Akai Dps24 Price Is Dropping

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Just ordered mine, $2600 so I guess the price is continuing to drop.
Pretty excited to receive it and get things set up!!
 
I'm curious as to what the $3000 unit offers that you can't get from a more typical recording setup. The reviews state that the unit requires a computer to unlock a lot of features, so that would bring the total to $4k+... for that amount of money you can get computer with Sonar(or anything similar), a Mackie VLZ 24 channel mixer and a MOTU 8 input box + 24 input expansion.
 
Hmmm not sure which reviews you are referring too, you certainly don't need a computer to use the DPS24. I'm certainly no expert on this unit though, there's lots of other guys you tell you how wonderful this machine is and what it's capable of.
 
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I have a New DPS 24 for Sale. Original Box, Manual, Warranty Card, etc. $2200 plus shipping...and that's at least $500 below mail order! It is absolutely MINT in every way. I have more than one digital recorder and not enough time to use all of my equipment so this one is for sale. E-mail clontz@hotmail.com if you are interested in more information. Thanks!
 
Some of the adavantages I've heard about the DPS24 is that it can record 24 Simultaneous tracks at 24bit 48khz or 12 tracks at 96khz. It runs "cool" so it does not have or need a fan. It does now have monitor support with graphic Meters on all 24 tracks via USB. You can buy a card for it to hook it up to and record/playback with an external SCSI drive.

If I'm not mistaken the Yamaha AW4416 can only record 16 tracks simultaneously at 16bit 48khz and 8 tracks at 24bit 96khz. I think the roland VS2480 is the same.

What I don't get is what the roland Vs2480 or Yamaha AW4416 has over the DPS24. Akai seems to blow them out of the water in every way.

If you feel differently, please tell me how.

Mongoo
 
Hi Mongoo,

The Akai DOESN'T record 24 discreet tracks at 24-bit; it does the same thing as the Yamaha and Korg (as far as I have been told - I HAVEN'T looked for myself, I just know all of these"all-in-one" workstations allocate bit rates according to track count and particular algorithms to make space and to make the units small) It records 24 tracks at 16-bit, 16 at 24 (44.1) and I guess 8 at 24-bit 96.k (which is hardly discernable in terms of the sample rate increase; 24-bit at 44.1k is perfect and the current industry standard)
What I HAVE seen about the Akai that's cool is that it uses industry standard 100mm long-throw faders, which is important because the db increase/decrease is more subtle because of the long taper, and it has knobs to tweak eq and sends rather than a mouse or data/jog shuttle.

But it still is in the dust when compared to workstations like the SX-1LE and some computer rigs, such as Nuendo and Pro Tools etc (digi 002 is pretty powerful)

I guess it comes down to preference and as I stated somewhere else here, I have done several commercial projects on a Yamaha AW2816, and they sound great. The thing about some of the higher end workstations (and the SX-1LE has complete waveform editing, 5.1 surround capabilty-which is the comming audio wave of the future - a sequencer and complete VGA support, and it costs about THE SAME as the Akai!) is that they are commensurate with what their computer based counterparts do,like waveform editing, 999 levels of undo, 999 virtual tracks - all of that sort of thing. It's also a matter of your requirements.
At least you are doing serious research, so you'll get what you need. Just understand that most of these workstations make some concessions somewhere, and it's really a matter of whether you accept those concessiosn or not - and THAT always has to do with budget, and we've all been there! But the concession field is narrow these days, and you can make great recordings with just about any of them.
So good luck dude!
 
GoMano said:
Hi Mongoo,

The Akai DOESN'T record 24 discreet tracks at 24-bit; it does the same thing as the Yamaha and Korg (as far as I have been told - I HAVEN'T looked for myself, I just know all of these"all-in-one" workstations allocate bit rates according to track count and particular algorithms to make space and to make the units small) It records 24 tracks at 16-bit, 16 at 24 (44.1) and I guess 8 at 24-bit 96.k (which is hardly discernable in terms of the sample rate increase; 24-bit at 44.1k is perfect and the current industry standard)

GoMano,
The Akai DPS24 absolutely DOES record 24 discreet tracks at 24-bit. Perhaps you’re confusing bit length and resolution? At 96K (or 88.2 coming in the next OS release), the DPS is reduced to 12 tracks, still at 24-bit. At 44.1/24 or 48/24 it’s a full 24-track recorder.

The DPS24 also has sample rate accurate waveform editing. I haven’t used the Yamahas, but IMO, this machine is superior to the Roland offerings at a much lower price. No proprietary RBUS crap. And it has full .wav timestamp support via USB, 4 direct inserts bypassing internal pre’s, and ADAT lightpipe.
 
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