All user reviews of 1/5 for the Tascam US-122

When i first purchased the Tascam US-122, I was expecting it to work extremely well with my computer which is running windows 7. The price of the product attracted my attention as it looked like a solid mic pre-amp for my home studio recordings.

UTILIZATION

The tascam US-122 is compatible with almost every single daw the industry has to offer. It allows you to record to Mono channel condensor mics and it also includes Phantom power. THe product also offers jacks for you to plug in your guitar. I found that the customer support was horrible for this device.

GETTING STARTED

There was one major issue that i found with this product and that was regarding a static noise coming through my speakrers through direct monitoring through the interface itself. I thought that my computer was too slow but i was wrong. I did some research on the internet and i realized that it seems to be a latency issue with the product. Not just my interface but many other simliar models of Tascam have simliar problems. I believe this to be a compatibility issue.

OVERALL OPINION

THe recording quality this product offers is superb but the static noice that you get in your headphones through direct monitoring gets very annoying. I would not recommend anyone to buy this and would recommend them to buy either an m-audio interface or a steinberg interface as an alternative

I was looking for an audio interface capable of controlling my soft synths in real time (on stage): Vsti, Reason
USB2.0 3ghz laptop xp home, 512M ram, 60GB HDD
I also use this card in an external audio interface noon for recording midi / audio track by track with multiplex real-time monitoring.
I could record and a microphone, guitar and several MIDI tracks without any difficulty.
Sound quality sufficient to model good

Disappointing: the card is USB1.1 so obviously it will not load the USB bus (which is annoying on a laptop)

UTILIZATION

No installation problems, works first time, map well detected.
The manual is poorly translated, is incomplete with some points that are gibberish (including monitoring)

GETTING STARTED

A few problems here:
1) At least once every 5 minutes, you can clearly hear a little silence of a few milliseconds. This probably comes from my USB config (although this does not happen with a card QUATTRO), but I wish I could be guided on it (I'm not the only one to have the problem in my environment).

2) The latency is over 25ms makes it impossible to use the card live. The direct monitoring is not useful in midi as it is a direct bypass of the audio input to audio output.

OVERALL OPINION

I was disappointed with the quattro MAUDIO though it was in USB 2.0

In other words, the coup this card I am no longer of any use with features also poor. It has been three weeks since I have this card and I will obviously look for another. I recommend to anyone who will work seriously.

I will probably point me to a firewire or PCMCIA interface.

I wanted to record the guitar, bass, microphone and keyboard ...

What do music!

a priori it could do everything.

UTILIZATION

The installation was a great galley, I left plan for months before trying again ... Always the same delusion: you got the choice between latency can or crackling sound when recording.

GETTING STARTED

The pilots jumped from 3.1 in 4152 something.
none is really stable.

I must have 21mS input and output 10/11. One-thirtieth of a second is too much!

OVERALL OPINION

I was so fed up that I sold.