Tascam has a long history of producing top-notch recording equipment and digital mixers, which culminated in the legendary DA-88 eight-track modular multi-track recorder and the DM-4800 digital mixer, a workhorse pair that once set a new benchmark. With Sonicview, Tascam has introduced a completely new line of digital recording consoles that use the most up-to-date technology and make it simple to view and control all of the parameters you want. These consoles feature fully customizable touchscreens, user-definable buttons, motorised faders, and user-friendly control software.
Due to integrated Dante networking, a 32-bit/96-kHz multi-channel USB audio interface, and a large number of inputs and outputs, Sonicview recording consoles have been designed to seamlessly integrate with the rest of your system. The Sonicview mixers are a great option for recording studios, remote recording, touring, installed sound, and broadcasting thanks to their 54-bit floating-point FPGA mixing engine, ample signal processing, expansion slot for additional connectivity, and wireless remote control.
There are two Sonicview models available, and they differ in terms of frame size, physical inputs, mic preamps, faders, and touchscreens. While Sonicview 24 offers 24 physical input channels, Sonicview 16 offers 16 with motorised faders and the best Class 1 HDIA microphone preamps from Tascam. The architecture of the two models’ internal components is identical, consisting of a sizable 44 input channels (40 mono channels and 2 stereo channels), 22 flex output buses, the L/R main bus, and an internal SD/USB stereo audio recorder.
Intuitive Operation at Your Fingertips
The Tascam Sonicview consoles offer motorised channel faders, plus a motorised fader for the main stereo bus. Above each bank of channel faders is a colour touch panel that allows you to view entire mixer channels, or get down to details, controlling each parameter with your fingertip.
The intergrated Tascam Visual Interactive Ergonomic Workflow (VIEW) system lets you quickly and easily configure Sonicview’s touchscreens. Thanks to the VIEW user interface, there are three different ways to view your settings. Each touchscreen can be configured independently, so you can monitor and control any combination of settings you want, in whichever screens you want, whenever you want. For instance, you could monitor levels for eight channels of vocals on screen 1, while tweaking the parametric EQ on a drum submix or keeping an eye on the output bus level and compression curve on screen 2.
Monitor and control eight adjacent channels and view them as virtual channel strips like on an analogue mixer.
Monitor and control any three sets of parameters simultaneously for one single channel.
Monitor and control a custom selection of functions for any channel or group of channels.
High-End Audio Quality
The Sonicview is powered by 54-bit floating-point FPGA mixing engine, with continuous, high-definition 32-bit/96-kHz sampling and 32-bit analogue-to-digital converters. The mixing engine’s float-point processing makes it possible to flexibly change levels without compromising resolution, while ensuring ultra-low latency, even in analogue-to-analogue connections.
Input Channels
The Sonicview 24 offers an array of versatile inputs for recording and mixing. 16 channels with XLR mic/line inputs and 8 channels with both XLR mic inputs and balanced 6.3-mm TRS line inputs allow maximum flexibility. You also get TRS insert points on two channels, two stereo pairs of RCA aux inputs, and an XLR input for a talkback microphone.
Whereas the Sonicview 16 offers 8 channels with XLR mic/line inputs and 8 channels with both XLR mic inputs and balanced 6.3-mm TRS line inputs allow maximum flexibility. You also get TRS insert points on two channels, two stereo pairs of RCA aux inputs, and an XLR input for a talkback microphone.
Physical Outputs and Expansion Capability
As expected, Sonicview offers plenty of physical outputs, with 16 XLR line outputs, and two XLR monitor outputs. You can add more analogue, MADI, or AES/EBU I/O with an optional expansion card. To further expand the system, add one or more optional 16-in/16-out Dante-networked stage boxes (SB-16D). Microphone gain for all 16 inputs can be remotely controlled from Sonicview, and the SB-16D can be used as a floor box or rack-mounted. The combination of Dante networking and multiple stage boxes makes Sonicview a great recording and mixing solution for multi-room studios and capturing large ensembles.
Built-In USB Audio Interface and Stereo Recording
Both models have built-in 32-in/32-out USB audio interface for front end for recording and broadcast studios, as well as for capturing live events. Record your choice of channel direct outs, flex buses and the L/R main bus to your favourite DAW at up to 96 kHz with the same 32-bit precision used throughout the console.
You can also simultaneously capture the main mix directly to the onboard stereo SD recorder – handy when the band wants to listen to their performance at the hotel or on the bus. A top-panel port also lets you record in stereo to a USB flash drive.
Plus, a multi-track recording card (IF-MTR32) can be installed as an option, enabling you to capture 32 audio tracks directly to an SDXC card. The SD recorder supports punch-in/punch-out for all 32 tracks simultaneously as well as pre-record, auto-record, and markers. Best of all, it automatically saves and closes the file every 60 seconds during recording to safeguard against data loss.
Features at a glance:
Sonicview 24
- Tascam VIEW (Visual Interactive Ergonomic Workflow) interface allows intuitive operation with three different view modes
- Multiple displays with three 7-inch colour touchscreens
- 44 input channels (40 mono, 2 stereo)
- 22 flexible output buses plus main L/R bus with 31-band graphic EQ
- 54-bit float-point FPGA mixing engine, 96 kHz sampling rate
- Ultra-low latency: 2× Fs (20.8 μs) in mixing engine, 0.51 ms analogue-to-analogue
- 32-bit/96 kHz A/D and D/A conversion
- Tascam HDIA (High-Definition Instrumentation Architecture) microphone preamplifiers
- Built-in Dante interface (64 inputs/outputs); supports redundancy, AES67, DDM and SMPTE 2110
- 32-bit/96 kHz USB audio interface (32 inputs/outputs)
- 24 mic/line inputs (up to +32 dBu), 16 XLR line outputs with flexible routing
- Four multi-effects processors
- Tascam Sonicview Control software for Windows, macOS and iPadOS enables remote control and off-line editing
- Two Tascam expansion slots
- Optional 32-track SDXC recorder, MADI, AES/EBU and analogue I/O cards available for the second slot
- Operating systems for hardware mixing surface and mixing engine are independent of each other for high stability and continuous audio flow
- Faders can be individually removed and replaced, top panel can be disassembled without disconnecting cables for easy servicing
- Library for snapshots, effects, modules, parametric EQ, graphic EQ, gate, compressor
- 18 assignable user keys, seven custom fader layers, eight DCA groups
- 24+1 100-mm motorised faders
- 24 encoder knobs with colour LEDs
- 24 LC displays with colour LEDs for channel name, input level and gain reduction meter
- Internal 2-track recording/playback with SD card or USB flash drive
- 8 TRS line inputs, 2 RCA stereo input pairs, XLR talkback input
- XLR monitor outputs
- Standard (6.3-mm) and mini (3.5-mm) headphones outputs
- Word clock In, Out/Thru
- 1000BASE-T gigabit Ethernet
- 8-in/8-out GPIO on DB25 connector
- TRS footswitch connector
- XLR 4-31 lamp connector
- Power switch with guard
- Optional Dante-enabled stage box with 16 inputs/outputs (SB-16D)
Sonicview 16
- Tascam VIEW (Visual Interactive Ergonomic Workflow) interface allows intuitive operation with three different view modes
- Multiple displays with two 7-inch colour touchscreens
- 44 input channels (40 mono, 2 stereo)
- 22 flexible output buses plus main L/R bus with 31-band graphic EQ
- 54-bit float-point FPGA mixing engine, 96 kHz sampling rate
- Ultra-low latency: 2× Fs (20.8 μs) in mixing engine, 0.51 ms analogue-to-analogue
- 32-bit/96 kHz A/D and D/A conversion
- Tascam HDIA (High-Definition Instrumentation Architecture) microphone preamplifiers
- Built-in Dante interface (64 inputs/outputs); supports redundancy, AES67, DDM and SMPTE 2110
- 32-bit/96 kHz USB audio interface (32 inputs/outputs)
- 16 mic/line inputs (up to +32 dBu), 16 XLR line outputs with flexible routing
- Four multi-effects processors
- Tascam Sonicview Control software for Windows, macOS and iPadOS enables remote control and off-line editing
- Two Tascam expansion slots
- Optional 32-track SDXC recorder, MADI, AES/EBU and analogue I/O cards available for the second slot
- Operating systems for hardware mixing surface and mixing engine are independent of each other for high stability and continuous audio flow
- Faders can be individually removed and replaced, top panel can be disassembled without disconnecting cables for easy servicing
- Library for snapshots, effects, modules, parametric EQ, graphic EQ, gate, compressor
- 18 assignable user keys, seven custom fader layers, eight DCA groups
- 16+1 100-mm motorised faders
- 16 encoder knobs with colour LEDs
- 16 LC displays with colour LEDs for channel name, input level and gain reduction meter
- Internal 2-track recording/playback with SD card or USB flash drive
- 8 TRS line inputs, 2 RCA stereo input pairs, XLR talkback input
- XLR monitor outputs
- Standard (6.3-mm) and mini (3.5-mm) headphones outputs
- Word clock In, Out/Thru
- 1000BASE-T gigabit Ethernet
- 8-in/8-out GPIO on DB25 connector
- TRS footswitch connector
- XLR 4-31 lamp connector
- Power switch with guard
- Optional Dante-enabled stage box with 16 inputs/outputs (SB-16D)
More info here: https://www.tascam.eu/en/sonicview16
More info here: https://www.tascam.eu/en/sonicview24
The Tascam Sonicview 16 & 24 Digital consoles are expected in Australia in April, 2023
Tascam is distributed by CMI Music & Audio in Australia
