New Model 12 at Namm 2020

[Blue Monster 65]

If your DAW (Reaper?) uses the Mackie control protocol (most seem to) then it will control it. I don’t need the phone input myself.

 

[Blue Monster 65]

DAW integration videos are up now.

Cubase:

Ableton:

ProTools:

Logic:

 

[{{{5T4RF0RT5}}}]

According to tascam support/engineering (see below). I wonder why tascam went digital EQ on the model 12 instead of analog EQ like on the model 16/24. Perhaps to do with the DAW control/integration (like the videos above show) on the model 12.

"...Regarding EQ,

- Model 16/24 is analog circuit EQ of analog mixer, so it is "Analog EQ".

- Model 12 is DSP EQ of digital mixer, so it is "Digital EQ"."

 

[Matthew Fogel]

Digital EQ allows one to recall presets. It would be much cheaper than motorizing both the faders AND the EQ settings. The 16/24 have no DAW surface functionality so it makes sense for those models to have analog EQ.

 

[-mjk-]

So, the Model 12 has encoders?

 

[tomyg]

Is there any chance that DAW connection capability as on the new Model 12 could be introduced as a firmware update for the Model 24 or is this just not feasibly possible?

 

[Blue Monster 65]

I was wondering that myself, but the Model 12 is a digital mixer and the 24/16 are analog, so I kind of doubt it. I guess we’ll have to wait and see or ask Tascam and see if we can get an answer from them.

I had completely missed that the Model 12 was digital until a couple of days ago; I wonder if it’s completely digital or if it’s analog through the signal path up to the converter out? The EQ knobs don’t do anything within any DAWs that I saw; just the levels, balance, and (of course) transport controls. It would be nice if those (transport controls) would work as remotes on the 24 and 16.

 

[Blue Monster 65]

Sweetwater's site says they are in and shipping. Mind you, they are working at less than capacity (due to the shutdown), but I do believe they're still at it. I know my rep is working from home and there's supposed to be a skeleton crew at the warehouse.

 

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@Matthew Fogel tascam support has noted digital mixer/eq (their guess) has to do with the 12's "...control surface feature. [/] ...[the] need to send certain mixer control functions digitally to a DAW program."

@Blue Monster 65 am awaiting response from them in regards to any analog vs. digital components in signal path of the 12. But I think you're right in the 'analog through... up to converter out". Am going to order a 12 from sweetwater over weekend and have noticed the dp-24/32sd's are ~$100 down :-D -- may not return my 24-SD and instead get a midi-to-smpte sync box, so they can all play nice

 

[Blue Monster 65]

If you get the 12, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on how the two sound, side-by-side.