Tascam X48

muziekschuur · 25th April 2007, 09:50 AM

How about it. how is it working out Remotesness?
Maybe others. From what I could find on the net, the recorder is doing great.

Any comments from users?

alessio · 25th April 2007, 01:22 PM

Is not out yet. Tascam is pulling our leg. They have delayed the delivery for the last 3 years. There's no one unit working...

PDC · 25th April 2007, 02:11 PM

Check the Remote thread. There are three or four people using them. There has not been any comment about 48s with analog input cards yet. So far just comments on the digital I/O, etc.

I want to hear it myself. I want to see it work in adverse conditions like Radar. This thing is a Mackie at heart and I have made a few bucks renting PT and Radar systems to people in the middle of large projects on Mackies.

muziekschuur · 29th April 2007, 03:56 PM

BUMP.........

muziekschuur · 21st May 2007, 01:37 PM

Steffmo · 21st May 2007, 02:56 PM

I've had an MX2424 for years and had nothing but good luck with it. I still use it for remotes and it has earned its keep over and over. I know some here had problems with it, but I wasn't one and as a former denizen of the great MX2424 board I can say there were a lot of happy users.

That being said, when they showed me the X48 it just seemed the target spec was not going to be reliably achieved without tons of redesign work. Hell, I do enough gospel remote work that I would love to see it work.

If they had gone to a SCSI 320 drive in a tray, I think it would have been a breeze. But they caved into the cheapskates and claimed they could get 48 tracks of record onto a 10K Firewire 400 drive.

The numbers might say this is possible, but having seen my share of "media too slow" messages on and MX2424 160 SCSI drive, I have a real concern about a single firewire drive doing 48 tracks reliably except under the best of conditions.

Now..the last time I did a remote in the BEST of conditions....was....was.....

muziekschuur · 21st May 2007, 04:49 PM

I have heard no problems sofar.

Seems XP embedded is holding it's own.

Muziekschuur

yrplace · 21st May 2007, 05:06 PM

I have an X-48 and it seems to have been worth the wait. We've used it for backup on a couple of remotes and I've run tests with all 48 tracks in record and the mix engine on for 3 hrs at 48k and the thing has been solid.

I'm going to use the analog inputs on a remote this week and plan to compare the sound to our main recorder which is a Genex 9048 .

BTW at this point I'd buy the X-48 or Radar over the Genex .

For a bit over $6k w/ analog cards the X-48 is a great deck and a great deal.

be nice if it had more then two card slots, and Tascam is still going with TDIF which is bit pointless, but overall I think the X-48 is a winner.

muziekschuur · 12th July 2007, 11:03 AM

the dm4800 has them tdif2 connectors so it can do 96khz without channel-los.

So a DM4800/x48 combo would probably rock hard. And a X48 and two cascaded dm4800's would probably rock even harder.

Muziekschuur

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25th April 2007, 09:50 AM	#1
muziekschuur Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Stavenisse Posts: 366	Tascam X48 How about it. how is it working out Remotesness? Maybe others. From what I could find on the net, the recorder is doing great. Any comments from users? __________________ I use BAGEND SPEAKERS. you should hear em too.

25th April 2007, 02:11 PM	#3
PDC Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 486	Check the Remote thread. There are three or four people using them. There has not been any comment about 48s with analog input cards yet. So far just comments on the digital I/O, etc. I want to hear it myself. I want to see it work in adverse conditions like Radar. This thing is a Mackie at heart and I have made a few bucks renting PT and Radar systems to people in the middle of large projects on Mackies. __________________ I miss LP smell, art, lyrics and cool record stores!

29th April 2007, 03:56 PM	#4
muziekschuur Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Stavenisse Posts: 366	BUMP......... __________________ I use BAGEND SPEAKERS. you should hear em too.

21st May 2007, 01:37 PM	#5
muziekschuur Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Stavenisse Posts: 366	Bump __________________ I use BAGEND SPEAKERS. you should hear em too.

25th April 2007, 01:22 PM	#2
alessio Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Livorno, Italy Posts: 159	Is not out yet. Tascam is pulling our leg. They have delayed the delivery for the last 3 years. There's no one unit working...

21st May 2007, 02:56 PM	#6
Steffmo Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 933	I've had an MX2424 for years and had nothing but good luck with it. I still use it for remotes and it has earned its keep over and over. I know some here had problems with it, but I wasn't one and as a former denizen of the great MX2424 board I can say there were a lot of happy users. That being said, when they showed me the X48 it just seemed the target spec was not going to be reliably achieved without tons of redesign work. Hell, I do enough gospel remote work that I would love to see it work. If they had gone to a SCSI 320 drive in a tray, I think it would have been a breeze. But they caved into the cheapskates and claimed they could get 48 tracks of record onto a 10K Firewire 400 drive. The numbers might say this is possible, but having seen my share of "media too slow" messages on and MX2424 160 SCSI drive, I have a real concern about a single firewire drive doing 48 tracks reliably except under the best of conditions. Now..the last time I did a remote in the BEST of conditions....was....was.....

21st May 2007, 04:49 PM	#7
muziekschuur Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Stavenisse Posts: 366	I have heard no problems sofar. Seems XP embedded is holding it's own. Muziekschuur __________________ I use BAGEND SPEAKERS. you should hear em too.

21st May 2007, 05:06 PM	#8
yrplace Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 785	I have an X-48 and it seems to have been worth the wait. We've used it for backup on a couple of remotes and I've run tests with all 48 tracks in record and the mix engine on for 3 hrs at 48k and the thing has been solid. I'm going to use the analog inputs on a remote this week and plan to compare the sound to our main recorder which is a Genex 9048 . BTW at this point I'd buy the X-48 or Radar over the Genex . For a bit over $6k w/ analog cards the X-48 is a great deck and a great deal. be nice if it had more then two card slots, and Tascam is still going with TDIF which is bit pointless, but overall I think the X-48 is a winner.

12th July 2007, 11:03 AM	#9
muziekschuur Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Stavenisse Posts: 366	the dm4800 has them tdif2 connectors so it can do 96khz without channel-los. So a DM4800/x48 combo would probably rock hard. And a X48 and two cascaded dm4800's would probably rock even harder. Muziekschuur __________________ I use BAGEND SPEAKERS. you should hear em too.

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