Tascam FW1082 Firewire DAW Controller
 | The new FW-1082 audio/MIDI interface and control surface from Tascam not only provides tons of audio and MIDI I/O to small studios, but offers a control surface with moving faders for a previously unheard-of price. The FW-1082 features 10 inputs, including four balanced XLR mic inputs with phantom power. Two MIDI inputs and outputs are also included, plus S/PDIF digital I/O. Eight channel strips each feature a 60mm touch-sensitive moving fader and select/solo/mute buttons, and a moving master fader is also provided. The FW-1082 includes the latest Tascam software bundle: Cubasis LE 96kHz/48-track recording software, GigaStudio 3 LE streaming sampler and Nomad Factory plug-in demos.
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List Price: $999.00
New Item Price: $599.00
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ReviewsFeature:
Motorized faders are cool, except they move funny since I caught my cat sleeping on it. Heads up: If you have cats, close the door to that room. 8 inputs is great, especially for recording drums. Knobs are good quality rubber (better than the US 428 I used to own.)
Quality:
I think everything is high enough quality for what I paid for it. I wouldn't take it on the road unless you have a good case (as with any mixer I guess)
Value:
Best bargain I could find compared to others including Digi 002, Yamaha 01x...
Sound:
Sounds great 24/96 converters are good enough for what I do (and for most people I bet) Preamps sound clean. If you want better sound, buy preamps.
Ease of Use:
Really good manual- was up and running with no trouble on Cubase SX 3, midi syncing and all. Really clear to understand. Very simple to use compared to a Yamaha 01x (they have the worst instructions ever by the way)
Support:
I dealt with them 2 years ago when I had a US 428. They were great to deal with, and I wasn't put on hold at all.
Overall:
This is enough for what I do now. I may eventually want more inputs.
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