KVR Audio

rcat · Post by **rcat** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:39 pm

http://tascam.com/product/us-2x2/
http://tascam.com/product/us-4x4/

I'm anxious to see the first reviews. They look very promising with good specs.

Shy · Post by **Shy** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:42 pm

I'm not excited, but you can't blame me, change "these" in your thread title.

rcat · Post by **rcat** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:00 pm

Shy wrote:I'm not excited, but you can't blame me, change "these" in your thread title.

It sounds like you've had a bad experience with Tascam products. Why change "these"? It's two different configurations.

Shy · Post by **Shy** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:36 pm

So that the title wouldn't be completely undescriptive, as "these" could mean just about anything, obviously. For example, "Anyone seen the new Tascam audio/MIDI interfaces yet?"

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:58 pm

No, but I love This plugin.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:51 pm

Shy wrote:So that the title wouldn't be completely undescriptive, as "these" could mean just about anything

exactly! i came here hoping to see boobies!

rcat · Post by **rcat** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:05 pm

layzer wrote:
Shy wrote:So that the title wouldn't be completely undescriptive, as "these" could mean just about anything
exactly! i came here hoping to see boobies!

Well, if you find any "hardware" boobies please let me know. Those I'd like to see!

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:25 pm

I think I did hear about those-but I've heard a lot bad about Tascam interfaces, and you usually can get a reliable one for a bit more. Can't say if any of that is fact, I'm just more likely to get something known to work well.

rcat · Post by **rcat** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:48 pm

RunBeerRun wrote:I think I did hear about those-but I've heard a lot bad about Tascam interfaces, and you usually can get a reliable one for a bit more. Can't say if any of that is fact, I'm just more likely to get something known to work well.

Noted. I've read some bad reviews myself about Tascam interfaces. When I saw these, I thought they looked really cool, and also looked good on paper. Although I need a new interface, I wouldn't purchase one of these without first reading some realistic reviews. If I could afford it, I'd go RME.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:42 am

rcat wrote:
RunBeerRun wrote:I think I did hear about those-but I've heard a lot bad about Tascam interfaces, and you usually can get a reliable one for a bit more. Can't say if any of that is fact, I'm just more likely to get something known to work well.
Noted. I've read some bad reviews myself about Tascam interfaces. When I saw these, I thought they looked really cool, and also looked good on paper. Although I need a new interface, I wouldn't purchase one of these without first reading some realistic reviews. If I could afford it, I'd go RME.

A big red flag is that these are "brand new from the ground up drivers." Maybe they think that's a selling point, but, I'd wait until they're out in the field before I would take a chance on them.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:17 am

layzer wrote:
Shy wrote:So that the title wouldn't be completely undescriptive, as "these" could mean just about anything
exactly! i came here hoping to see boobies!

There you go !

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:58 am

Well, it's good to see that at least somebody besides UA is making small form factor TB interfaces. Unfortunately, the Tascam stuff doesn't really impress me.

cornutt · Post by **cornutt** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:54 pm

deastman wrote:No, but I love This plugin.

I prefer that one.

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:48 pm

rcat wrote:Well, if you find any "hardware" boobies please let me know. Those I'd like to see!

The software emulations just don't cut it in my opinion. Hardware gives you much more of a hands-on experience.

Jim Y · Post by **Jim Y** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:02 pm

Love the way they make a feature of using NE5532 amp chips. They are certainly good enough for most audio jobs, but by no means "boutique". They're fairly cheap and have been around for ages. RME use generic amps too I heard somewhere (TL0xx?)

For Windows it says "simple driver adds ASIO..." So, it's class compliant with something like ASIO4ALL wrapper?

I find a lot to like though, especially the 4x4. Separate headphone and main volume controls is something some of competition lacks.

Anyone seen these yet?