Submitted by thewhippinpost on Tue, 10/10/2006 - 18:21.

Firewire Audio Interfaces for Computer Music work

In the category, Tascam are offering up the FW1082 Firewire DAW Controller  for our consideration... What's it all about then?

Tascam FW1082 Firewire DAW Controller
Tascam FW1082 Firewire DAW Controller

The new FW-1082 audio/MIDI interface and control surface from Tascam not only provides tons of audio and MIDI I/O to small studios, but offers a control surface with moving faders for a previously unheard-of price. The FW-1082 features 10 inputs, including four balanced XLR mic inputs with phantom power. Two MIDI inputs and outputs are also included, plus S/PDIF digital I/O. Eight channel strips each feature a 60mm touch-sensitive moving fader and select/solo/mute buttons, and a moving master fader is also provided. The FW-1082 includes the latest Tascam software bundle: Cubasis LE 96kHz/48-track recording software, GigaStudio 3 LE streaming sampler and Nomad Factory plug-in demos.

What others are saying:

feature:
features are great at least the ones that work (see sound!)

quality:
would be a definate 8 if everything worked

value:
again if it worked properly it would be a 10

desirability:
looks cool,but still a pile of crap,if you want something that will make people think you know what you're doing this is for you

sound:
i've had this piece of s**? for about a week and it just sounds bad.the guitar input (channel 8)has a design flaw or something;static,hissing,popping,white noise

support:
support sucks,ie;there is no support only user forums

overall:
maybe 3.5 if the problem is fixed i will revise this review,check out user forum if thinking about buying i wish i had

More Details

If that's not enough then check out the following link for the full specifications - FW1082 Firewire DAW Controller