I tracked a bunch of overdubs with a Tascam and imported them into a ProTools session. It really doesn't take long at all. I could be wrong. I thought the Tascam had a built in CD burner that allowed you to burn copies of the tracks to CD via. WAV files? I'm new at this DAW stuff so My Studio. Pegleg, do the USB method. It will take like 10 minutes to do a song. Then plug your USB cable into a computer and you're good to go. I've done it many many times, it works great.
Top Mentioned Manufacturers. Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn. One of the most interesting features of the was the inclusion of Tascam's Slow Speed Audition SSA function, borrowed from their Guitar Trainer products, allowing the user to dramatically reduce a pair of tracks' audio playback speed for practising or analysing parts.
There are also some enhanced CD mastering capabilities; notably the Live Writer mode that enables markers to be used to define tracks within a continuous recording, such as a live concert. That still might not sound incredibly swift, but given that slow burn rates are considered better for maintaining data integrity, it's easily good enough.
The last change worth noting is that the already comprehensive file exchange and backup options of the original have been bolstered by support for stereo WAV-file import via USB or CD. The effects arrangement on this new machine remains very similar to that of the original , but improvements have been made, to such an extent that settings cannot be transferred between old and new models.
As before, at any one time there is always a selection of effects available for inserting into the input or track channels. The mic effects options, comprising Compressor, De-esser, Exciter and Noise Suppressor, can be simultaneously applied to all eight inputs, or the number can be reduced to four to accommodate a single five-block effects chain, designed for guitar processing.
One on-board processor is available for the send effects loop, although there is routing to the rear-panel effect-send sockets, so that two external devices can be pressed into service. The effects only have up to five editable parameters, but the selection of reverbs, delays and modulation effects sound reasonably good. Even long reverb tails stand up under scrutiny. In the effects chain, the noise suppressor is always first, followed by a distortion, compressor or the new overdrive effect.
The third block will either contain an amp simulator or acoustic-guitar simulator, the latter also being a new addition. Block four is for modulation effects. These include a flanger, phaser, chorus, exciter, pitch shifter, tremolo, vibrato and wah. Some of these have a variable that can be controlled via a footpedal. The final block is always a delay. The problem is that the user is not allowed to pick a preset and then swap, say, the flanger for a phaser, and it certainly isn't possible to change the order of anything.
Getting the chain of components you want means finding a suitable preset arrangement. The guitar presets are mostly way over the top, particularly where distortion and overdrive are concerned, and are clearly intended to appeal to Wayne's World -type teenagers. More subtle tones can be had using a compressor and amp simulator combination, but they are no replacement for good-quality outboard. Strangely, for many multi-effects parameters Tascam have employed a value system, which requires a bit of translation.
The compressor ratio, for example, is scaled in this way, so the actual ratios have to be read from a table in the manual. Everything else is much as it was on the , which was reviewed in detail in the May edition of SOS www. You should take a look at that review to get a full picture of the 's capabilites, but I'll briefly recap on the main features here.
There are 24 tracks: 12 possessing their own faders, and the rest organised into stereo pairings, suitably panned and sharing a fader. Two hundred and fifty virtual tracks are available overall, including the 24 assigned ones. Eight inputs can be recorded simultaneously, with bit or bit resolution, using the rear-panel quarter-inch jack sockets, four of which are of the Combi type and therefore also accept XLR leads.
Phantom power is provided, and there are preamps for each input. Found on the front edge are inputs for connecting headphones, guitars and basses, a footswitch to control remote punch-in recording and, lastly, an expression pedal for adjusting variable parameters in many of the on-board effects. There are eight inputs on the rear panel, which can be recorded through simultaneously. Further instrument inputs are located at the front. Photo: Mike Cameron. For a product of this complexity, the MkII is relatively easy to use.
It has the kind of no-nonsense transport and marker tools that you can find on quarter-inch reel-to-reel tape machines. The front panel is covered with rows of channel buttons for arming, muting and selecting tracks, and for establishing routing paths — and these, coupled with the many hardware track navigation and transport keys, make the process of recording fast and simple.
The revision of some of the 's buttons Bounce, Master and Locate improves the basics even further. Nowhere are the product's usability credentials more apparent than in the Auto Punch-in feature, which — thanks to the new Locate Set button — is joyously easy to set up.
It works flawlessly, even when new takes are attempted in very fast succession something that's guaranteed to crash my AW, for example.
There is a neat rehearsal function, but that is partly redundant, as the process of auto-recording each practice take seems to put no strain on the machine and offers the opportunity to capture an unexpected moment of brilliance.
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I represent an independent band, and I am trying to get them started with Pro Tools. Basically, they went out and purchased a Tascam Digital Portastudio with a 2 yr.
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