Thread: Tascam Us-1800?

Several people have come here wih issues. I don't like low end Tascam whatever the reviews. Also, it is not at this time PT9 compatible due to how it reports it's buffer size.

Thanks for the quick reply! Do you recommend any HQ interfaces for me? My limit is 400$.

I know, i wish i could afford the "big boys" interfaces, but on a 17 year olds budget, i simply cannot afford that kind of thing.

How many gozintas do you really need? For that money the best one I know is probably the TC Electronic Impact Twin.

Well I do require at least 7 preamps.

How many of those gozintas have to be mic inputs?

Well I would like to have all of them be the mic inputs. I am a drummer looking to start a little project studio, and more than just recording my drums will take up some inputs, but since I plan on having friends come over and lay tracks down and stuff, I would like to have as many as possible. all while being inexpensive.

Thats why I after months and months of searching, I selected the Tascam US-1800, it has 8 Mic inputs, and in addition it has another 6 line-inputs. So if i was to buy a channel strip or something I could expand the interface up to 14 mic tracks if i wanted to.

Anyone else? There is also the Alesis MultiMix8 USB 2.0 But that only has 4 xlr, and idk how to connect the other 3 mics i would be using?

The Alesis doesn't allow you to record individual channels. 8 mic preamps is a rough request for $400. I think the cheapest 8 mic preamp interface that I can recommend in good conscious is the PreSonus Firestudio Project. When you think about it, you're asking for eight $30 preamps and some cheap wire and parts. At least the Presonus has decent drivers and will work with any DAW and including PT9. And the preamps will be usable and reliable as opposed to the Tascam.