The Tascam HS-P82 is an eight-track location sound recorder, employing Compact Flash (CF) card digital media, for secure and robust recording with no moving parts. The HS-P8 features an internal stereo mix down capability, in addition to the eight discrete tracks. Audio quality is up to 96kHz/24bit (8-track recording) or 192khz/24bit (4-track recording) quality, with time-code and support for industry standard Broadcast WAV (BWF) file format and iXML.
Also shown for the first time, the US-2000 is a 16-channel USB2.0 rackmount audio interface for multi-channel computer audio applications. The US-2000 provides competitively priced, high end features and specifications for the universally supported USB2.0 connection. Features include six individually phantom powered balanced mic XLR and six balanced ¼ inch line inputs, and a stereo digital SPDIF input are located on the rear panel, while two switchable balanced mic/line XLR/jack combi inputs are mounted on the front for convenient connection and disconnection of various signal sources.
Other new Tascam products include the DP-008 8-track SD and SDHC flash card Pocketstudio, the BB-800 'boom box' recorder, the SS-R05 solidstate recorder and MD-02B MD recorder.
(Jim Evans)
