I HAD TO HAVE THIS INTERFACE | Tascam Series 208i Audio Interface | TOM QUAYLE

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I was recently asked to review the Tascam Series 208i audio interface for Guitar Interactive Magazine. I was so impressed that I decided to contact Tascam and ask if I could buy one for myself. In this video I talk through my thoughts about the 208i and tell you why I wanted one for my own setup.
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@jackprice7828 Год назад

Tom I'm glad you made this video even if it is 3 years old at this point. I have a lot of respect for you as a musician and your opinion. I am looking at upgrading from my 2 chan interface to a 4ch interface. I really like the fact it has all 4 inputs on the front. A big concern for me is latency. I like the fact its not bus powered.

@elasticmachinery 4 года назад

I really appreciate the way you explain the features of gear like this where many of us are nieve. Cheers brother.

@mrcoatsworth429 2 года назад

The DSP mixer might be what gives this the edge over some of the other interfaces I'm looking at. Having that control for (near) latency free monitor mixes for tracking is really awesome.

@WillTheWalker 4 года назад

You're so underrated it ain't even right. High quality content, informative... More please!

@TXNITRUE 4 месяца назад

Awesome video, i wish i had found this when i picked up my interface. I got it around the time you released this too.

@hang-sangitch 3 года назад

Sounds great! Thanks for the brilliant review. Just three questions.. Is the conversion in this unit good? Is the headphone output good and clear? Does the monitoring sound good through the main monitors? Thank you 😊

@jas_bataille 3 года назад

Honestly, the only unit of about this size with that many I/O is the Metric Halo 2882 which is easily 3 times the price for the older firewire version. Sure those aren't MH pres or converters but this is really awesome. I can now use my old m-audio 2626 pres in stand-alone mode as well! Over 60dbs of gain for this puppy, not too shabby. I was a paper-weight until now, so that's awesome!

@oneromevad7853 Год назад

Haha funny, the m-audio 2626 work around is exactly y i started looking at this unit. I hated m audio for dropping support for my firewire unit, but now im a tascam fan boy i guess.

@baddriddimworkshop Месяц назад

Okay, old vid,, not the latest product it's five years old todsay, but still out for sale at a good price for what it is (allthougfh it aint budget gear). I wanted to comment here to remind something, tascam (previously teac) have been designing audio in/out and recording gear since the neolithic times. I got this brand new a few months ago )i'm more of a producer in a dawless invironment i got this to add 8 outs to my synclavier REGEN) without even looking anywhere else than Tascam, i'm 46 and when it's about those kinds of things (and utility or "caracter" mixers) i always went for either fostex or tascam, my oldest tascm unit is a T38 (8 track tape recorder). These guys know theyre job, it's maybe not considered a mega heavy pro brand because units stay "small" and are oriented towards the home studist, so some people would call it "prosumer" stuff allthough they have been doing this before most of the other geezers were even born, and if they dont make hudge things, or add stupid gadget or preamps that will dumbly be powered by 5 volts (lol ridiculous), but they arer sturdy, durable, very well made, and do what they are supposed to do with the best quality and experience you'll ever get for the cost... If you are not a big pro with a big studio asnd the bux that go with that, imo tascam is the way to go for those types of tools, weATHER IT BE NEW STUFF, OR COOL VINTAGE GEAR (mixers and tape recorders mainly).

@wayofwaves 4 года назад

Honestly, this seems exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks for the little review Tom

@saturatedpleasures Год назад

It also allows one to mix for multiple loudspeaker systems. I love that review. Best regards there.

@supernatural9r406 4 года назад

Nick Jennison looks Outstanding. And is very Talented.

@tomquayleguitar 4 года назад

Not sure what it has to do with this video - but you are definitely correct! He's an awesome human being in every way!

@CwGuitar01 4 года назад

Tom Quayle hey tom, I’m the topic of nick. Is there anyway to get the backing track that you played over in the “minor blues” jam with nick? Thanks I’m advance man

@tomquayleguitar 4 года назад

@@CwGuitar01 That's Nick's track I'm afraid, so I'm not at liberty to hand it out.

@CwGuitar01 4 года назад

Tom Quayle no worries man thanks

@BB-Rareburto 2 года назад

I think you are mistaken about there being Reverb per channel. Reverb can only be applied to AUX1Bus, and cannot be applied to any other channels, nor inputs, nor to AUX2, 3, or 4 Buses. That is my understanding from reading the reference manual. For example, look at the block diagram near the end of the reference manual. So one could not set a different reverb for mic1 and mic2. You could send mic1 and mic2 to Aux1 and apply the same reverb to both. Reverb can only be applied to AUX1Bus. But you are correct that eq and compression can be applied per input channel, which is nice.

@XKoamane-l3r Месяц назад

Thanks for the video I really like Tascam they are the leaders in the industry.

@saffronk4058 3 года назад

Are the drivers okay? asking for the world

@andyracksthecams 4 года назад

That is great. Wordclock SYNC, Midi and ADAT. I have the old US2000 and a 1641, both have been bullet proof. Tascam always come up with the goods. Thank you Tom. Very thorough. You give the most detailed explanations.

@LARESISTENZA 3 года назад

Is it good today us2000 drivers with win10? Thanx

@andyracksthecams 3 года назад

@@LARESISTENZA yes. I find an older version works best not the latest. I'd have to look which version when I'm home.

@LARESISTENZA 3 года назад

@@andyracksthecams News 4 me?

@sizzloh 3 года назад

Let’s hope it’s better than their last range of high count I/O interfaces. The drivers for those where horrendous.

@HBMaverick 4 года назад

This is great information and I purchased one! How about doing a tutorial video on how to set it on Windows and with different microphones. 👍👍😎 ~Maverick

@FulcrumsEdge 4 года назад

The behringer UMC 1820 has a total of 10 line outputs plus spdif and adat outputs addable to that, all for the price right now of around 300 us dollars, i bought mine for less than 200 during a holiday sale lat year. It has handled every single mixing and recording task i have thrown at it.

@MateNako 4 года назад

God damn Tom! o_O The quality...the setup... That's godly!

@tomquayleguitar 4 года назад

Haha! Thanks dude - hope you're good!

@TheShakour 4 года назад

i miss your live streams dude cool T-shirt though :)

@tomquayleguitar 4 года назад

They'll be back soon!

@TheShakour 4 года назад

@@tomquayleguitar thanks man... great news

@palakkadsreeram 4 года назад

Thanks for nice explanation on 201i. Is this sound toy has ‘loop back’ function to do livestream? I own 102i and not able to connect to OBS. Kindly help me.

@CambiodeRumbo 4 года назад

Marking this interfaces form muy buying lista. Thanks Tom!

@nicotravaini 4 года назад

Nice review! I saw this interface a few days ago and I regreted not seeing it before... I bought a few months ago a focusrite scarlett 8i6, I'm very happy with it but the amount of options on the tascam it would have been great

@BryanDumaguina 3 месяца назад

Thank you Sir!

@joefalchetto94 10 месяцев назад

Thank you very much for the review! I just noticed that the main reason because I'm here is that I would like to find out how well does the Hi-Z input perform! Did you have a chance to try it? I heard it to be a bit muffled

@lushkordz6643 3 года назад

very good review Tom of this unit but i thought you would present the Control software a lil bit more to show the routing capabilities N various Cuemix options ....maybe you could do that in the future....

@samprock 4 года назад

Spotted it for my iPad, cool review, Tom! Can I route iPad apps using Tascam mixer? Like have Gadget as main DAW, while driving midi to non interapp/auv3 synth app, that output to Tascam channels and I pickup their sound into separate within Gadget? Can Tascam mixer route physically what Audiobus does? TNX!

@axemanfishing2703 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video Tom. I recently purchased the 208I and Series 8P Dyna for a total of 12 inputs. How is your unit enduring these days? Thanks

@96elixx 3 года назад

could you please provide the specs regarding the Dynamic range of the converters? I couldn't find it anywhere! Thank you:)

@GemmatheCat 4 года назад

Price point price point. Price point? Price point, price point! Price point. But seriously, great review, Tom.

@jackprice7828 3 года назад

Tom love this Tascam. Looking to purchase. What DAW are you using on your iPad?

@TheBestMethod 3 года назад

I dont understand why they dont have an adat out! I want to add send/recive through adat! Unfortunate miss!

@sirclip 3 года назад

Thats a great recomendation - hmm, I may need one.

@nunoandradebluesdrive 15 дней назад

Hi, is this still cool in 2024? How do you feel about, still using it?

@samerbata 4 года назад

Excellent review 🙂

@PauloSotoZuliani 4 года назад

How would you compare this interface with your main interface ? As far as the quality of the signal for guitars ? I am between a presonus mobile 192 and this tascam now :) Thank you for this great review !

@dawoud8013 2 года назад

interesting question ;)

@darknessretreatsatournamem1748 3 года назад

Love this interface, blew my Scarlett 8i6 right out of use. Only complaint is can't reference through different monitor setups on the interface itself, have to go through the software :/

@Piston1776 Год назад

when switched to standby instead of on are all of the led's off? this is a pet peev of mine I hate obnoxious led's being on when they don't need to be.

@purplewound 3 года назад

Excellent review Tom thanks. I just wanted to know how low the latency gets with these units if i plug the guitar directly to use with amp sims.

@3DNurbz 10 месяцев назад

Great review! I'm trying to find a interface with Onboard DSP that will work without the software running. Is that possible with this one? Can you set it with the software and then it still works as just hardware?

@timothy5974 4 года назад

Thanx Tom for a great review. You know, I don’t have an iPad Pro but a regular 9.7 a couple of years old. Do you think it would still record well and be able to use a software amp sim with little to no latency?The IPad is my newest gadget and probably more powerful than my old i3 processor laptop. I’m a bit scared to invest in the interface if the iPad will be the weak link. Thank you.

@KateDatingCoaching 3 года назад

Would you consider doing an instructional how to video for the complete beginner? I bought a Tascam 102i intending to use it with audacity and I'm clueless. The manual seems confusing, audacity works fine when I use my inbuilt computer mic (but quality is obviously awful) plug in the Tascam and nothing works... or if someone has already done a tutorial (even a paid tutorial is fine) that I haven't found yet, please let me know! Thank you

@TandisJenhudson 3 года назад

Thanks. Can the control software adjust EQ at the master out?

@kjmusic2541 3 года назад

Do the line inputs bypass the mic preamps? Tascam say yes and point me to the block diagram on P37 of the manual, but then people on the Tascam forum say no and point to the same diagram! Can anyone clarify? Someone also suggested the diagram shows that phantom power can also be applied to the instrument and line input as well as the mic input, which could be dangerous to some gear. I also have another question. Is it easy to use this interface with Logic (using the IO tool) to route a stereo bus audio out of say line output 3/4 and back in to line input 3/4 for processing with my external compressors etc? One guy i know says he's not got it to work. Do you simply tell Logic which channels to use or is there some config in the Tascam software too that needs to be addressed? Thanks

@lorcamusic 3 года назад

Hey Tom, great review - I just bought one! I am having trouble with my new audio interface the Tascam 208i. I want to send the output of channels 3&4 of my tascam into my eurorack clock so I can sync it with my daw. I don't want to hear output 3&4 through my master monitors. I only want outputs 1&2 (monitor out) to route to my monitors. How can I set this up so that outputs 3&4 on the back of the 208i do not route to the monitors (plugged into output 1&2 (monitor out)? The routing is confusing the hell out of me...

@supernatural9r406 4 года назад

Please Play for us. You Play so Beautiful Guitar.

@padraig88 Год назад

Looking to buy myself a new set of headphones for tracking and mixing with this interface, should I go with 80 or 250 ohms headphones?

@RainbowSahana 3 года назад

Please note, the lowest overall latency is over 7ms! What makes this sound card unusable for live ... It actually has an input latency of 1.3ms but more than 6.5ms at the output! I returned the sound card because the drivers are not efficient enough.

@levondarratt787 2 года назад

What a stupid statement makes it unusable for life? Really do you know what 7.5 milliseconds are. That's the time sound travels in a few feet so if you're a few feet away from your monitors there's your latency already. Nobody would hier der den alive settings with it is actually a great of audio compared to professional studio engineers period live Mixer guys are below is in the hacking order. They work with the crappiest gear and have the worst years.

@EckertAndras 2 года назад

This is quite useful information! Can the card send a reverb to the singer without delay by recording a dry signal in DAW?

@AndrePulse Год назад

Could someone please tell me if this interface works with full compatibility, without any bugs, on a MacBook M1?

@bequickx 4 года назад

I wonder if this can used for a live band set up? Then an Ipad could be used to control levels, Eq, and effects?

@dawoud8013 2 года назад

Please, does Tascam plan tu add the loopback ? i have to buy a new audio interface and i need this option.

@EnricoDiLauro 2 года назад

can i monitor with effects - compressor EQ but record DRY at the same time?

@kamczak89 3 года назад

Does the DSP have EQ for the output channels, or only input ones?

@timothydarby9604 3 года назад

I've had the 208i for a few months now, just started having issues with the headphone jacks and monitor outputs. Any ideas of how to fix the crackling/popping issue? I've tried just about everything from USB cable, stereo cables/adapters/amps, routing/bit rate/uninstall/reinstall.... Running Studio One 4 Artist with 208i + 8p Dyna A+B on Ryzen 5 3600 16gb ram

@josiahhoo9656 4 года назад

Hi Tom! Can you reply to my comment so that it would make my day? LOL love your playing; huge fan here

@tomquayleguitar 4 года назад

Josiah Hoo Thanks, Josiah!!! I appreciate the kind words.

@josiahhoo9656 4 года назад

@@tomquayleguitar Thank You!!! Woohoo!!

@radiotvgod Год назад

When advertised as “eight in“ it was unfortunate to just discover it’s really only FOUR when I needed to use 8 live Mics

@JoeJohnson472 4 года назад

I currently have no want or need for this product but if Mr Quayle likes it I have to have one!!!

@DroneCorpse 4 года назад

🙄

@HarlanHarvey76 4 года назад

Tom, does the 102i have all the features and capabilities of the 208i but with less I/Os? I just don't think I need that many. If the smaller unit isnt losing other capabilities, it might be better for me-the home guitar player recorder

@tomquayleguitar 4 года назад

Hi Harlan. The 102i has no wordclock and only gives you one Adat input. Other than that it’s very similar.

@thejhexxproject 3 года назад

I got one about 3 weeks ago, and i agree it is an amazing interface for the cost! My round trip is at 5 ms, the lowest i seen on a Tascam interface. I got this to replace my Us 1800.

@natevirtual 3 года назад

Are you on PC or Mac? If you're on PC that's impressive!!

@JWalking 3 года назад

Could this be used with DaVinci Resolve Studio - Fairlight ?

@joyoffilming9500 3 года назад

Same Question here.

@JWalking 3 года назад

Update: Apparently it can just like any other USB interface.

@nomadptgalexandrecarvalho2133 3 года назад

How much? And the 10i,how much?

@grigorioskoukourdis8837 3 года назад

I just bought the 102i and there seems to be a problem with the drivers of Tascam. I have to raise the buffer size to 1048 samples in order to be able to hear sound from my DAW Cubase 5 and doing so it introduces a noticable latency when recording guitar. My previous interface was Lexicon Lambda and although much older it didn't have such problems. Any help from anyone? I have also ASIO4ALL but it drops out.Thanks from Greece!

@padraig88 Год назад

Looking into buying this interface soon, did you fix your issue?

@purofuegodigital6102 Год назад

I’ve always loved my tascam uh7000…terrible drivers though

@Barreto_Frentista_FIIs 4 года назад

Brow... your legatos are fantastic... And a lot dificulty kklkk very good

@ZoomRmc 4 года назад

Is this line of interfaces really USB Audio Class compliant? If it is, it's great news! If it's not, it's a no-go.Tascam don't have a good track record in regards to their own driver quality. USB Audio Class compliance is an industry standard which allows the interface to be used without specialised drivers, which in turn allows it to be used under Linux. This is the reason I had to abandon otherwise very capable Tascam US-366 and US-2000. Their drivers for Windows were obviously not up to professional level, as US-366 started to crackle in self-oscillating manner under heavy load, which couldn't be really stopped by switching buffer size (which is a standard way) and required a complete hardware reset (USB reconnection). Surprisingly, even amazingly affordable Behringer UMC204HD allowed for smaller latency, didn't have this driver problem and is class-compliant, so works smooth under Linux.

@tomquayleguitar 4 года назад

I've had this working flawlessly with my iPad Pro and Hackintosh without any driver installations, so I'm assuming the class compliant description is accurate.

@DroneCorpse 4 года назад

Nearly every audio interface is.

@ZoomRmc 4 года назад

@@DroneCorpse Yeah, except several previous Tascam model lines.

@celsopereiramagalhaesjr3216 4 года назад

Hey, i need a recording program that don't give viruses, please. Can someone please help me with recomendations!? I Thank you a lot for any help!

@johnong2655 3 года назад

Stop using crack, get the original software

@1Mrsensitive 3 года назад

Can it power a shure smb7

@thejhexxproject 3 года назад

It has 58 db on the preamps

@stephenfell4338 Год назад

If you was reviewing by a car would you drive it ? You mention nothing about it's performance it's mic pres etc you should have done much better than that Tom!

@xavibsa Год назад

Ok but....Where is the spdif??????!!! What a fail...

@levondarratt787 2 года назад

What I'm missing here is talking about the quality of the headphones. Julian Krause measured them to be a really really weirdly high output impedance number.like 90 ohm instead of 5, 10, or even 25Ohms. so they won't be able to drive headphones properly and therefore would not be usable in a modern context. Since most people work with super high quality headphones on the go. Also the noise floor of the preamps and the converter quality of the outputs is missing. I just tested a ssl2 Plus versus a antelope audio and it wasn't even close. The antelope was Miles ahead.