Akai DPS24 24-Track Digital Workstation

Manufacturer's Description for Akai DPS24 24-Track Digital Workstation

Reach Out and Touch the DPS24
With its generous complement of dedicated keys and rotary encoders, changes are only an arm's length away. Hit the Q-Strip keys and use the 12 encoders to adjust pan or effects sends, hit the Q-Channel key and use the 12 encoders to adjust an channel's entire parameter set, hit the FX key and use the 6 Q-Link encoders to adjust effects settings. Never before has such a tactile user interface been offered on a digital personal studio. Add to this a chunky set of transport keys, a dedicated multi-track jog wheel for 'reel-rocking' and you begin to get the feeling that it's you that's in charge, not the machine's arcane operating system.

Take Control
24-tracks of uncompressed 16/20/24-bit recording and playback at 44.1/48/96kHz for absolute audio quality and a 44-channel automated digital mixer with professional, long throw (100mm) touch sensitive motorized faders. The multi-function rotary encoders above the faders have a collar of LEDs around them so that you can see at a glance what their values are while the large LCD gives precise feedback about how your track is shaping up with a graphic representation of audio cues on a scrolling track sheet. Detailed audio editing with waveform display and 256 levels of undo/redo offers copy, cut, paste, insert, move, etc., to perfect your recordings while the DSP functions include stereo timestretch, pitch shift, BPM match, and others. Move around your masterpiece with ease using the DPS24's advanced autolocator that provides up to 100 nameable locate positions per project or fast forward/rewind with "tape chatter" for a familiar tape-like response.

Things like Main, Nearfield, and Mono monitoring switchable from the front panel for reference checking a mix, a 2-channel talkback system with a built-in console mic, 4 configurable mono or stereo effects/aux sends that can either feed the internal 4-channel effects processor or external outboard effects (or, indeed, any combination), balanced XLRs and balanced TRS jacks on all inputs that allow 24 sound sources to remain connected to the DPS24 without re-patching, balanced insert points that also double as direct ADC inputs for use with external pre-amps of your preference, a stereo auxiliary input for use with sub-mixers, and more...

The Akai DPS24 - a digital personal studio that draws on the past to create a tool for the future.

Features
24-tracks of uncompressed audio recording/playback

24-bit/96kHz operation (*)

46-channel digital automated mixer with 100mm long throw, touch sensitive motorised faders

Each channel comprises level, pan, 3-band semi-parametric EQ, dynamics and 4 x sends.

24 analogue inputs (12 x 2 switchable A/B)

Multi-Purpose Light Pipe (MPLP) digital I/O (can be stereo spdif or 8 channel ADAT)

Stereo digital I/O (spdif or AES/EBU)

AUX INPUT for connecting submixers

Balanced connections on all analogue input

Balanced connections on all analogue outputs

Inputs 1-4 feature balanced analogue insert points

Inputs 1-4's insert returns can double as direct ADC inputs allowing the use of external pre-amps

4-channel FX processor each offering over 50 effects including a real time vocal pitch corrector

Two channel Talkback system (2 x mono talkback channels or 1 x stereo talkback)

Internal Talkback mic to dedicated 'Studio' monitor outputs

Q-STRIP allows control of pan and aux sends from the 12 rotary channel encoders.

Q-CHANNEL puts all the controls for an entire mixer channel on the 12 rotary encoders

Q-LINK makes editing on-screen parameters quick and easy

The large, chunky transport controls also include special 'edit play' keys for quick auditioning

Autolocator stores/recalls up to 100 locate points per project on dedicated keys

Dedicated jog wheel for multi-track jogging

Multi-track audio editing functions offering copy, cut erase, paste, insert, move, etc.

DSP functions include stereo timestretch, pitch shift, BPM match, normalise, reverse, etc..

Real-time varispeed

20 levels of UNDO/REDO

256 'virtual' tracks

MAIN and NEARFIELD monitor outputs (switchable)

MONO monitoring

External timecode sync (MTC or optional SMPTE/EBU).

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