- Hello, I'm Mike Russell from musicradiocreative.com.
In this video,
I'll show you how to record a podcast or live stream
and upload it on automation.
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So, I'm really excited about this, the Tascam SS-R250N.
It's a solid state recorder, and it's also networkable.
Which means I can plug in an ethernet cable
and connect this to the internet.
There are two different versions of this kit
and most of you will be happy recording onto SD card,
but if for whatever reason you need to write on CD
there is the SS-CDR250N which has a full CDR capability.
It's got a very cute remote control as well included
which you can use to start and stop the unit
from a distance.
Another great thing about this piece of kit
is it comes with its own app for iOS and Android.
So, you can control the unit remotely
providing its plugged into ethernet.
You can also change all of the settings
and page through and check up on your files,
and also things like the status of upload to FTP.
You can power this unit using the provided power cable.
Now, of course, if there's a power outage,
the best thing about this unit,
is it will stop and save your audio
and you won't lose anything.
There's so much you can do with it.
The first thing obviously is to switch it on,
and that brings up a beautiful blue display,
a bunch of recording controls that you can work with,
and of course you need to flip open the SD slot.
Now, there are actually slots for two SD cards here.
So, you can have one recording and one as a backup
if you wanna be super sure
to record that audio you really need,
or you can relay from one to the other.
So I'm using a 128 gigabyte SSD.
I could have two of those
and have all the space I'm ever going to need
to record audio.
Audio connections are pretty straightforward.
There are rebalanced and unbalanced analog connections
using XLR cable of course,
a bunch of other digital connections as well,
and there's an optional Dante interface
which will give you networked audio direct into the unit.
Once I'm ready to go, I can hit the record button
and of course make sure
that I've got my input set up correctly
so I'm getting audio levels,
and then hit play to start recording.
Now, this could be my latest podcast episode,
this could be a live stream
that I wanna record the audio only
so I can have it ready to produce into a podcast.
And the best feature about this
is that you can actually network it,
and go into the menu and go and select the FTP settings.
Now, inside the FTP settings,
you can select your own FTP server
and also tell it to automatically upload
when you finish recording.
So, say for instance, you're doing a live podcast
or a live stream,
and you simply want that audio to go up to an FTP server
or a shared place
where your podcast producer can then download it, edit it,
and have it go live for you on automation.
This little 19 inch unit can automate all of that for you.
I really like the LCD display on the front of this unit,
I think it's fantastic.
Obviously it networks as well on my local network.
I wish that there was some kind of web interface included,
like there is with the live streaming unit from Tascam,
I did a video on that, you might wanna go back and watch it.
It'd be amazing if Tascam
would introduce an update to access this,
or maybe it already exists,
and I just simply didn't find it.
But simply entering your FTP details on here
and setting it to auto upload is not really a major issue.
One final cool accessory that I think podcasters,
radio hosts, DJs, are really gonna love
is the ability to trigger off sound bites effects,
jingles, and more using an optional add-on
that you can buy called the RC-SS150.
And as I just mentioned,
it fits perfectly into a 19 inch rank.
You can screw it under the desk as well,
if you are working from home.
It's very, very versatile
and I love the fact that the recording quality
can go as high as 96 kilohertz wav file.
Of course you can do MP3 as well with this
but this is a high quality recording unit
using simple microSD cards,
couldn't be easier to figure out and work,
and it gets a big thumbs up from me.
In fact, a unit like this will be perfect for me
when I'm doing the live stream
to upload the audio afterwards
and have one of our producers make it into a full show.
Let me know what you think about this unit
and how you are gonna be using it
in the comments down below.
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