mdc wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2024 2:29 pm24 x 24 I/O for under a grand (plus the cost of DB25 breakouts I guess) is a pretty solid deal. You could look at the SD recording as a useful backup or a way to do multitrack remotes without lugging a computer around.Kniferide wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2024 10:55 am https://www.gearnews.com/tascam-studio- ... ding-live/
This is the new tascam studio recording solution. I like that it looks like a standard tape remote. For under a grand it's a 24/24 USB Io with direct SD recording as well. Sort of a useful thing I guess. I do no really fully understand a stand alone digital multi track since you can very literally just use any DAW to do just that. Anyway... Here this thing is.
There are no preamps. No cue mixes (only local solo). You still need a mixer. Get maybe like 3 Audient ASP880's and a 4-6 Channel headphone amp in a 4 space rack? Or just this thing and an old Midas Venice 24 for preamps and headphones mixes out of the AUX Sends? Still kinda a lot to lug around. At that point you are close to the cost of a digital mixer with the ability to multitrack, mix live and do your headphone mixes. Allen Heath Qu24 can do 18 tracks, and the SQ series can do 32 to a USB drive. Even the little CQ mixers that can fit on a music stand can do 22 channels at 24/98k, and it's about a grand. At least Zoom is doing 32bit. This Tascam thing seems antiquated and unimpressive compared to other options. It only makes any sense to me if you are dropping into an environment that has a pre-existing mixer and you just want to add a recorder, like as a little venue or something.