Finally! A video showing a recording done through the device, not just a description of it. Incredibly helpful!

There still is nothing like having a physical interface with sliders and knobs. I hate trying to do that with a mouse.

My parents wouldn’t buy me one of those old ones, so I used to use to tape players and fake a 2-track recorder. Now I have my own studio!

This really interests me. I started on a portastudio in the 80’s & this ultimately led me to a 24 year career as a studio owner. I’m retired from music production now - everything from 2 studio locations is sold - but this looks like a fun way to return to my roots and putz around at home, just like when I first started out.

Dammit man why you gotta make me want more gear.

Finally ! I have been waiting for a classic old school digital board !!! For 20 years!!!

I've got massive trust issues with computers; this looks like a much more trustworthy format!

I'm SO happy to see Tascam do this. As much as I love DAWs and all that stuff these are great for recording a band practice or recording with limitations... and that can be cool as you can't overthink stuff. I'd highly recommend these if you love the hands on aspect too. I really hated how the old digital portable studios evolved as everything was hidden in menus. This is the complete opposite, everything on a knob right where you'd expect it to be! I'll be buying one!!! 👌

Nice to see Tascam still relevant - cool!

Tascam should have a holiday named after it.  Seriously, they've brought so many people happiness.

Wow Pete brilliantly demonstrated, this is home multi-tracking 101, great explanations of EQ and effects, and your guitar tones are impeccable. Way better than a typical sales pitch product demo! As a prolific Portastudio user through the 80s and 90s I totally appreciate this machine, I think I need it!

Your guitar tones are incredible.

These are great bits of kit. One thing you can also do is that once you've recorded something you can import the WAV files straight from the SD card into Logic tracks for later tweaking/mixing, or set up a loop in the DAW and then play it back through the Tascam whilst recording other tracks. It's enormously versatile in this regard.

Just bought a Tascam Model 12. This video was just what I needed. Thank you.

Still have my old Portastudio 4 track from the 80’s. Those were  my first experiences recording tracks and mixing.

Excellent video,  the best ive seen yet on Master 12 not to mention your chops..The Tascam Porta Studio 4 track didn't come out until I was 25...I jumped on it & a Yamaha DX-7 & Boss Drum machine & I eventually opened a nice demo studio in South Nashville by 88 ..Danny & Frankie Toler wouod play on my ideas & id give them allxthe time they wanted for free..What an experience they were truly gifted players, even Gregg showed up a time or two & we hung out at my studio on the night of the Allman Brothers reunion in 87.( my studio was less than 5 miles from venue) Starwood amphitheater at Charlie Daniels volunteer jam..It was quit a night to remember..We were hoping Frakie would get a chance to play drums  but we already knew that Jaimo was back ( and better than ever)  so we hung out & walked all over the place & picked up some " party favors" with legs & it was all in good fun.. I sold everything in 95 I believe & got a real job but now I'm retired & play bass & keyboards everyday.Im strictly an analog guy but this looks amazingly simple & I may pull it off ..It could also be used to dictate a book I'm rewriting..I'm rambling..Thanks

I used a Tascam 688 throughout the 90s for my home studio. It did a decent job. No internal effects. It was able to remotely mute channels which helped a lot with the noise buildup. No phantom power so I had to use some mics with batteries built in. I was able to use track 8 for syncing an external sequencer.  I stepped into the DAW world and lent it out to a friend. Now I’m trying to get it back and fix it up.

I still have my 244.  Great review!  Thanks

Great demo. That was awesome. This is going on my wish list. Looks like a lot of fun!

I have two 488's (mk 1 and 2) and am so stoked to see this Model 12.  I now have a 32 ch board from the 80's going into PT.  This unit is perfect also as a way to introduce more recent generations to the fluidity of having faders and knobs available and how recording was done (and still done in pro studios).  Thanks Pete!