All user reviews of 3/5 for the Tascam US-122

I selected this card because I needed an external card that I can use it anywhere with a laptop to record my guitar, voice and MIDI sequences on the keyboard ... it fulfills its function with two-way jack 6.35 for my guitar and XLR with phantom power supply and preamp to please the microphones ... more MIDI tracks, the two inserts ... the only problem is the USB 1.1, CPU load increases very quickly if the card is set to minimum latency. A detail a bit strange: you can descend to 256 samples minimum latency on PC and Mac 128 according to the manual?? Otherwise the card is 24 bits/48kHz even if I use it in 44.1 and 16-bit ...

UTILIZATION

No problem for installation on 98 SE, in 2 minutes it's ready.

As against the manual is zero, and everything is really fuzzy on the monitor, I have some time to understand what the direct monitoring of the card (can of what is sent directly into the card the treatments without the sequencer) and to run the monitor in SX ...

GETTING STARTED

You just forget to change the params of the card as Cubase SX or other is enabled, or unplug the card in full brutal use-it freeeeeeze of total (in spite of the so-called Update 98 SE comes with the install supposed to prevent that).

Otherwise, the theoretical minimum latency on PC is 256 samples / 44100 Hz is approximately 6 ms but I never had no reliable way to get the latency practice ... tell me some software 18 ms, others less so, and I can use Trash or Amplitube Live without problems due to excessive latency with my guitar ... I would say that I have Cubase latency between 10 and 18 ms maximum.

For cons, I have big problems with, I have been slow to understand why and how, using this card is impossible with apps like Amplitube or Trash with the guitar plugged directly under penalty of get enough désagrébles whistles on some maps ... And then there is another problem of interference between the input and output ... (See below)

OVERALL OPINION

24/01/04

So it's been one month that I have, and I would try to complete this notice as and because I have not had the opportunity to test the block, I have not had much time (but I will register the components of a friend in the near future on a laptop I'll keep you posted) but it does everything I want for not too expensive (I got to 220 € to Scotto and to In addition to the docks of music it was € 460!! I almost hang them) then level money it's all good ... Now if I had more gold coins, I would have liked to take qqchose either Firewire or USB 2, but hey, with what I had of gold coins at Christmas I would have done exactly the same choice

05/06/04

Bon ben shit, after a visit to the store, I detected a defect present on all Tascam US-122 from first to last ... Plugging a headset and increase the output volume causes a kind of interference between the input and output, so that playback can be found recorded over the input signal when recording .. .

So suddenly, the advantage of this card over others, namely the preamplifiers, is no longer one because of their quality may, for both the XLR which apparently amplifies not above -12 dB that this guitar has more interference effects for ear piercing with the style of Amplitube softs ... frankly, if you really want a product in this price range, you Throw away the Firewire Audiophile and plan an external preamp, a direct box or mixing console ...

Hello. I bought the tascam us 122 to record guitar riffs to a friend uses them in his arrangements and also to please me alone. C'esp my first sound card. I chose it especially for its price and because it seems to be enough (for now!) My little amateur needs.
I have a toshiba satellite A60219 and a scraper basic electro-acoustics.
PS: note to what?

UTILIZATION

No problem for installation. A reboot, a test of buffers and go. For beginners like me it's perfect. No frills!
Manual in English but it is frankly nothing.

GETTING STARTED

on the other hand I have a big problem: the card causing reboots every 5-6 days (blue screen "bug code USB driver". Probably a incompatibility with Toshiba MODEL.) I have found solution of nowhere and yet I am looking for my drivers are updated. Tascam and actually does not rpond customers ... (if you have the answer frankly let me know!) I do not think that is a small way because of my computer because I dj tried everything my dealer advised me when I see it all to solve this problem.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for four months and frankly for beginners in computer music is more than enough for me. Pramplis actually are quite low and I think I'll get tired quickly. I use the normalization of cubase, it's clean, but still a little weak. I have not tried recording with both channels simultaneously so I can not tell you more.
Basically, good for a solo beginners because the installation is easy, the report seems qualitprix honnte, Aesthetics, and it is fairly robust, and allows for quality sound recording (no breath).
But in some time because of the reboot, I will change, unless someone helps me !!!!!