tm-d1000 vs. roland vm-3100Pro

[spacklebum]

I am wanting to upgrade a 4-track digital system and the two mixers I was looking at purchasing were the Tascam TM-D1000 and the Roland VM-3100 Pro. I would link the mixer to my computer via the Roland interface or TDIF. (Roland Studio Pak?) Can anyone give me a reason why I should choose one mixer over the other? Both mixers allow 8-track digital recording, have effects, and have snapshot automation. However, I know that the tm-d has 4 preamps, but I heard that it did not have trim on them. Which one should I choose?

[cat]

Can anyone add any opinions or technical comparisons to this topic that would help out?

[frederic]

Greetings.

My "console" is comprised of three TMD-1000 mixers cascaded together, which in turn cascade to two TMD-4000 8-bus mixers.

Regarding your questions about the TMD-1000, it has four decent mic/line pre-amps with Trim, four line pre-amps (though with non-condenser microphones you can trim it to a high enough gain that you can use microphones there as well).

It has one digital in, and two digital outs (s/pdif & aes/ebu). it also has a TDIF port, Tascam's proprietary interface for their 8-track digital recorder line.

it has built in effects, compression, and other items you might find useful.

Even though the faders aren't automated, if you give the TMD-1000 its own midi port, you can use midi channel 1-16 to control the fader levels as well as the the pan easily. The slider's won't move under computer control, but the electronics do. THis is nice for automated mixing on a budget. The mixer also transmitts this midi information if you have your cakewalk (or cubase, or ...) recording while you move the console's faders/pans. Its a nifty extra thats a small step above snapshot automation.

Hope that helps,

Originally posted by spacklebum
I am wanting to upgrade a 4-track digital system and the two mixers I was looking at purchasing were the Tascam TM-D1000 and the Roland VM-3100 Pro. I would link the mixer to my computer via the Roland interface or TDIF. (Roland Studio Pak?) Can anyone give me a reason why I should choose one mixer over the other? Both mixers allow 8-track digital recording, have effects, and have snapshot automation. However, I know that the tm-d has 4 preamps, but I heard that it did not have trim on them. Which one should I choose?

[swap]

the vm-3100pro not only has snapshot automation, you can "record" your movements as a midi track in logic, it also has compressor in each channel, it has 2 digital ins (or 1 stereo), it has 2 effects processors with 100 presets, it has also 4 outputs pu can configure any way (setereo or mono) apart from the masters, mnonitor out and the roland bus. If you get the dif-at interface yopu can connect it to any adat stuff.

[cat]

Hey Fred, I have the Tascam TMD-1000 with the 2nd TDIF card. I'm trying to find out if you can Direct out 16 channels (1 TDIF to PCI-822 and the other to an IF-TAD interface to backup/mixdown to ADATs via lightpipe. I was on the Tascam forum and some guy said it can only direct out 8 channels, but another guy said you can do 16. I want to know what I can do with the board before I get the IF-TAD. I've already ordered the ADAT.