Akai DPS24 24-Track Digital Workstation

16/20/24-bit uncompressed recording. 32/44.1/48/88.2/96kHz sampling rates.

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Akai DPS24 24-Track Digital Workstation Customer Review

Feature:
The best features is the professional considerations in the design paradigm. The control pots have a center detent light at the bottom of the lighted ring surrounding the pot. This allows you to see the pot position without standing up to look over the top of the pot. I like the way every page has a cancel or exit strategy allowing you to explore without inadvertantly applying an effect or activating a tool you might not want. With the exception of the a/b input selects and the mic/line selects, the buttons all light up, letting you know what's happening at all times. If I were to suggest any improvements, I would like to see variable normalization, the ability to add fx to sections of a track after recording, and I just wish the board had an assistant attached. One can dream.

Quality:
What can I say? Everything is high-quality.

Value:
This system can be thrown into the back of a car with mics and stands and set up in a live setting in under thirty minutes. 24-track digital recording from studio to live in no time at all. Even at the suggested retail price, all things considered, this is an exceptional value.

Desirability:
I have lusted for this device for over a year.

Sound:
First of all, this product meets the standard of all pro recording studios. Current experience tells most of us that processed recording signals (electric guitar, synth, drums, etc, sound just as good at 48 khz, but acoustic instruments, guitar, sax, dulcimer, sitar, etc, profit from the additional quality of 96 khz. The akai dps24 sound is extremely clear, open and rich. even a little compression from the on-board compressor adds a "soak" kind of effect, similar to tube compression. I really liked the normalizing for vocals and lead guitar, as I was able to record at a reasonable level without clipping and then normalize for more headroom in the mix. I strongly suggest adding a limiter in-line before the board to prevent the occasional digital grit at or on certain consonents at the beginning of words.

Support:
no epxperience yet. no problems other than the manual.

Overall:
I expect to be using this product as long as electricity is the mode of power in my area. I will use it as a control interface with a computer system soon and with the pulling of a few plugs, on the road it goes.

Submitted: 6/11/2004

Style of Music: everything

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"BEST STAND ALONE RECORDER EVER MADE!!"

Feature:
Features?! Comes with 8 tracks of ADAT, a mono switch onboard, a talk-back mic, powerful editing tools, a mastering suite, etc... the list is endless. Just read the specs on the DPS24 and compare them to the competitors. It's a no brainer!

Quality:
It's built like a tank and meant to last. It's a very big machine with lots of room to work the controls and faders. The tilt-up backlit display is very easy to read. You can also download aK.sys for free from Akai and use your computer monitor.

Value:
It's worth 3 times the price at least. Nothing else compares in this price range. Like I said above, just read the specs and decide for yourself. Once you've had the pleasure of getting your hands on one you'll see why this is the best 24 tracker on the market today.

Sound:
Astonishing! This is the best sounding all-in-one recorder ever made. For a digital recorder it's very warm and analog sounding. The best of both worlds for me. I don't know what converters or pres are in this machine but they are top level for being stock. Pristine sound and clarity.

Ease of Use:
Very easy to operate. Like any recording platform there's a small learning curve but if you're already familiar with an 8 buss/24 track set up you'll be up and running in no time.

Support:
Don't know for sure. I never had to use them personally but I've heard they're great!

Overall:
I'll hang onto this recorder forever or for at least as long as it lasts. I've had it over a year now with some heavy use and haven't had one single glitch or problem with it. It's been a top performer on every level and has made my recording experience a joy. Hey! It's made by Akai! Need I say more?!

Submitted: 11/19/2006

Style of Music: Country, Rock, Alternative and Jazz

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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.

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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).

Hi-Z input for DI of guitar and bass guitar - just plug in and play!
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