Tascam TM-D1000 Digital Mixer

Tested and working with the reliability of Tascam. The TM-D1000 is a 16 channel digital mixer. The first 8 channels have analog inputs; the last 8 have digital inputs (located on the back panel). When recording, the first 8 channels will probably be used for bringing signal into the mixer and sending it to the multitrack. The last 8 will probably be used for monitoring multitrack returns. On mixdown and for live situations, you can use all 16 channels simultaneously. Each channel has a 3-band EQ. The mid-band is parametric, and the highs and lows are sweepable. All three bands are totally overlappable from 41 Hz to 16 kHz. While the names of the bands are high/mid/low, they can all be assigned virtually anywhere in the audible frequency spectrum. The TM-D1000 also offers up to 4 auxiliary sends. Each one is individually selectable pre or post fader. They can be used as mono sends or you can take two and gang them in stereo. That way, you’ve got either 4 mono sends, or one stereo and two mono sends. Built in effects also come standard on the TM-D1000. The built in card offers 4 "slots" of processing. Dynamics (i.e. compressors and expanders) take one slot. Stereo effects (i.e. reverb, flange, delay, etc.) take two slots. One unique feature and great advantage to the scene memory in this mixer is the "transition time." This allows you to create a crossfade from one scene into the next. The transition time is adjustable from 0 to 10 seconds in 1/10-second intervals. This is very useful for setting up separate mixes of the verse, chorus, or bridge, and simply recalling the scene to smoothly fade from one section to the next. It can also be used to give a beautiful fade-out at the end of a song. These scenes are recallable via MIDI with a standard program number message.