When operating on battery power, you can expect a runtime of 10 to 18 hours (with 48 V phantom power disengaged) and 5:30 to 10 hours with phantom power engaged (depending on the type of battery used). An optional AC adapter is also available.
For power, you’ll need 4 AA batteries (alkaline, Ni-MH, or lithium-ion) or a USB-C cable – this also allows the Portacapture X8 to act as an external audio interface to connect to your DAW ( Digital Audio Workstation – or just your mere laptop). It weighs 472 g (with batteries) and measures 77 mm × 40 mm × 206 mm (W × H × D). The Portacapture X8 is not a particularly pocketable device, but it is still quite small considering its feature set.
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The optional AK-BT1 Bluetooth adapter is needed to connect the Portacapture Control App (iOS / Android). Of course, you can also control the device with your smartphone. Personally, I’m not entirely sure I like this modern all-touchscreen approach, because sometimes it’s just much more intuitive (and glove compatible) to press a button or use a knob, but the Portacapture X8’s UI/UX seems pretty tidy and neat, so it might work just as well as using old-school buttons and knobs. 24-bit and 16-bit modes are available, too. 2) Since the Tascam Portacapture X8 supports 192kHz/32-bit floating-point recording, the unit offers enough headroom that intensive use of faders is simply redundant.
The answer to this riddle is twofold: 1) Most of the front surface is taken up by a 3.5-inch touchscreen, which serves as the central interface. First things first: what’s missing here? Upon first inspection of the Portacapture X8, the keen observer will notice the lack of rotary controls to adjust the input level of each channel.
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