Is This the End of the Digital PortaStudios by TASCAM

Today I'm doing an OPINION piece on whether the Portstudios are on their way out with the rise of another in the Model series.
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[@horatiotimewaster5755]

Tascam should keep the DPs and update them to create excitement. I think that a lot of people want a standalone solution. The Model 12 is more dependent on the DAW than I want it to be , especially with editing and mastering. Sometimes that's OK, but not always.

[@trevorbrown8737]

I’ve got a DP24SD which is an amazing bit of kit!! Sounds great and built like a tank. Even without touch screens it’s great!!(I’m 53 and don’t need a touch screen!) I love hardware and to multi track standalone is the best things you can do! Imagine tascam making a newer version with a bigger screen and touch screen. That would be pretty cool!! I hate DAWs as you can over produce your music which is why the portastudios a great. Let’s hope they don’t discontinue and make them more advanced but still the ability to multitrack record standalone but with DAW integration if that’s what people want!!

[@RobertLee-tv4hc]

I pick up my DP-32SD tomorrow from Guitar Center. Hope this one works. The DP-24SD i bought a few months ago was bricked when I got it and TASCAM tech support said sent it back to whoever I bought it from. The tech support guy wasn't much help. He sounded like a flow chart reader instead of a true technician. I wanted a portable instead of always having to use and setup my ALESIS HD24 with my MACKIE 8 Buss mixer having to patch up all the time. I like my big setup for larger live band recordings. The DP should serve me well for my personal recording needs.

[@jonesvox1]

I’d love to see a stand-alone portable studio with support for EZ-Drummer (or Addicted, etc) with a dedicated phrase sequencer that’s easily programmable. They could market beat making kits (downloadable) like the MPC market. They should also continue support for MIDI integration so that further customization and editing/sync would be possible. I still use “legacy” stand-alone recorders with MIDI so that I can build up song ideas without a screen and then later utilize synced drum software driven by the internal (cheesy) drum machine. The beauty of this workflow is that I can easily program rudimentary beats and build a song and later enhance the drum track with software to create extremely convincing acoustic drums and subtle arrangements. Zoom could have easily offered this with their R Series recorders. What a missed opportunity! They took the trouble to utilize a touchscreen and drag/drop editing and merely included horrible static drumbeats that they stole from 1998….totally unusable and embarrassing. Any current manufacturer of portable studios who do not pursue an R&D with drum software companies are just plain foolish. We have micro SD cards with terabytes onboard, yet nobody will outfit a portable studio with multilayered drum samples? Seems like a “no-brainer….”

[@guitfiddleblue]

I like the Digital Portastudios, using the dp32sd frequently. I think as long as they give Tascam a profit, they will keep producing them.

[@MikeFoerster]

I do agree, but will they continue with the all in the box design?

[@guitfiddleblue]

@@MikeFoersterI hope so. For myself, I use a computer all day long for work. I have to detach from the screen and keyboard/mouse! Not to mention I love the workflow of the portastudio. DAW’s definitely are great and serve their purpose. I use Reaper for film scoring and it works well - but for just being open to create and record, the portastudio is my “go to”. Like so many of us, I started on the old cassette machines and definitely still have an appreciation for them. I think there is a resurgence of DAW-less ideas going on also, not just in my demographic but in the younger musicians as well. Hopefully there will be a market there.

[@MikeFoerster]

@@guitfiddleblue Yeah, the DAWless revolution has been going on for a while now. I don't use a DAW for the same reason, I work on a PC all day so I don't want to do it when I'm recording.

[@andrewandres148]

Thats why i like your channel man, you aint fixated by the computer DAW (and because I have a DP24, and u r the man on it)..... And if they upgraded, bring back he MIDI port, and yes, bigger screen... Possible a "performance mode" where u can switch over from recording, or performance /live where the "record" buttons dont have to be lit for the channel to be active in multi channel playing....

[@MikeFoerster]

I know a lot of your suggestions have been sent around before and I do agree with them. My question was how much will these changes end up costing, but after looking at the price of a Model 2400, I can see TASCAM thinking about making a DP 2400 or DP 3200

[@13FloorsBelow]

I personally would love a proprietary recording software from Tascam, like a Tascam Pro Tools. Something that would work hand in hand with past machines perhaps going back as far as the DP series all the way through current machines.

[@RobertLee-tv4hc]

I wish Cool Edit Pro was still available. I used it for years and actualy liked it better than Pro Tools. Adobe bought the rights to it and made Adobe Audition which I personally did not like. Cool Edit Pro became unstable with Windows 10 and there was not an Apple version that I am aware of.

[@MikeFoerster]

I think there is a TASCAM app. I'll have a look, I know I downloaded something a while back that was made to act like a portastudio.

[@tao694t]

wish they would bring back the CD burners . . . still love the CD medium. It will be a sad day indeed if/when the portastudios disappear - especially if no other companies produce them. Also wish they would write a better user manual.

[@MikeFoerster]

I think the reason for the dropping of the CD burner is that it's getting hard to source them.

[@therealandrecorbin4050]

I use the 24sd, it's old man friendly, I hate computers and I couldn't be creative always caught in a glitch. It's not perfect but I am able move my project forward with it, thank God.

[@MikeFoerster]

Glad you are enjoying it! Thanks for watching the videos!

[@marcpinion]

I am a DAW user and will remain a DAW user but I have just gotten rid of my presonus 32s and NSB 32.16 to get a Tascam model 2400 as it is inline with inserts and bus out. I wish they would make a model 3200 as I had 64 inputs.

[@MikeFoerster]

I doubt there will every be a 64 input system, the cost alone would be astronomical. It would be interesting though. I would be happing with a system that had true 24 tracks, not 12 mono and 4 stereo.

[@GregDavidson-si8kt]

I hope not, but eventually, they will get phased out.

[@dereksmallsuk]

Why?

[@GregDavidson-si8kt]

@@dereksmallsuk well, in my personal opinion, because of how advanced and how fast AI is taking over, I believe it will eventually phase out more than just the portable studios. But maybe I'm wrong.

[@dereksmallsuk]

Oh.

[@MikeFoerster]

I'm hoping your wrong on that one.

[@leogolive]

TASCAM is stupid if they don’t create an all new DP Series. If they have anybody there that cares about their customers then they should know how many people use, prefer, and will buy these machines.

[@bullet1218]

New DP series with Midi, meter bridge and touch screen....🤞💯👍

[@horatiotimewaster5755]

I would like to see Tascam add the Pocketstudio functionality to the Model series like they just did with the X8/X6. I have a 12 and it's a shame that you can't edit or bounce (well, you can do this to 11/12 and move them to open tracks). My old DP008 has a better workflow. Might be better off with a DP24SD. Has anyone noticed a slight delay when punching in on the 12? It's not precise like the DP008.

[@MikeFoerster]

I did a test of the punch in / out on the Model 24, and it left a "click" sound when it went into record. Not sure why.

[@horatiotimewaster5755]

I had that happen with my Yamaha footswitch so I got the Tascam switch. That works without clicking when going into record. Tascam should resolve that. The Yamaha works fine with the DP008.

[@MikeFoerster]

@@horatiotimewaster5755 This is when I did an auto-punch in. I was told to play with it a bit so I will. It didn't do that when I first got it so I don't know what's going on.

[@chadleefishel6074]

Why not manufacture a Model 3200? I’d pay $2300 for that…

[@MikeFoerster]

I think it is that you might pay that much, but how many other people are willing to fork out that much money for that product? I know you and I would, but I doubt it would be a product that many others would buy.

[@chrisphill]

So it's possible to master your songs on a tascam model series? I haven't figured out how that works and couldn't find anything in the manual. I'm pretty much beginner level when it comes to recording though.

[@MikeFoerster]

It is, but it isn't designed for it like the DP series

[@sverkegrndahl1650]

The manual is absolute shit. I always come back to this channel for information. Mike pretty much covers it all.