800-ZZOUNDS (800-996-8637)
Mention reference number L2T4VJ7 when you call.
close [x]
  • Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 8AM - 10PM (EST)
  • Sat 9AM - 6PM (EST)
  • Sun 1PM - 7PM (EST)
 
4 Payments No Interest Free Shipping No Sales Tax Lowest Price Guarantee
Cart

Tascam US144 USB 2.0 Audio/MIDI Interface

Included with all TASCAM interfaces is a copy of Steinberg's Cubase LE recording software.

User Ratings

Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
Manufacturer Support
The Wow Factor
What do you think? Rate and Review This Product
| | |

"Solid performance and construction. Great Sound and low latency for synths!" submitted October 2, 2009

By a customer from yahoo.com
Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
The Wow Factor
Musical Background: Professional musician & engineer
Music Style: Jazz, R&B, Funk, Classic Rock, Orchestral, Film Soundtracks
Back to Product Information
Sound: Without having a perfect acoustic setting to test it in, I must say the sound quality from the mic pre-amps are great and the overall sound output is very clean. I used an inexpensive Nady SCM-900 and got great sound out of it as well as my Rode NT-1. No hum, hiss or static! Feature: Nice array of features. The only thing I might have added was balanced 1/4" output jacks, but the RCAs work well with a RCA to 1/4" cable. I like being able to adjust the latency level for the unit and it applies to all programs. I don't use the included "Cubase" (I use Sonar 8), but it's a nice freebie to get a newbie started! Ease of Use: Very simple and straight-forward. Took less than 3 minutes to get the drivers installed and have this guy up and running! Quality: Nice metal case with rubberized ends. Should hold up to a little abuse and won't scratch up your keyboard if you set it on top. The knobs are flat rubber discs that have a low profile and the switched are short metal ones that would pretty much take a deliberate act to break them. Value: Well worth the money. Manufacturer Support: I have never had to use Tascam's tech support. I usually can troubleshoot most gear without help, but hopefully they can answer most typical setup/troubleshooting questions for new users. The Wow Factor: It's small and easy to transport. (Just about the size of an external 3.5 hard drive). Zero latency or near zero on more moderate settings (I get 17ms on the middle setting and 7 ms on "low" with my duo-core laptop PC with 2.0 Ghz and 4 gig ram. I plan on using this to use my laptop's software synths and to make stereo recordings of reheasals and gigs. Overall: Smart design. Ease of use. Solid construction. Tascam's good track record. Well done! Paul Roberts - Prospekt Media paulrobertsmusic.com
5 of 5 people (100%) found this review helpful. Did you?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

"Good machine for the money." submitted January 21, 2008

Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
The Wow Factor
Musical Background: Hobbyist
Music Style: Rok, alternative, industrial
Back to Product Information
Sound: Always get the sound I want out of it. No detectable line noise on anything I've recorded so far. Gives me a good clean base sound to work with. Feature: Size is good and convenient. Everything does what it should. Only complaint is the large rubber dials, which are a bit touchy. Hard to change the volume/mix/etc "just a little bit." Ease of Use: Fairly straightforward, simple enough setup to use. The Giga software, however, I had to uninstall as soon as I put it on. I compose alot of industrial/electronic music using Acid 6, and the Giga conflicted with it. Any time I turned on either program my computer (PC, WinXP) would crash and I'd have to reboot. Quality: Sturdy. Not likely to break anytime soon. Value: I got it for about $170. Considering most comparable products I've seen are in the same price range, I suppose it was a good deal. Manufacturer Support: Haven't needed any yet. The Wow Factor: The color scheme goes with my desk and monitor. That's about it. Granted, I'm not one who generally buys interface hardware based on its "sex appeal." Overall: I'll probably be purchasing a new piece with 8 or more inputs in the near future, but only because my needs have changed. I'll likely be keeping this around for personal and supplementary use for some time.
33 of 36 people (91.67%) found this review helpful. Did you?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

"Excellent for the price." submitted January 19, 2009

By a customer from gmail.com
Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
Manufacturer Support
Musical Background: Hobbyist
Music Style: Rock
Back to Product Information
Sound: The sound is great on the Tascam US-144. It records the sound very nice and crisp, and frankly it feels like the real deal when I'm playing with, for instance, a guitar VST in Cubase. It is propably, with the right software on the computer, one of the best pre-amps you can get. However, the phone-output seems somewhat low. Feature: I did not install the LE Cubase, seeing as I have SX3 installed. Installing drivers was very easy, and it was all plug and play. I like the feature Ease of Use: No fiddling around with stupid drivers, no turning up and down on stupid mixers, just insert the jack cable and play. Quality: Very sturdy. When I bought this sound interface, I looked at some others to, and compared, they felt like cheap plastic. This is metal, and it's steelhardy. Value: For the prize, it is eminent. Manufacturer Support: Haven't needed it yet. Overall: I think I'll go with this interface for a very long time. With it's sturdyness and all, it's simply breathtaking.
15 of 17 people (88.24%) found this review helpful. Did you?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

"Upgrade and downgraded from the US-122" submitted March 20, 2009

By a customer from yahoo.com
Overall
Musical Background: engineer, producer, writer, player
Music Style: rock, hard rock, metal, rap
Back to Product Information
Sound: The unit is a minimal upgrade from the original US-122. Even the Cubase 4 LE that comes with the package is not necessarily more user friendly nor more feature laden that the original Cubase LE (although it looks nicer). The only reason I bought the US-144 is because my US-122 wouldn't record 2 simultaneous tracks anymore and I need that. Having said that, like the US-122, the sound is true and crisp. One complaint I have is it is more difficult to plug in and play along with your hard drive mp3s, etc. because of volume (and lack thereof) issues. It takes a lot of fandangling with the Input/Computer knob to reach a balance that's acceptable and even then you have to crank your line input coming from your instrument if you want any juice - and I'm running KRK 5s for monitors, so it's not them!!! After all of this Frankensteination it is still quieter than the US-122. I purchased the Track Pack 2 which also came with a condenser mic, while mid-grade quality at best is still a nice addition. Feature: BIGGEST FLAW: The US-144 eliminated the chromatic tuner that the US-122 came equipped with in the control panel. Very bad oversight and an even worse move by the Tascam team. Shame on you!!! Ease of Use: The interface is intuitive and the sound reproduction is about as good as you can get for the price. Quality: The shell is solid, as are the jacks, but I prefer the knobs on the US-122. The Wow Factor: It looks sleek, if that sort of thing matters to you. This unit needs a driver update to bring back the chromatic tuner to the control panel. I know that a tuner is not hard to line in, but in the heat of a recording session the less pedals distracting the signal, the better, and to have to stop the session, turn down the monitors, unplug, then tune - instead of just clicking the control panel like the US-122 option - is an time and energy consumer that is not conducive to capturing recording magic. Time is money and the Muse waits for no one!
1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful. Did you?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

"You need to get low first to jump high." submitted October 1, 2009

By a customer from gmail.com
Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
Manufacturer Support
The Wow Factor
Musical Background: Active Musician/Producer
Music Style: Electro House, Trance Acoustic, Alternative
Back to Product Information
VERIFIED BUYER
zZounds has verified that this customer bought this product from us.
Sound: Once I got everything to work the sound was very good! Feature: I liked the simple features, a very intuitive interface. Ease of Use: This took me several emails back and forth with Tascam to finally get the latency down to a reasonable level. I couldn't stand the 349ms delay I had when I first got the unit. Happy with it now. Quality: Although I wont do it, I think I can drop it several times and it not break. This thing is built like a tank and the buttons are solid too. Value: I think it is worth its price. I just had to do some serious tweaking to make it do what I want with it. Manufacturer Support: I wish they had a live chat function or something where I don't have to way 4 days to hear back from them. The Wow Factor: It's a tank and personally tanks don't turn me on. It does the job well and that is it. Overall: I will be upgrading my DAW before I upgrade my audio interface. At the end of the day I am happy that I bought this interface.
Did you find this review helpful?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

"TASCAM US-144. Does EXACTLY what it say's it can do... and more!" submitted March 9, 2007

By a customer from gmail.com
Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
Manufacturer Support
The Wow Factor
Musical Background: Professional guitarist.
Music Style: ALL
Back to Product Information
Sound: The US-144 has no "sound" - it's an Audio/MIDI interface (external/portable soundcard if you like). It's very 'transparent' and does exactly what I expected it to do. (I feel the headphone volume is a little under-powered - I use AKG K141's) Feature: The accessories included: a USB cable, Cubase LE 3.0, GigaStudio LE 3.0 and the drivers (also Various PDF files giving instructions for the software). Also a very brief 'instruction booklet'. Ease of Use: To install/use: Very easy, use the CD installer and follow the instructions. (I use mine with a Laptop PC. OS:WinXP) It wasn't my intention, but I've ended up using the Cubase and GigaStudio software that came with the 'package'. Quality: Very sturdy and well assembled. I don't particularly like the 'rubber' dials, but evrything works - atleast it does what it claims to be able to do! Value: Compared to a couple of other units I had a look at, at around the same price level, this is excellent value for money (It cost me approx US$180. It actually has more than I really need. Manufacturer Support: I've put a '5' - (half-way-house).. as yet I've not had the need to call or contact them, so I can't really express an opinion. The Wow Factor: The colors go with my laptop! Compared to a lot of others, the design is top notch! Overall: I will probably need to update my laptop way before I need to update this. There are many reviews/criticisms about USB, telling ppl to go 'firwire'... I really do get "zero latency" (actually it's about 0.2ms) to my ears so it does exactly what I want/need, and that's what counts!
10 of 13 people (76.92%) found this review helpful. Did you?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

"Not bad if you can deal with sound quality quirks" submitted February 17, 2008

Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
Manufacturer Support
The Wow Factor
Musical Background: Hobbyist
Back to Product Information
Sound: Produced some clicking noises when using the right line-in with the guitar setting. You can switch it back to mic/line and it will record guitar without clicking, but it doesn't sound as good (because you're not using the High-Z input). The headphone output is a little too low. Also, it seemed like everytime you launched a new application that used sound, it would click for a few seconds before being ready. Feature: It had all the features I needed, aside from the ability to properly record with a High-Z input. I liked the fact that all controls could be done with the hardware. Didn't have to do anything in a software control panel. Ease of Use: Easy to use Quality: The hardware itself seemed pretty high quality, aside from the knobs, which seemed a little cheap. But they didn't seem like they'd break really. Value: Cheaper than most other products Manufacturer Support: Never had to deal with support. But I returned the product. The Wow Factor: It's a pretty attractive, rugged design Overall: Too many problems with sound quality to keep this product. I returned it.
5 of 8 people (62.5%) found this review helpful. Did you?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

"Unmet Expectations" submitted November 26, 2006

Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
Manufacturer Support
The Wow Factor
Musical Background: Hobbyist
Music Style: Songwriting
Back to Product Information
Sound: Weird clicks on one of the inputs. Feature: Usual features. Separate headphone volume, but could never get it high enough. Ease of Use: Tough to get the drivers working. Quality: Seems sturdy enough Value: It's an unknown commodity for the most part. I bought it and returned it. Don't want to be a paying beta tester. I think they've got a ways to go to perfect this one. Manufacturer Support: Next to zero support from Tascam or Teac. You're on your own. The Wow Factor: I thought it looked cool online, and it does, but it was much bigger than I imagined it. Overall: Like I said, I returned this item. I had a bad feeling about it after a few weeks, and decided to look further. A pity, cause I waited excitedly for this product to hit the street. Too bad.
8 of 13 people (61.54%) found this review helpful. Did you?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

"Don't buy it. Tascam has lousy support and is slow to update drivers." submitted July 26, 2009

By a customer from tx.rr.com
Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
Manufacturer Support
The Wow Factor
Musical Background: Active Amateur
Music Style: Folk, celtic, blues, etc...
Back to Product Information
Sound: Couldn't get this product to work on systems that have service pack updates from the last year. Tascam's drivers are incredibly buggy with recnt service packs. Tried it on five different computers and the only one that worked, hadn't been updated since early 2008. Tascam insists that there are no problems with their drivers and the do not intend to provide any additional updates. At least that's what they told me. I can't even get a refund or store credit because Tascam does not take returns. Feature: Couldn't get it to wrok. Two different store techs couldn't make it work on my systems either. Ease of Use: Doesn't work. Quality: Doesn't work. Value: Don't buy it. Manufacturer Support: Staff doesn't return calls. Insists the product is flawless. The Wow Factor: Looks great, has a good sound, so long as you don't plug it into a computer. Overall: Don't buy it.
7 of 9 people (77.78%) found this review helpful. Did you?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

"Check the warranty closely." submitted February 3, 2010

By a customer from aol.com
Overall
Sound
Features
Ease of Use
Quality
Value
Manufacturer Support
The Wow Factor
Musical Background: Audio Engineer and Recording Musician
Music Style: Several Styles. Pop, Rock, Country, Jazz, etc.
Back to Product Information
Sound: Tascam has been in the audio business for decades. I owned a 4 track reel to reel and did ecording 30 years ago. The sound is still great Feature: Simple to operate as usual Ease of Use: Very simple . . . Quality: Solid construction. Electronics seemed a little inferior. I had a channel go out. Value: Behringer has a very inexpensive interface if I want a low cost unit. I thought Tascam would stand behind their product better. Manufacturer Support: A very bad experience. I sent the unit in for warranty repair. I had a channel go out and they told me it would be cheaper to buy another one than fix what I had. I was told the parts were warranty and not the labor. I was very disappointed and I told them to keep it ! Tascam has lost all my business. The Wow Factor: Never again Overall: I replaced the unit. I really believedin Tascam from my reel days but have decided to go with Roland and Behringer products
Did you find this review helpful?
Thanks for your opinion!
close [x]

Thank you. Your vote has been counted. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful?

BizRate Customer Certified (GOLD) Site
Questions? Our gear experts can help!
800-zZounds (800-996-8637)
Mention Reference Number L2T4VJ7 When You Call. Toll Free En Español: 800-460-7976 m-f 1AM to 1AM EST Follow zZounds on:
 Customize Search Results for Your Location



Sitemap View Our Sitemap Contact Us By Email Place a Purchase Order Return Request
Let Us Help You FAQs Product Condition Shipping Information Payment Options Order Verification Returns Affiliate Program Join Our Affiliate Program
Shop with those who respect your privacy — we do. Copyright © 1996-2012, zZounds Music, LLC. Terms of use apply. A-ID: 303730
[x] close
Send cool stuff to my old-fashioned mailbox, too
To get your cool stuff, we'll need your address:
close [x]What is this?
A temporary customer reference number is assigned to each customer only while they are shopping on zZounds.com. If you call our customer service department for assistance, this number makes it easier for us to answer any questions you have about products, services or purchases.
 
close [x]What is this?
A temporary customer reference number is assigned to each customer only while they are shopping on zZounds.com. If you call our customer service department for assistance, this number makes it easier for us to answer any questions you have about products, services or purchases.
close [x]
Available on
orders $249+
learn more

Need it now but short of cash? All we need is the first payment up front and the rest in easy monthly payments!

Fast approval.
We approve everyone, with very few exceptions, as long as we can verify your identity.
No interest. Ever.
It's just as if you paid the whole amount up front!
No paperwork. Nothing to track.
No application to mail or fax, no bills to pay. We automatically charge the payments to your credit card.

We'll wait on your money so you don't have to wait for your gear!

When you checkout, just click the Play as you Pay checkbox to indicate which installment plan you wish to use.

close [x]
on most orders $49+

Just $2.99 on
smaller orders

Really heavy stuff might cost you a
little more

learn more

Why fight traffic and pushy salesmen when we'll bring your gear straight to your home, free of charge?

zZounds free shipping is really free!
No hidden charges or hassles on returns.
Fast, reliable delivery
We have warehouses on both coasts, so most shipments arrive in 3 days or less.
We don't collect sales tax. Bonus!
Only NJ residents pay tax during checkout.
close [x]
learn more

A guarantee so solid, you never have to worry about price when shopping at zZounds

We'll beat any price
Simply click the Seen it for less? link next to the gear you want or call us at 800-zZounds (800-996-8637)
Got a coupon from another site?
Use it with us - we'll beat those prices, too!
Find a better price after buying from us?
No problem. We'll refund you the difference for 30 days, so you'll never regret buying from zZounds.

You'll still get the trustworthy service you've come to expect from zZounds, without paying more for your gear!