With the Mixcast 4, you'll have everything you need to record a high-quality multicast podcast straight to an SD card or straight to a stereo USB feed, for instantaneous streaming over your favorite platform.
You'll enjoy the form factor of eight faders at your fingertips, as well as the eight sound-effect pads, and the built-in 5" touchscreen for deeper control. You'll be able to record up to 14 tracks at a time straight to an SD card, or record stereo over USB straight to your DAW, or streaming platform. In addition to TASCAM's Podcast Editor Software, the Mixcast 4 ships with an included AC adapter and a USB Type-C cable.
By incorporating an internal multistage pop filter, the AT2040 is able to reduce vocal plosives—popping sounds from strong consonants such as 'p' and 'b'—without relying on an external pop screen. Additionally, the integrated shockmount helps prevent noise from stand handling and other vibrations while keep the overall size down. Due to its XLR 3-pin output connector and low sensitivity, the AT2040 should be used with a mic preamp that can provide moderate to high gain. Being a dynamic mic, it requires no batteries or phantom power.
- Dynamic microphone delivers warm, assertive broadcast sound that’s perfect for podcasting
- Large diaphragm for smooth, natural sound and low noise
- Multistage foam mesh windscreen provides superior internal pop filtering
- Integrated shockmount attenuates noise, shock, and vibration transmitted through mic stands, booms, and mounts
- Hypercardioid polar pattern reduces pickup of sounds from the sides and rear for maximum vocal isolation
- XLR 3-pin male output connector
- No batteries or phantom power required
- Includes pivoting stand mount, 5/8"-27 to 3/8"-16 threaded adapter, and a soft protective pouch
Designed for miking kick drums or guitar amplifier cabinets in both studio and live applications, the black MS-5340 Mic Stand with Boom for Kick Drum or Guitar Amp from Auray is also ideal for podcasting applications and provides sturdy operation thanks to its steel construction and weighted square base with 5 rubber nonslip feet. Its telescoping shaft provides height adjustment between 9.5 and 14.3", while its adjustable boom is 19.5" in length, both adding to the versatility of placement options the stand provides. The stand is compatible with standard 5/8"-27 threaded mic clips and mounts, and includes a cable guide to help reduce cable clutter.
The black Kopul Premium Performance 3000 Series XLR Male to XLR Female Microphone Cable (6') is designed to be an extremely quiet and flexible cable that is ideal for the most demanding live sound and performance applications. The cable is engineered to be durable and provide protection against EMI, RFI, and static noise. While the cable's color-coding affords the ability to quickly differentiate between multiple connections onstage, it provides a pleasant aesthetic quality at the same time.
Premium Performance 3000 Series cables are made from 24-AWG OFC copper wire that's wrapped with PE insulation and a conductive PVC inner shield. A cotton-yarn inner layer helps reduce electrostatic and microphonic noise. The 95% dual-spiral shielding makes the cable resistant to EMI and RFI noise. The Neutrik XX silver connectors provide a high level of connectivity, and all the solder connections are shrink-wrapped for protection.
Designed for sports camcorders, tablets, smartphones, any other microSDHC-compatible devices, the 32GB High-Performance 633x UHS-I microSDHC Memory Card from Lexar can be used to record Full HD and 3D video. This card has a capacity of 32GB, is compatible with the UHS-I bus, and features a speed class rating of U1 and V10, both of which provide minimum write speeds of 10 MB/s. In case your device does not support the UHS-I bus, this card also supports the Class 10 standard, which also features minimum write speeds of 10 MB/s.
Lexar's 32GB UHS-I microSDHC Memory Card supports a maximum read speed of 100 MB/s and is able to store up to 36 hours of video, 67,600 photos, or 58,100 songs. Included is a microSD to SD adapter, allowing this card to be used in card readers or devices that have a full-sized SD slot.
TASCAM Mixcast 4 Podcast Mixer, Recorder, and USB Audio Interface
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TASCAM Mixcast 4 Reviews
Great Audio Quality for a Great Price
I had been using a Zoom Podtrak P4 for recording a podcast and what's known as sweetening in musical theater for a local community theater. It did the job fine, but it didn't look as professional or as serious as I would like, especially since I had decided to take a career in audio engineering seriously. I watched a ton of reviews comparing the various recording mixers targeted at podcasters and decided I was going to give the TASCAM Mixcast 4 a shot, especially once I found it was on sale for $300. I don't generally care a ton about features meant to make editing simpler after the recording is done or any of that stuff. Yes, this unit has an automixing-like feature, but without a clear explanation of exactly what it's doing, I don't feel like I can trust it. I'm mostly concerned with the quality of the recording. I wasn't really expecting a noticeable difference in quality between the Podtrak P4 and the Mixcast 4, but I was very pleasantly surprised. I can definitely hear a difference. I'm not 100% sure what the difference is. I haven't done any analysis of recordings to figure it out, but I would say that I feel the difference more than really hear, but it does seem to be a clear, legitimate difference and not just a desire to justify this purchase. Were I to try to describe the difference, I would use words like clarity and smoothness. It could be the preamps are lower noise. It could just be that the P4 records 44.1 kHz 16-bit and the Mixcast 4 records 48 kHz 24-bit. Either way, I'm extremely pleased with the quality of the recordings I get out of it. One feature I'm very glad to have that I didn't have before is the ease with which I can connect a guest to the unit, which can be done either through the built-in Bluetooth, via TRRS cable, or USB-C, along with mix minus for that channel so we don't send their own voice back to them. Now for my gripes and nitpicks. While you can customize the colors of the pads for soundbite playback and effects, I wish you could customize the color of the 4 mic input faders and the 4 headphone volume knobs. It's not the least bit important, but I do wish I could do that. Finally, I hate the way SD cards are formatted and used. I'm not aware of any way in which you can get individual channel recordings into a more standard DAW for editing without first opening a recording session in TASCAM's proprietary DAW. It's probably a very nice piece of software for beginners and it's great that it's free, but I hate not being able to simply drag and drop my recordings into the software of my choice. Instead, I have to open the recording session in TASCAM Podcast Editor and then export each channel's audio as a separate file that I can then throw into Pro Tools. Not great. Oh, I almost forgot. That's the only way to load soundbites and assign them to a pad, too. That simply doesn't make sense to me. I should be able to throw audio files into a folder on the SD card, pop that into the Mixcast 4, and use the onboard UI to assign sounds to pads. It's completely bonkers to me that everything has to go through the TASCAM Podcast Editor app on my PC. Very strange choice. All of those things aside, though, I do feel like this piece of kit is great value.
So easy to use
Love working with this thing. Super easy to set up and use. If you want to edit in another program like Logic, then it can get a little complicated but overall it's good.