Tascam FE-8 Brochure

NEW!
US-2400
Twenty-five touch-sensitive motorized faders in one integrated DAW controller!
N
ow you can use your mouse for what it's
Digital Audio Workstation
Controller with 25 motorized,
good at and use a control surface for what
touch-sensitive 100mm faders
it's good at: hands-on mixing with lots of real
Fully-mapped control for
˘
faders, knobs & buttons.
any DAW that supports
The TASCAM US-2400 is the first DAW fader
HUI™ or Mackie® Control
protocols
controller with enough faders to handle a typi-
cal recording session — and feel like a
˘ Twenty-five touch sen-
sitive 100mm moving
real mixing console — without lots of
CO-DEVELOPED WITH
faders, each with 10-bit
bank switching.
resolution
The US-2400 features 25 touch-sen-
Select, Solo and Mute keys
˘
sitive moving channel faders and a
24 encoders control pan,
˘
touch-sensitive motorized master fader,
aux level or channel strip
each with 10-bit resolution for precise level con-
functions like EQ & Aux
trol. Each channel has dedicated select, solo and
LED ring displays around
˘
mute controls.
encoders display param-
Twenty-four rotary encoders are provided,
eters or channel meters
selectable to control pan or up to 8 aux sends.
Footswitch jack for
˘
Plus, all 24 encoders can also be employed as
punch-ins
one large channel strip for four-band EQ, aux
Fader bank switching and
˘
and pan control. Each encoder has a ring of LEDs In/Out point buttons
that can display the current setting or double as
Assignable Function keys
˘
channel meters during recording and playback. can be set to Autopunch,
Record arming, Undo, etc.
A set of solid-feeling transport buttons are
Solid-feeling transport
also provided, as well as a shuttle wheel and a ˘
controls
joystick for surround panning.
Smooth Jog/Shuttle wheel
Compare it to any other controller on the ˘
Joystick for surround
market today (and the extra expanders you'd ˘
panning
have to buy to get 24 motorized faders) and
Mac® OSX and Windows®
you'll discover that the US-2400 gives you more ˘
XP compatible
control for the money.
FW-1884
FW-1884
The FW-1884 is
a professional DAW
ÿ 8 XLR mic inputs with
control surface and phantom power
FireWire
audio/MIDI interface ÿ 8 W" TRS balanced
Audio / MIDI Interface line inputs
that uses FireWire's
and DAW Controller ÿ 8 W" TRS balanced
high-bandwidth capa-
line outputs
ÿ Dual FireWire ports
bilities to provide ÿ Guitar/Line level switch on
ÿ 24-bit/96kHz A/D/D/A
Channel 8
audio and MIDI inter-
ÿ 96kHz operation on all
ÿ 8 W" TRS inserts
facing to computers. analog I/O channels
ÿ Stereo S/PDIF
(with compatible DAW
And it offers control digital I/O
software)
of DAW parameters ÿ 64 MIDI channels ÿ 8-channel ADAT® Optical
Digital I/O
(4 MIDI inputs and 4
via eight 100mm
MIDI outputs) ÿ Footswitch jack
motorized touch-sen-
sitive channel faders,
one motorized mas- control capabilities surround produc-
ter fader, and controls include comprehen- tion as well as stan-
for pan, solo, mute sive mixing, automa- dard stereo mixing,
and select functions tion, editing and navi- the FW-1884 provides
on each channel...as gation tools. Along eight analog outputs
well as tactile con-
with eight balanced for simultaneous con-
trol for four bands of XLR analog mic/line nection to L/R and 5.1
parametric EQ, a jog/
inputs with high- surround matrices. A
shuttle wheel and a quality mic preamps headphone output is
variety of shortcut and phantom power, also provided.
keys for various popu- the new Four MIDI inputs
lar software applica- FW-1884 gives you and four MIDI outputs
tions. eight channels of on the FW-1884 allow
Co-designed by ADAT® lightpipe and users to connect with
TASCAM and Frontier stereo S/PDIF inputs a wide variety of MIDI
Design Group, the and outputs. Perfect sound generation
new FW-1884's DAW for multi-channel and timing tools. Its
US-428
US-224
USB / MIDI
Interface and
DAW Controller
ÿ 32 MIDI channels
(2 MIDI inputs and 2
MIDI outputs)
FE-8 "sidecar" to
ÿ Headphone jack with
ÿ 2 XLR mic inputs
level control expand the FW-1884
ÿ4 W" line inputs
ÿ Word Clock in/out
with eight more chan- (2 TRS bal., 2 TS
unbal.)
ÿ 100mm motorized
nel control strips
touch-sensitive faders ÿ RCA analog outputs
(100mm motorized
ÿ Dedicated controls for ÿ 4 aux send
controllers
pan, solo, mute and faders and dedicated
select functions, tactile
ÿ headphone output
control buttons). Up to
control for 4-band
ÿ S/PDIF digital I/O
parametric EQ
15 FE-8's may be added
ÿ 8 faders support
ÿ Mappable shortcut
to an FW-1884 as unlimited banks
keys for popular DAW
ÿ4-band parametric
programs needed for big console
EQ controller
ÿ EXPANDABLE! FE-8 functionality. ó
ÿ Transport, mute/
sidecar expands
solo, locate keys
FW-1884 system up to
ÿ Mappable shortcut
128 channel strips US-428
keys for popular
DAW programs
By providing both
audio/MIDI interfac-
Word Clock in and out
ing and control sur-
for instruments, etc.
jacks allow computer
face capabilities, the
Second, you get real
systems to maintain
US-428 provides two
tactile controls for the
accurate clock syn-
distinct ways of help-
most-used functions
chronization in digital
ing you work.
in your DAW applica-
recording environ-
First, it allows you
tions, including trans-
ments. Also, its assign-
to get four channels
port, mute/solo and
able footswitch jack
of audio in and two
locate keys, unlimited
can be used for tasks
out along with 32
banks of eight faders,
such as hands-free
channels of MIDI I/O
an EQ module that
punching or MIDI
— simultaneously via
supports control of
control. In use, the
USB. You get two mic
up to four bands of
FW-1884 allows up to
preamps for vocals
fully parametric EQ (if
18 audio inputs to be
and four line inputs
implemented by your
accessed at once.
Want more hands-
on faders? Use the
US-224
USB / MIDI
Interface and
DAW Controller
Cubasis VST software,
ÿ 16 MIDI channels
making it the perfect
(1 MIDI input and 1
MIDI output) all-in-one setup for
ÿ 2 XLR mic inputs
anyone getting into
ÿ 2 W" unbalanced
the world of computer
line inputs
audio recording. ó
ÿ 2 aux send
controllers
ÿ S/PDIF digital I/O
US-122
ÿ 4 faders support
unlimited banks Our smallest USB
ÿ Transport, mute/
interface is a real
solo, locate keys
powerhouse in dis-
ÿ Mappable shortcut
keys for popular
guise. Co-designed
DAW programs
with Frontier Design
Group, the US-122
features two XLR-
DAW software), plus
can constitute one based, phantom-pow-
four virtual aux sends
of the most compact, ered mic inputs with
and a panpot. The US-
powerful record-any- inserts and two line-
428 also provides con-
where systems you level inputs on bal-
trol of many virtual
can imagine. Inputs anced W" TRS jacks,
plug-in synths. ó
include two XLR mic switchable to guitar
level.
preamps and two line
US-224
level inputs plus One of the only
The US-224 is an
S/PDIF digital. small computer inter-
even more affordable
Like the US-428, the faces with analog
desktop solution for
US-224 offers faders, inserts, the US-122 lets
computer interfac-
knobs and buttons to you place hardware
ing and control. Its
adjust the controls of devices (compressors,
small footprint and
your computer audio etc.) into the record-
ultra-light design
software. It provides ing signal chain. The
make it the perfect
unlimited banks of US-122 also provides
companion for com-
four faders, two chan- a dedicated control for
puter recordists on
nels of audio I/O in adjustable zero-laten-
the move. Since it's
16- or 24-bit quality, cy direct monitoring,
powered via USB, a
as well as 16 channels providing a sonically
US-224 and a laptop
of MIDI I/O. It also pure reference point
before entering DAW
includes Steinberg
US-122
USB Interface
ÿ 16 MIDI channels
(1 MIDI input and 1
MIDI output)
ÿ 2 XLR mic inputs
with phantom power
ÿ 2 W" inserts
ÿ 2 W" line/guitar
level inputs
automation with
ÿ RCA analog line out-
puts with level control external devices.
ÿ Headphone output
The US-122
with level control
excels at comput-
ÿ Adjustable zero
latency direct
er compatibility.
monitoring
It includes drivers
for ASIO, WDM,
GSIF and Apple
processing. Its two Core Audio (OS X)
line-level outputs pro- software systems,
vide control for levels, so you can turn
and a dedicated head- nearly any USB-
phone output is also equipped comput-
included. er into a powerful
In addition to
audio recording
audio interfacing, system. Plus, the
the US-122 gives you
US-122 repre-
16 channels of MIDI sents an excellent
I/O for use with syn-
mobile recording
thesizers and other solution since it's
sound generating
powered via USB...
equipment. The MIDI just plug in a cou-
I/O is also handy for
ple of condenser
synchronization and mics and go! ó