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Published on 10/31/08 at 16:00
It is quite amazing that today you can get so many things for such a small price... Basically you get 16 analog AD/DA, ADAT and S/PDIF connectivity, 8 BUS, 6 AUX, etc,etc... For the price of many simple 16 channels AD/DA racks (analog <> ADAT). It can host 2 upgrade boards, so you can add more analog or digital I/O. I can stream 16 channels in both directions between my DAW (Cubase SX + SCOPE Project card) using 4 fiber optics (lighpipe) cables... Very nice.
$1,200 used with extra ADAT I/O
UTILIZATION
Quite easy to use BUT you need to spend a good amount of hours on the board. The manual is OK, but heck on forums online for other users.
SOUNDS
Everything is very clean - if you want a mixer which adds "character", this is not what you want. The EQ and compressors are precise and do what you ask them to do. In fact, it is so clean that one would benefit to have an additional analog mixer (like a Mackie 1604 VLZ PRO) for quick EQ and Summing character: they would complement each other very well.
OVERALL OPINION
It seems well built. People report problems with the LCD screen getting "lines" after a while but mine has no problems so far. I have seen some "linked" sliders not following as expected, or "jumping" a bit late. The sound did not seem affected; this only happened a couple of times in the last year. Note that some early models (including my unit) have poor preamplifiers on the channels... The gain "jumps" to super loud when you cross 9, and are not very powerful below that setting. Tascam offers a replacement set and will install it for you but I don't know the price.
Great mixer. Very convenient.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: mano 1 ( 6-, 2005)
$1,200 used with extra ADAT I/O
UTILIZATION
Quite easy to use BUT you need to spend a good amount of hours on the board. The manual is OK, but heck on forums online for other users.
SOUNDS
Everything is very clean - if you want a mixer which adds "character", this is not what you want. The EQ and compressors are precise and do what you ask them to do. In fact, it is so clean that one would benefit to have an additional analog mixer (like a Mackie 1604 VLZ PRO) for quick EQ and Summing character: they would complement each other very well.
OVERALL OPINION
It seems well built. People report problems with the LCD screen getting "lines" after a while but mine has no problems so far. I have seen some "linked" sliders not following as expected, or "jumping" a bit late. The sound did not seem affected; this only happened a couple of times in the last year. Note that some early models (including my unit) have poor preamplifiers on the channels... The gain "jumps" to super loud when you cross 9, and are not very powerful below that setting. Tascam offers a replacement set and will install it for you but I don't know the price.
Great mixer. Very convenient.
Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: mano 1 ( 6-, 2005)