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Tascam’s Portacapture X8 central to Roland Guerin’s musical activities

Whether he is performing, working on sound design, or hunkered down in the recording studio, the ability to quickly capture performances, experiment with musical ideas, or record instruments and more for inclusion on a recording is essential to bassist/recording engineer Roland Guerin. His preferred solution is the Portacapture X8 8-channel 32-bit float Portable Audio Field Recorder from Tascam.

“My Portacapture is my personal audio stenographer”, says Guerin. “At any time throughout the day and whenever inspiration hits, I capture voice memo clips of me singing or playing my bass. Having this capability lets me feel good about not missing a moment of inspiration. These moments are like gold nuggets to me. I can take these ideas and add to them, drop them in software on my computer, drop them into a sampler/drum machine, and more.”

“I’ve been actively recording all of my live shows for many years now”, he continues. “From back in the day of using cassette tapes, MiniDisk, and other recording formats, capturing my live shows lets me evaluate what actually happened, as opposed to my perception of what took place. This form of documentation has helped me to learn and grow.”

“To this day, I still have my first Tascam recorder, the DR1”, he adds. “Now, my Portacapture X8 takes matters to a whole new Ievel. The audio from some of my shows is definitely worthy of a live album release and I’m about to be in a position to start using multiple mics in my live show capture. And outside of live shows, I’ve used my Portacapture X8 to record a final mix from my DAW and I’ve used it several times as an audio interface while on tour.”

Since getting his Portacapture X8 in May of 2022, Guerin has used the recorder for a wide range of projects. “My Portacapture X8 captures my ideas, feeds my samplers, fuels my songs, and interfaces with my computers”, he concludes. “It also records audio into my Fuji cameras, it records my rehearsals and my performances. It also provides me with wireless control capability by using the Portacapture Control app with my Android Galaxy S24 Ultra.”

Guerin has a wide range of musical and creative experience. From 2008 to 2015, he was the bassist for musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer Allen Toussaint. Later, Guerin served as Musical Director to singer/songwriter Dr. John. Currently, he has his own band called the Roland Guerin Band, planning to release an album in early 2025. Further, Guerin’s work as a photographer will soon be released on a historic publication titled “Seeing Black”.

(Photo: Roland Guerin/Tascam)

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