TASCAM US-1641 Reviews

[brandondrury]

TASCAM US-1641 @ Musiciansfriend



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TASCAM US-1641 Description
If your band is overflowing with ideas and you're ready to lay down some tracks, or you want to capture the fruit of your church choir's hard work, the 16-channel TASCAM US-1641 computer interface is one of your best choices for properly setting the recording straight. Eight mic/line inputs plus an additional six line inputs offer enough channels to give every instrument and voice a chance to shine and the included Cubase LE, Version 4, offers state-of-the art recording power to craft the right mix.

Small enough to fit into only one rackspace, this TASCAM interface is ideal for both studio and portable computer recording, and since the mic/line inputs are on the front panel, there's no need for crawling behind a rack to get going. On the rear panel, however, there are four balanced line inputs for interfacing with synths, effects, mic preamps, or anything with a line level out. With the TASCAM US-1641 you'll also get up to 96kHz/24-bit resolution without having to lower the input/output count and zero-latency monitoring to prevent distracting delays for your performers during recording.

Besides Cubase LE, you'll also receive the TASCAM Continuous Velocity Piano (PC), a responsive piano virtual instrument powered by GVI in VSTi format. Naturally, the US-1641 is ASIO, GSIF2, and CoreAudio compatible for use with Logic Pro, Digital Performer, Cubase, SONAR, Nuendo, Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack, Vegas, Live, GigaStudio, and most other audio recording software.

[askdrum15]

Quality: 7
solid casing, plastic knobs. did everything it was supposed to do.

Reliability: 6
pretty reliable with the exception of those 2 times when it cut out/had statc

Overall Rating: 8
this may not give you a radio ready sound but if you have to get your bands ideas down, there is no better choice

[askdrum15]

Quality: 0
solid casing, plastic knobs. did everything it was supposed to do.

Reliability: 0
pretty reliable with the exception of those 2 times when it cut out/had statc

Overall Rating: 0
this may not give you a radio ready sound but if you have to get your bands ideas down, there is no better choice.



this interface is well worth the money. i bought it for 2 reasons: the high track count and the low price. i expected to be able to just record a quick kind of crappy demo but i am failry impressed with the sound quality. it has lots of connectivity oprions and ive never had a problem with latency. the only problem i have had is that occationally durring recording multiple tracks the signal will cut out or the DAW will record loud static. i have not figured out how fix this yet but i think it might be a software issue. if you do decide to buy this interface, my best advice is to download the new drivers. follow the directions they give you to the "t". otherwise you will screw it up.

[Khaoz]

Someone Review it helps a lot. (:

[xdanielx]

Just got this interface a few days ago. Drivers downloaded perfectly, runs GREAT out of windows xp. Im using an older laptop and it runs fast and is great. I'm using cubase se 3 and there pretty good together. The manual that comes w/ the Tascam 1641 is very descriptive. If you follow it you shouldnt have any issues. I really do suggest this interface especially if your on a decently low or really "normal" budget. Get some good mics, and youll be set to go with this thing.

Daniel

[newkid]

has anybody found the specs on this thing yet?
the manual and sales literature skips the details

what is the +/- db for what freq range?
wht is the noise db level ?
etc

[Shadrak]

Originally Posted by newkid

has anybody found the specs on this thing yet?
the manual and sales literature skips the details

You're right, the company's website seems very thin on technical details.

I can say that it's a pretty good product for the price. Very easy to install and use. I'm using it with a non-top-of-the-line laptop (from about 2006), and they work fine together, even using Vista I haven't had any problems yet.