All user reviews for the Tascam US-1641

<strong>What characteristics have motivated your choice?

First, the USB port since I'm working on a laptop. Then, the entries 16 in number, no real competition at this price: 285 euros Thomann

What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk ,...)?

It is a DELL Studio 1557:

CPU: 1.6 GHz Mobile i7 and turbo boost @ 2.8 GHz
RAM: 4GB at 1333MHz
Motherboard: PM55 Express Chipset Inlcus
HDD: 320GB 7200-rpm
OS: Windows Vista 64-bit and 7

For what purpose?

Intended to make a home studio for my songs, and pre-production for the next cd of my group

With which instruments or systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) and you use the connection with what? ...

For the moment the guitar preamp with a Marshall JMP1 home. Soon a static microphone preamp with a first prize.</strong>

UTILIZATION

So that is where the worries come.

I can not use ASIO, I have nothing but stalls in SONAR 8 (64 bit) after 2 guitar tracks with AmpliTube VST one above.
Cubase 4 LE, as soon as I put an effect AmpliTube, it cracks.

For the moment, impossible to do anything with ASIO. I did well to update the firmware, but I think (and hope) that it comes from my PC, he left soon to SAV. But strangely, everything works fine in WDM / KS. I will try to elucidate this mystery.

For latency, I let you look at other posts. (And yes ASIO when AC not want ...)

GETTING STARTED

Hassle free installation. For the rest, already explained above

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 weeks and I referrer that choice anyway. I consider a very good card as I would not know the source of the problem.
I've used in the past a Line6 Pod Studio GX.

Value for money excellent.

Q / P exceptional
IMAC 24 "4 gb ram
Snow Leopard

UTILIZATION

Perfect OS X, an ordeal as .. Windows .. cracking etc, unusable.

In OS X I put him in full of cum, but none so no worries. (I connect everything together is through Jack: Mixbus Harrison + Garage Band + + virtual samplers reaper3 + hydrogen + audacity, no problem)

While I did not even keep it when I was a PC running XP, then I do not even think about anything. I mix I plug it rules.

I love the sound of this card, really impressive for the price. So I became a fan of his TASCAM.

GETTING STARTED

Install super fast as ... snow leopard. Snow specific drivers.

OVERALL OPINION

Q / P Excellent but to reach the top (for me) would have TASCAM looks back on ... firewire ... The same as firewire and it's nirvana. TASCAM has emerged from a 1641 "remastered" I do not see any interest. Much to offer a "1641" in firewire make a difference ...

I wanted to record in multitrack without ruining myself.
Pc Fujisu-Siemens dual core AMD Athlon 64 4000 +, 2 Gigabytes of RAM, Vista and Cubase AI 4. Disk drives in external USB enclosure needed to work seriously.
Also installed in my laptop running XP ultimate this time with Cubase LE 4 that came with the interface.

UTILIZATION

The drivers are quite stable, no worries. I enregsitrement up to 8 channels simultaneously.

GETTING STARTED

Installation is no problem in minutes under either vista or XP. Cubase recognizes it immediately and the config is simple to configure.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had a little over 6 months and I'm very happy, the quality / price is very good. I would do this choice.

I need 8 preamps and a sound card at the time. I already knew for Tascam's analog consoles and multitrack (DA-88. ..) and I saw that they offered this card, so I jumped on it.

Used with a laptop ACER (Pentium M Centrino 2Ghz and 2GB RAM) running XP never crash that is due to my mistake. With the plugs in line behind and in front before I can record 14 different sources simultaneously. And then I made a headphone and network here.

The preamp has nothing to do with Focusrite RED ONE! It is incomparable. Kept all relativity, the preamps are good
That said earnings preamp are not transcendent either. Potato still missing ... but € 300!

There is a monitor output and 4 outputs and more. What I regret is that the outputs 1-2 are Matchee with the monitor output. So we can make 2 networks headphones but in this case do not connect the plays on Monitor, but the headphone on the front by example. Or find another hack.
Hence the 8 / 10. Sound Card

UTILIZATION

stable ultrastable! I go down to 5ms by recording 4 tracks at 96kHz and other reading 12-15 at the same time! Ultimately sessions to 30 tracks at 96kHz and not a single drop of pilots; Highway 66!
If your hardware follows behind (minimum 7200rpm HDD), the U.S. 1641 will reward you.

I use Nuendo and I could use with Reason. Apart Protools, nothing should be incompatible, as the ASIO drivers and ASIO2 walk.

GETTING STARTED

By doing things in order and unhurried, there will be no worries.

For example me, for the sake of optimization, I canceled service from XP that I will not. I Gouré line actually. So the drivers do not relocate. Once corrected my mistake, the drivers are installed itself! Update available on the Tascam site for the transition from XP to Windows 7 and if like me you can not find the installation CD.

No need for manual: install drivers, connections of the card, end of install drivers, use. Point.

OVERALL OPINION

I for 2 years. It's been 4 months that I record an album. 10 titles on average 15-20 tracks per session.
Knowing that with the re-re, on the stroke it is currently at 15 tracks but with 3-4 taken whenever it feels pretty hefty sessions. Between 60 and 100 audio files. Over MIDI.

Again if your computer follows, everything will be better in the best of worlds.

The only concern for me now is that the US-1641 is not compatible with Linux, and I intend to use Windows less and less. I just keep a dual boot to have access to VST.

The headphone jack emits only right, it's a shame, I must verify that this is not a hardware failure. But if not behind with 4 outputs, one can tinker with another headphone.

the +:
- The number of connections for the price
- Latency!
- Stability!
- The price

the -:
- The gain of the preamp
- Outputs "Monitor" and "Line 1-2" nonseparable
- Pots a bit fragile, indecisive pr purchase, you just have to watch out

If today I had the same needs and no more money I will ever be the choice. Otherwise, putting aside the price of 2 US-1641 can buy second-hand ': a Multiface 1 preamp and a little better. must know what you need and when.
At the time I was pretty depressed and I did not regretted.