Tascam US-2400 manual Home Recording, Live Recording

US- 2400 Applications Guide

02/20/04 Page 2 of 4

Home Recording

ith its dedicated transport controls,generous		Monitors
Wnumber of faders and lighted solo, mute and
select buttons, the US-2400 makes using a DAW
fast and easy. It eliminates the clicking around
through endless windows many programs require		Audio Interface
and let you concentrate on making music.
Most control surfaces only have eight faders,
			USB
which isn’t enough for a real mix. As you press
the BANK button looking for your channel, you’re				Computer
missing the big picture of what’s going on in your
mix. Instead of adding on fader expanders to make
a controller big enough to handle a real mix, the	controls like play, stop and record to work with.
US-2400 comes with 25 moving faders in a solid,
professional package.	A professional control surface like the US-2400
Lighted buttons and encoder rings show you	makes mixing intuitive and fun so you can be
what’s going on in the software. You get familiar	creative with your music.
Live Recording

When you’re recording a live performance, you don’t have time to search through software menus to find the function you need right now. The US-2400 gives you instant control over 24 channels so that crucial channels aren’t

hidden under a BANK buttons.

The encoder section of the US-2400 gives you control of up to six aux sends for each channel. You can even press the FLIP button to mix these aux sends from the faders to create perfect monitor mixes or fade in an effect. When you have the aux mix dialed in, press the METER button to see your channel meters displayed around the encoders so you’ll know which channels are about to distort in your DAW software.

When dealing with pre-recorded tracks, the US-2400 is even more indispensable. It provides instantaneous level changes and mutes to your recorded DAW tracks and allow you to make

Microphones

Headphones

Audio Interface

USB

Laptop Computer

changes to compensate for the acoustics of that venue. And the portable design and driverless operation means you can bring it along wherever the road takes you.

Even though the US-2400 provides 24 chan- nels of mixing and transport control, it’s portable enough to bring along to a live recording so you’ll have instant access to your mix settings.