All user reviews of 4/5 for the Tascam US-1800

The Tascam US1800 was an interface that I used for a few months in 2011. It connected easily to my computer via USB connection. This unit is rackable taking up one rack space on my desktop workstation. This interface has 16 inputs that you can record with simultaneously and 4 outputs. 14 of the inputs are analog and 8 inputs are for XLR mics and it does provide phantom power. This interface had everything that I needed at the time.

UTILIZATION

It was easy to set up and start using, it came with a manual that was easy to follow and the disk to load the driver was easy to use, because all I had to do was just put it in my PC and it installed the software then the interface was recognized by Cubase and Pro Tools.

GETTING STARTED

I liked using it in Pro Tools 10 a lot because that is where I do most of my recording at and instead of paying a lot of money for one of those interfaces that Pro Tools endorses I was able to get the same features but only pay about half that price.

OVERALL OPINION

This interface is good, and I feel that it is very underrated because no one is talking about using it. The only downside to it was sometimes there would be a latency issue when working with Pro Tools 10 depending on what you are recording and how many tracks you are recording at the same time. You can work around this but sometimes it is very annoying. At first I just thought it was my PC until other users told me about that same problem and it’s mainly because of the USB connection and recording with multiple tracks. This was probably the last USB interface that I have purchase since then I went all to fire wire because I think the speed is much better.

What characteristics have motivated your choice?

The number of entries - Powered through the phantom Micro. I want to route audio tracks to my Cubase Vocoder.

Main home studio sound card to replace an EMU 1212M I wanted to upgrade the bridge via AD / AT. For a lower price, I have a new sound card with a sufficient number of IO
Home studio: Pentium IV 3.2Ghz 8 Gig Ram - Windows 7 64bit - Not professionnel.Petits multitrack recording, VST, .. Connectors: All analog inputs directly into the sound card - no external mixer (finally no more need: now disconnected).



UTILIZATION


I turn on Cubase with a latency of 2ms ..

The multitrack recording easy setup - .. For now I've done some tests: playback 8 tracks simultaneous recording of mono and 4 tracks with a few real-time VST effects. No worries, it rolls ...



GETTING STARTED

A priori no problem, installed without any difficulty - Maj 64bit driver is downloadable from the site.
No extra software that came with the card, which complicates the config. EMU at home or Creamware and imposes a load config before launching Cubase. Configuration child from Cubase.
RAS ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a few days .. As said above: I tried Creamware Luna EmulatorX'm through.
The converters are good. But I feel that those of the EMU in 1212 were a bit more 'clear'.
Small problem: We stay here at 24 bit and it does not exceed the 96 khz ... However it depends what you're looking .. For my usage is more than enough ..

What is nice is that this map, despite its size (rack) can be transported easily and can be used with a laptop on the move ...

Good Q / P

If I were doing .. For this budget probably yes ...