Multiple Tascam US144's?

[saguinus_gr]

I don't believe tascam supports any sort of aggregating, but if you are on a mac, give soundflower a try. It might recognize them all 3 and you might be able to route them as well.

[Meuk]

No, I'm on Windows. I couldn't find anything, that's why I tried here...

[Bill@WelcomeHome]

Originally Posted by Meuk

No, I'm on Windows. I couldn't find anything, that's why I tried here...

The answer lies with tascam support. Drivers have to be able to tell the difference among multiples of the same device or card. If the driver can't 'see' more than one, your DAW will never be able to use more than one.

[Meuk]

Originally Posted by Bill@WelcomeHome

The answer lies with tascam support. Drivers have to be able to tell the difference among multiples of the same device or card. If the driver can't 'see' more than one, your DAW will never be able to use more than one.

My device manager is showing 2 TASCAM US-144 MIDI entries under Sound, video and game controllers, but only one TASCAM US-144 device.
I guess it's not possible then.

[Bill@WelcomeHome]

Originally Posted by Meuk

My device manager is showing 2 TASCAM US-144 MIDI entries under Sound, video and game controllers, but only one TASCAM US-144 device.
I guess it's not possible then.

Within the control applet for the US 144 you would see the choices between the two, and in your DAW you would see the total number of inputs and outputs of two 144 units. If this isn't happening, then likely you cannot run more than 1 US 144 at a time, unless Tascam has a special driver for the purpose.

[tk_nacho]

Hi!
I've done some recordings with two Tascam's 144 in Cockos REAPER. But it should work in any DAW.
Though i dont have two of them at the moment to corroborate what i did that time, i think there are two ways of doing it. I know that the second way does work, however if i remember well, i think i could get it working with its real driver, with less latency.

Connect the two TASCAMs.

1° Go to device,
Audio system: ASIO
ASIO Driver: US-122 mkii/ US-144 mkii
Go to Inputs: you will see that there are two of everyone. Something like this:
US-144 mkii Analog L, ...Analog R, ...Analog L, ...Analog R, ..Digital L, Digital R, Digital L, ...Digital R.
First: select US-144 mkii Analog L
Last: select the last that catches all the analog's in between. Or directly select the one at the bottom of the list.
They are labelled as if they were repeated but each of them respond to a different device, you should then figure out which is which when arm a track to record.

Im almost sure it will work, if not:

2° ASIO4ALL and play a little with it until you got it, it may have latency issues, i used it to record overheads and then i had to adjust them in time which the others tracks. But it does record well, as well.

I hope it works for you !! feel free to ask me any doubt (sorry for my english)

Good Luck,
Ignacio

[Meuk]

Originally Posted by tk_nacho

Hi!
I've done some recordings with two Tascam's 144 in Cockos REAPER. But it should work in any DAW.
Though i dont have two of them at the moment to corroborate what i did that time, i think there are two ways of doing it. I know that the second way does work, however if i remember well, i think i could get it working with its real driver, with less latency.

Connect the two TASCAMs.

1° Go to device,
Audio system: ASIO
ASIO Driver: US-122 mkii/ US-144 mkii
Go to Inputs: you will see that there are two of everyone. Something like this:
US-144 mkii Analog L, ...Analog R, ...Analog L, ...Analog R, ..Digital L, Digital R, Digital L, ...Digital R.
First: select US-144 mkii Analog L
Last: select the last that catches all the analog's in between. Or directly select the one at the bottom of the list.
They are labelled as if they were repeated but each of them respond to a different device, you should then figure out which is which when arm a track to record.

Im almost sure it will work, if not:

2° ASIO4ALL and play a little with it until you got it, it may have latency issues, i used it to record overheads and then i had to adjust them in time which the others tracks. But it does record well, as well.

I hope it works for you !! feel free to ask me any doubt (sorry for my english)

Good Luck,
Ignacio

Your english is great, as far as I can tell. I'm not a native speaker either

Thanks for your reply, I'm going to try that!

Does anybody have a suggestion for a low budget 8 channel in audio interface with AD converters comparable to the Tascam ones? Maybe it's easier to just get a 8 channel interface instead of trying to connect 3 US-144's....

[alexevans917]

Originally Posted by Meuk

Your english is great, as far as I can tell. I'm not a native speaker either

Thanks for your reply, I'm going to try that!

Does anybody have a suggestion for a low budget 8 channel in audio interface with AD converters comparable to the Tascam ones? Maybe it's easier to just get a 8 channel interface instead of trying to connect 3 US-144's....

I'd look around for a used US1641- probably the same pres as the US144, 8 pres built in, some line inputs, around $150 used or sometimes less.

[Matt R]

Well, here are two good solutions that I'd recommend:

1) Presonus Audiobox 1818: PreSonus Audiobox 1818VSL 18-Channel USB Interface | Musician's Friend

2) Presonus Firestudio Project: PreSonus FireStudio Project Recording Interface | Musician's Friend

Both have the same pres. One is able to be expanded with 8 more channels over ADAT. If you get the Firestudio Project, you can always buy another one of the same model and link them together.

The Project is $399 whereas the Audiobox is $499. The audiobox has some built in effects. The Firestudio is Firewire, the Audiobox is USB.

I personally feel the Presonus pres blow the Tascam ones out of the water. That's just me.

[Meuk]

Thank you guys, I'll keep an eye open.
Matt, do you mean the Presonus ones sound better?

[alexevans917]

Originally Posted by Matt R

Well, here are two good solutions that I'd recommend:

1) Presonus Audiobox 1818: PreSonus Audiobox 1818VSL 18-Channel USB Interface | Musician's Friend

2) Presonus Firestudio Project: PreSonus FireStudio Project Recording Interface | Musician's Friend

Both have the same pres. One is able to be expanded with 8 more channels over ADAT. If you get the Firestudio Project, you can always buy another one of the same model and link them together.

The Project is $399 whereas the Audiobox is $499. The audiobox has some built in effects. The Firestudio is Firewire, the Audiobox is USB.

I personally feel the Presonus pres blow the Tascam ones out of the water. That's just me.

I would agree on this- if you can afford the Presonus stuff, it is much better. You could also check out the Echo Audiofire range, or perhaps some of the Motu or Steinberg stuff. Also the Focusrite Saffire range is getting a whole lot of good press at the moment. The Pro 40 would probably be a great fit, and can be had very cheaply.

[Matt R]

Originally Posted by Meuk

Thank you guys, I'll keep an eye open.
Matt, do you mean the Presonus ones sound better?

It definitely does. Nothing against Tascam, but I've found their pres to have a bit more self-noise than the Presonus mic pres. They're also a bit harsher in the high end to my ears. I've got several Tascam devices laying around, including the old US-428 which uses the same Pres as the 144. They're not horrible and they're definitely usable, but they're just not as good.

[tk_nacho]

hey! so what happened finally??
by the way, i'd like to show our first record which was entirely recorded with one tascam us 144 and sometimes two (for the drums).

here it is hasdee's sets on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

tell me what u think =P

[Meuk]

Sorry for my late response.
No, I never got it to work, but we're keeping an eye out for a used 8 channel interface. Probably a Tascam US-1641 or 1800.
Your recording sounds great btw