New updated Model 2400. Not sure what the upgrades from the Model 24 are but I think it’s now with midi.
Anything else?
New updated Model 2400. Not sure what the upgrades from the Model 24 are but I think it’s now with midi.
Anything else?
Are you in a hurry to post?
I think there are a lot of differences.
Im not that well educated on what the 24 has and only know that people talked about lack of midi that the model 12 has.
Secondly I just started researching mixers in general so im not well aware on features or specs. So this announcement should be good but I need some help here about what the difference are. Tascam website didn’t offer a clear comparison that I could find at least.
Model 16 owner here (sibling of the original Model 24).
At first glance, the 2400 retains a big selling point of the 16 and 24, which is the analog mixer (attached internally to a simple multitrack digital recorder). I’ve found the 16’s mixer to be very colored, often in a low-fi but pleasing way—it sort of blurs and warms everything. The EQs… aren’t great.
What the 2400 improves on, as stated earlier in the thread, is adding some kind of MIDI sync, which the smaller, all-digital Model 12 did have, but the 16 and 24 didn’t. CORRECTION: Looking now at the manuals for the 16 and the 2400, the 16 did have a means of sending MIDI time code by usb. The 2400 seems to offer more sophisticated options (MIDI time code and MIDI clock) and has physical MIDI ports, which the Model 16 didn’t.
Unfortunately, there is no mention in the feature list of the 2400 adding even basic digital editing, which was the Achilles’ heel of the 16 and 24; on those machines, you have no way to remove dead space from the start of a recording, or copy and paste a section of audio from one point in the track to another. You absolutely need a computer to do any kind of minor audio surgery with the 16 and 24, and it looks like the 2400 is the same. I haven’t seen the manual though.
Obviously the price point is another pro of the 2400 (CORRECTION: AS POINTED OUT IN A RESPONSE TO THIS, IT’S ACTUALLY $2,000) and the footprint is another con. If you have worked on mixboards before, the UI is very comfortable on this series, although they are not really professional products and I don’t know if professionals would be satisfied with the sound quality. I’m a weekend warrior myself.
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Thank you so much for a detailed breakdown on what to expect in laymen’s terms
Looks interesting, I love the ports situation at first glance (Model 12 owner here)
Here is a link to the manual
A lot of flexibility / possibilities with the 5 auxes and 4 (+master) stereo group outs.
What is the difference with the korg mw 2408 ?
For one, the tascam can record audio… not sure if that matters to you.
I’m not super up to date on the KORG, but I don’t think it has MIDI, nor can it act as an audio interface or control surface, and doesn’t have any multitrack recording functionality.
I referred to the brief built in effects section of the manual and it seems like it’s a single send effect for all tracks right? Not like each track could potentially have it’s own unique effect like the good old powerful Korg multitrack I used to have?
$ 1,999.00
This looks cool. One of the turn-offs for me me about the Model 16 and Model 24 was that the signal was converted right after the gain stage. It looks like on the 2400, you can choose to have the conversion before or after eq’s and compression, so that is a nice upgrade. And I will be curious to hear how the master compressor sounds.
Correct. There is a single FX bus which you can send to via each channel’s Aux 5 pot. That bus goes to the single FX processor (or, alternatively, to the Aux 5 jack if something is plugged in there).
Ouch. I didn’t expect that. Model 24 is still $1,200.
Same. $800 price jump for being able to record post eq seems like a lot. Maybe the price will come down once it’s out for a bit.
Edit: I spent half the day yesterday looking at tascam, mackie, and zoom recording mixers and frustrated that none of them seemed to be what I’m looking for. This might be the best option for me though. I’m excited. Plus the black sides are a win in my opinion.
For whatever it’s worth, every time I’ve actually gotten the post-EQ recording that I thought I wanted, it turned out to be an absolute nightmare in practice. So if you haven’t already, definitely model that setup with, like, a DAW or something to make sure it’s really worth what you think it is.
$800 extra for two new auxes per channel, 3 new stereo subs, inserts on every mono channel and on main, bus comp, extra phones amp, dedicated talkback, MIDI, DAW control, etc. seems pretty good to me. Whereas I’ve literally ditched MTRs because of their post EQ recording. At least this is a toggle, so can be ignored if so desired.
It’s also worth noting that phantom power isn’t an “all-or-nothing” proposition on this particular unit. This has always been a sticking point for me, as I like using a combination of dynamic, condenser, and ribbon mics to record drums - something I often do away from my own studio, usually with a Model 12 or 16.
I was pretty determined to get a Model 12 for my small home studio I’m planning to build when I move to a bigger house end of August but this seems way more interesting now since it’s definitely way more future proof but only downside is the desk space it will take up. Might need som dedicated space for it. But I’m hoping for a Model 1600 now that might just be perfect. But I really like what everyone here has said about the 2400 so far. Pricey yes but seems to cover so much