Tascam US-428

[Philevek]

I'm looking at buying a US-428.
I was surprized that I there is not a whole lot of talk of this unit.
Is this a sign? Please let me know you have experience or heard things. I am open to other recording options-soundcards etc.. But I want something that I can use with Guitar Pro (Cakewalk).

[crosstudio]

too busy using it to talk about it.

i use it to record on my laptop when i go to artists' home.

i use it to mix recordings on my desktop.

the only problem that I've had is upgrading to winXP SP1 to stop stutters in the playback. that was a known windows bug in USB, it was not the US-428 that was the problem.

if you go to Tascam's US-428 link there is a link to a BBS where many US-428 owners to go find out stuff.

one day, i'm going to sell my frontier design wavecenter/tango24, mackie 1604, and RNP as well as the US-428 and buy a...

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[Philevek]

Thanks for writing back.
Do you use all of those units to record?
I was hoping the Tascam and my Guitar Pro program would be enough to record simple 3-5 track compositions.
Am I deluding myself?

[crosstudio]

i use the US-428 with my laptop, and the frontier design wavecenter/tango24 with my desktop.

my desktop is in an adjacent closet with extension cords for the monitor, mouse and keyboard so that i don't get any PC noise in my recordings.

i've been able to record using the US-428 into a Dell Inspiron 8100 with 16 tracks playing back.

[Shaky Tee]

I use a US-224, which the baby sister to the US-428, but with 4 faders instead of 8, without the EQ knobs and without that pesky wall wart.

I use it strictly as a laptop recorder (no room at my place for a PC). Also a Dell Inspirion 8100.

Because I have a 4200 rpm resident drive, the drivers that work best for me are the ASIO drivers. No issues with pops or clicks.

[lilcapn]

there's no phantom power on these guys, right?

[sime]

im using one with cubase 5.0 and its bloody brilliant.

[crosstudio]

that's right no phantom power.

i turn the gain on the us-428 all the way down, and connect a FMR Audio RNP to the US-428 line-in.