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 Logic 5.4 Os X & Tascam 428 W/ Esx24, I want one - is it good? |
  Mon 4 Nov 2002, 09:49
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 04-Nov 02 From: Redwood City - US Member No.: 8,980  |
I'm really interested in the Tascam 428 to use as my audio interface / controller but I'm wondering how well USB is for audio.
*Will USB bandwith affect the playability of ESX24 instruments? *Can I plug my MIDI instruments into the extra channels and run them through for recording on mixdown? *Does the scroll wheel work well? *Are the OS X drivers solid? THANKS for any help. |
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Thu 7 Nov 2002, 11:09
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 18-Jun 02 From: Bellingen NSW - AU Member No.: 5,154 |
Hi
I briefly tried a 428 with my iMac in OS 9.2.2 and Logic 5.1.3. The control surface is not directly supported in Logic which limited the effectiveness a bit. I believe there are environments around to get around this on the Tascam site, but I sent it back as I too was worried about USB bandwidth which I think is around 12Mbps. CD qual (44.1 KHz) 24bit audio stereo needs about 4 Mbps by my calculations. Also the USB is needed to handle MIDI which can use up a bit with continuous controllers etc so I decided to bite the bullet and pay extra for firewire with a MOTU 828 (which hasnt arrived yet!). Nice looking bit of gear though. Regards Matthew |
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Tue 19 Nov 2002, 19:40
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 Member  Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 07-Nov 01 From: San Jose - US Member No.: 2,270 |
I am interested in the issue as well. I heard that US-428's OS X driver is solid and some guy was getting 2 ms latency. If all this is true and the driver is properly functional under Jaguar, I might jump on US-428 as well. Let me know if anyone has any ideas.
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