TASCAM Announces DP-32 – 32 track Digital Portastudio with colour LCD Display and Solid-State Recording

8th November 2012 - Watford - TASCAM, the brand synonymous with professional recording products, today introduced DP-32 – a 32 track Digital Portastudio with solid-state recording, a colour LCD display and channel strip controls to make recordings simple and easy so that the user can remain creative.  With its great sound, powerful features and easy operation, the DP-32 is TASCAM’s best Portastudio yet and will be available in the UK from Mid December with a tentative SRP of £739.00.

Ideal for either individuals or bands, up to eight tracks can be recorded at a time through its combination XLR and ¼” combo jacks on a standard SD/SDHC memory card. Input processing like compression and limiting, an internal send effect with reverb, delay and chorus, guitar amp simulation and multi-effects for use with the instrument-level input as well as an external effects send are available during recording.

For mixdown, the DP-32 offers 20 channel faders and 12 rotary controls for EQ, Pan and effects including reverb and chorus. During the mastering process, the material can be further optimised with EQ, compression and normalisation. Once finished, songs can be written to CD with the built-in CD-RW drive or transferred to computer over USB to publish the songs on the Internet, for example.

Features:

• 32-track digital Portastudio
  - 8 mono tracks, 12 stereo tracks (can also be used as mono tracks)
  - Record up to 8 tracks at once with 44.1/48 kHz and 16/24-bit audio resolution
  - Simultaneous playback of all 32 tracks
  - Virtual tracks for alternate takes and undo
  - Dedicated stereo master track
• Colour LC display and 12-encoder channel strip for simple operation
• Built-in 40-channel mixer
  - Mix down your 32 playback tracks with eight input signals to the dedicated stereo master track
  - Use the Bounce function to set tracks free by mixing multiple tracks to a single mono or stereo track
• Dedicated controls for EQ, pan and effect sends
• Solid-state recording to SD Card media for better shock resistance and reliability compared to hard drive recording
• 8 balanced microphone inputs on balanced combo XLR/jack connectors
• Switchable phantom power for 4 channels each
• One input switchable to instrument level for direct recording of a guitar or bass
• Unbalanced stereo output (RCA jacks)
• Balanced stereo monitor output (6.3-mm TRS jacks)
• Two unbalanced effect sends (6.3-mm TS jacks)
• Stereo headphones output (6.3-mm TRS jack)
• MIDI input and output for MMC, Control Change and MTC output
• Footswitch input (2.5-mm mini jack) for Tascam RC-3F (optional accessory)
• Input effects (Limiter, Compressor, Noise suppressor, Exciter)
• Guitar effects (Amp simulator, Reverb, Compressor, Chorus, Flanger, Phase shifter)
• Mixdown effects (Reverb, Delay, Stereo chorus)
• Mastering effect (Single/Multi-band stereo compressor, EQ, Noise shaping)
• Mark function (up to 99 location marks)
• Built-in chromatic tuner and metronome
• CD-RW drive for audio CD creation as well as file import and export
• USB 2.0 port for data backup/restore and file transfer with a computer

The TASCAM DP-32 will be available in the UK from Mid December with a tentative SRP of £739.00.

 

For further details, go to www.tascam.co.uk

Notes for Editors

TASCAM is the professional audio division of TEAC Corporation and has been developing and manufacturing professional recording products since the early 1970’s.  Today, TASCAM’s model line up includes recording devices (both portable and static), mixers and interfaces for the professional recording and broadcasting world.  In addition, TASCAM continue to develop its range of semi-pro and home-recording products dubbed Portastudio – the iconic portable recording device that has been synonymous with musicians the world over since the mid 1970’s.

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