I've seen a lot of articles on that thing in some recording mags. Man does it look sweet. Here's what they wrote about it in Home Recording mag:
"The coolest undeniably useful product announced is TASCAM’s new 24-bit digital mixer,
the DM-24, which will be available in 2001 for (hold on to your spacesuit) $2,999. It features 24-bit/96 kHz resolution, flexible routing, built-in automation, and internal effects. It also offers 100 mm motorized faders; 16 analog inputs with XLR mic preamps; 1/4" line inputs; analog inserts on each input channel; 24 channels of TDIF, eight of ADAT optical I/O; one stereo AES/EBU, two stereo S/PDIF interfaces; and eight auxiliary channels for effects returns. Two option slots are provided for additional 8-channel analog, digital, and cascade interface modules. Four 1/4" TRS inserts can be assigned to any digital recorder return. High-quality reverb, mic modeling, and speaker modeling from t.c. electronic and Antares are built in to the unit. Each of the 24 input channels includes highly configurable gates, parametric 4-band EQs, compression on each of the 24 input channels, and a custom-designed delay that compensates for fixed latencies within a digital studio. Whew! The pace of technology development can be frustrating (especially if you just bought your digital mixer), but a product like this makes you want to get up in the morning and mix! "
