Hi,
I'm trying to help a local school get a studio up and running for recording kids coursework as cheaply as possible. They have a pretty old Tascam DM3200 that was archived away in a cupboard. Is this thing a paperweight in 2025? My preliminary research indicates it's a good desk (if not the most user friendly) but it just seems difficult to integrate in 2025 to me. It has the Firewire Card on the back, but I think you have to go through a lot of adaptors to get that working. Is it worth the headache? The school would probably be looking to buy a new studio computer. They need at like 12 channels to record drums and the other options for this channel count in the budget would be low-quality. If using the pre-amps isn't an option, could it work as a control surface any easier? Would really appreciate any help, I know RTFM but I'm doing this on my own time to help out and I thought someone might be able to point me in the right direction or just warn me if I'm wasting my time.
I'm trying to help a local school get a studio up and running for recording kids coursework as cheaply as possible. They have a pretty old Tascam DM3200 that was archived away in a cupboard. Is this thing a paperweight in 2025? My preliminary research indicates it's a good desk (if not the most user friendly) but it just seems difficult to integrate in 2025 to me. It has the Firewire Card on the back, but I think you have to go through a lot of adaptors to get that working. Is it worth the headache? The school would probably be looking to buy a new studio computer. They need at like 12 channels to record drums and the other options for this channel count in the budget would be low-quality. If using the pre-amps isn't an option, could it work as a control surface any easier? Would really appreciate any help, I know RTFM but I'm doing this on my own time to help out and I thought someone might be able to point me in the right direction or just warn me if I'm wasting my time.
