Tascam Model 12 All-in-One 12-track Digital Multitrack Mixing and Recording Studio, Mixer, USB Audio Interface and DAW Controller
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Style: Recorder
Features
- 12 in / 10 Out USB Audio Interface for DAW Connectivity
- Click Output with TAP TEMPO
- Onboard MIDI Functionality
- 1-knob compressor and 3 band EQ installed on all input modules
- Dual headphone output with individual volume and source selection
Description
It can record 12 tracks simultaneously at 24-bit/48kHz audio quality directly to SD card. It can produce a full band with its built-in metronome, punch-in/out capability, and overdubbing functions. Tap Tempo makes it easy to set your ideal tempo, and also allows you to sync Model 12's built-in delay effects to the tempo of your music. Connect a non-latching footswitch for hands-free control. Loop your full arrangement for an extended solo or group jam or loop the playback of only a selected track for creative emphasis with the VAMP Playback function. Integrate your synthesizers & drum machines with the 5-pin MIDI I/O ports. You can also synchronize external effects processors with the tempo of your music or use DAW to operate with the Model 12. Dual headphone outputs eliminate the need to split a headphone output for two people. Each can output its own discrete mix, allowing the engineer and performer to hear exactly what they need. No need to remember key commands or grab your mouse when you need to move to a new song section. The Model 12 allows you to focus more on your music and less on menus, scrolling and clicking. Model 12 is always ready to be connected to your DAW software with USB Type-C connector. For comprehensive control over your DAW, it uses HUI/MCU protocol emulation over faders, mutes, pans, and more Ultra HDDA (High-Definition Discrete Architecture) mic preamps boast an amazingly low noise floor and exceptional fidelity, making it easy to capture pro-level sound quality with practically any mic. + Studio Headphones + Foot Switch Headphones + Carrying Bag + Dynamic Microphone + Condenser Microphone
Brand: Tascam
Number of Channels: 12
Product Dimensions: 18"D x 16"W x 6"H
Item Weight: 13.3 pounds
Connectivity Technology: USB
Number of Channels: 12
Connectivity Technology: USB
Power Source: Corded Electric
Output Connector Type: Auxiliary
Audio Input: USB
Item Dimensions D x W x H: 18"D x 16"W x 6"H
Item Weight: 13.3 pounds
Brand Name: Tascam
Manufacturer: Tascam
UPC: 043774034499
Global Trade Identification Number: 99
Unit Count: 1 Count
Item Type Name: Digital Multitrack Recorder
Model Number: MODEL 12
Manufacturer Part Number: MODEL 12
Warranty Description: 1 year warranty.
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This is not only a solid mixer with physical EQ controls on every channel and nice sliders, but a digital multi-track recorder, a multi-channel USB audio interface, a remote DAW controller to keep the physical mixing feel if/when audio moves into the computer, and it has MIDI in/out. The MIDI ports can act as a USB to MIDI interface from the computer, but they can also be used to send clock and transport signals to MIDI gear. I work a lot with groove boxes and other sequencer-heavy units, from Volcas to Elektron boxes. Many of the smaller / less expensive groove boxes only have stereo output. Using the MIDI feature on the Model 12 (which is not present on the slightly older/larger Model 16 and 24), I can have my device(s) start playing immediately when I hit the record button. This makes it easy, using track-muting features on the groove boxes, to separately record synth, drums, and kick sequences into separate tracks on the Model 12. I don't have to try to manually hit 'play' at just the right time, or try to fix the timing later in a DAW. The MIDI sync alone was a deciding factor in choosing the Model 12 over the similarly spec'd Zoom Livetrak 12. I also chose this over the Zoom for the larger presence of dedicated EQ buttons on each channel, which comes at the cost of size - the Model 12 takes up some valuable real-estate in my home studio. Much bigger than the Behringer 1202 very-basic mixer I was replacing. The size is also worth it for the ability to use the Model 12 as a remote DAW controller for Logic. Although I must admit - I often find myself doing my mixing right within the Model 12's multi-track recorder itself. I still feel more comfortable recording to tape or to simple stereo programs on my computer, to later integrate into Logic X. The Model 12 suits me nicely here with that built-in multi-track recorder. It makes it easy to capture multi-track recordings of my electronic gear without having to set things up in Logic on my aging Mac mini. I can just record, and pull it together later. The Model 12 provides many options for that 'later'. It is easy to produce stereo mixes inside the Model 12 and just load those files on the computer, and the separate track recordings are there too. There are multiple options for how to record onto those tracks. The default being to record the raw post-gain / pre-compressor sound, allowing you to shape sound later. But there are options to record post-compressor and even post-eq on individual tracks if desired. You can do in-mixer bounces and move audio between tracks. Overall, really solid. I've been using it for about a month now. The build quality is really solid. I like that it's a mixer first - it's probably the best mixer I've had in 20 years. After years of low-cost Behringers (which were fine, they just suited a different need for me than what I need now), it feels good to have a really solid mixer again with good EQs, etc, all immediately usable. It has two mono AUX busses and a submix bus, with separate outputs. The fact that this mixer can also pull duties for multi-track recording, multi-channel USB audio, DAW control, and MIDI clock/transport master, just make it a very very solid add to a small home studio - especially as those latter two options are not available on the larger Model-16 and 24. For downsides - for me, I don't really need 8 channels of XLR inputs with phantom power. I would prefer maybe only two such inputs/channels, and have the rest be stereo-pair capable inputs. In the same space, that would turn this box into a 14 channel mixer and would be perfect for my collection of instruments. I am surprised that with the popularity of electronic music hardware over the past decade that there aren't more mixers geared to this market. The MIDI ports on the Model 12 are a nice feature for such users - I love that synchronized 'hit record, and all the machines start running' feature. But more stereo tracks and less XLR/mono tracks would be even better.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2020 by J. Shell
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Needs reading the manual, a few times. If you want to make multi-track recordings then this will do it. If you want an interface for a DAW, it does that too, and if you prefer Bluetooth, it does that also. An excellent machine, the 12 channel is the little brother of the 16, and 24 channel. Common sense applied to manual directions is all that is necessary to operate what appears to be quite complex at first. There are some complaints about USB hookup. Well they tell us not to use a long cable! In fact in the box there is a short one, 1 meter long, in fact. If that is not a hint, I do not know what is. Whichever, in my case hooking up directly to the Motherboard USB 2.0 sockets worked as the manual describes. However I will add, I tried to connect to a USB 3.0 upgrade card. That did not work. So yes! read the manual. The clean sound, silence if you prefer, of the powered device over headphone, or monitor, deserves the most marks. Well done Tascam. The Midi In and Out, a great asset! The Sub Out, alternative route to hookup monitors with 1/4 inch TRS cables, very handy, and useful for a host of other configurations. Love the dual inputs 1 - 10, either XLR, or 1/4 inch TRS. All in all, it leaves my old device, Fostex - X26 in the dust! Super value added with the PC hookup options, even if, at this time, I have no need of it. Only thing I would change is the Phantom Power option, currently global on this model, it might work better if managed by S/W to each channel. IOW turn it off for regular hookups. Before you power a new unit make sure the Phantom Power, top rhs of the board, is off! Else you may fry an expensive Mic which does not need the 48 Volts. Tips, gotten from the Tascam Forum, 1. on each channel the Sub Button arms the Headphones bus, IOW you can barely hear stuff without doing that, and do turn the volume, gain, down before tweaking their controls, middle rhs. 2 you do not need to press the Play button as well as the Record button when making a track. Yes in the old days of Tape it was necessary to, but on the Digital unit, it is not! To make a new track, create a song - RTM for more. Hookup your input - Mic or whatever. Use the Meter to set the level/s. Punch both record buttons, first the track one, then the main. When done punch the stop button. To hear what you did, move the Mode from Live to MTR, and press Play. To dub another track alongside, simply arm the next channel with an input, Mode live, set its levels. Then press it's record button, and when ready press the main record button. It is NOT necessary to press the record on the previous channel! Because if you do with no input it will erase track 1. Just leave it on play, make sure the volume slider is up so you can hear the Mode MTR replay as you dub the new track alongside. Effects work ONLY if you disarm all the Solo buttons, and the wee red light LHS of the screen is off. If it is on the Effects do not work. Need increasing the Aux 2 orange button on your chosen channel. Needs pressing the Select button in the control panel - mid rhs . This brings up the FX menu on the main screen. In it be sure to turn on the effect by rotating the Jog wheel to on - Manual Pages 33 / 34. Now press the Main buttons. I found it was necessary to do that both on my channels and on the FX slider. Too, that simply controls how much effect is sent to your Main bus, i.e. the one we chose to carry it. IOW the volume of the effect is still controlled by the Main slider, so maxing up the FX one does not increase the output. A bit sloppy but will save some searching. My headphone first click-less encounter with the Model 12 is now remedied with a full clicking replacement. Thanks Amazon!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2022 by HoraceHorse
Style: Recorder
excellent mixer. it does so many things. i just use it as mixer to keep all my various instruments always plugged in and read to record in my DAW or even for sending to my guitar rig with effects. it also acts as a stand alone recorder but i've not used it that way yet. super easy to use and great tactile access to basics like eq and levels and trim.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2026 by common public name used often
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This pup is a thing of beauty and a joy forever -- once properly set up. I had the same problems with DAW connectivity that several other folks had. Barely able to record small snippets with ASIO, unable to playback at all. Audacity played back using WDM but didn't recognize the Mic at all. The board simply froze several times. Frustrated, I did some research, and realized the problem wasn't the Tascam, it was the USB. It turns out that USB is quite finicky about connectivity. I moved the workstation closer to the computer to shorten the cable length and bought the heaviest 9 ft shielded USB 3.1 rated cable I could find. Also made sure it was the only USB source connected to that device in Win-doze setup. Bam! Everything started working flawlessly. Buffer setting of 128 yields extremely low latency with no dropouts. Preamps are lovely. My only complaint is that the 48V power is not selectable for individual channels. There is a learning curve: You've got to set up the WDM correctly: Win-doze doesn't speak multitrack, so you've got to set up the Tascam to output your stereo mix as the Windows Microphone and balance the volume in Windows. I LOVE being able to record to the DAW using ASIO and simultaneously stream to Source Connect or Zoom with WDM. I am not aware of any other interface that will do that. All in all, this is a terrific little board for the money. It sounds wonderful and will do a lot of seriously cool things if you take the time to learn how. Addendum: The default USB mode is Multitrack, where the PRE-FADER input from each channel is sent to the USB for mixdown in the computers' DAW. For Podcasting and other two channel applications, you must select 2-Channel mode, where the unit functions as a conventional mixer, sending the Master out signal to the USB for podcasting, Source Connect, or whatever.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2020 by Ben
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I've only had it a few hours. The preamps are very nice. I'm testing with a Wunder Audio CM7 Fet mic. You can record multi-track onto sdxc cards that go up to 512GB. I used SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I Card - C10, U3, V30, 4K UHD, SD Card - SDSDXXY-128G-GN4IN from amazon... no problems. The recorder is silent. No fan that I can detect. I recorded on each track individually while playing back previous tracks in overdub mode. Recording on 11/12 is master mix. You can swap the master mix recording, for example with 9/10 and use that as a mix bounce down. I connected to my windows 10 laptop with a cable, UGREEN USB-C to USB A Cable USB C Charger Type C, from amazon. Then installed the Windows drivers from their website link, then updated the firmware to latest version from their site. Tascam is good about keeping manuals and firmware updates on their site. I have used their x48 recorders for years. model 12 supports auto punch-in and punch-out with rehearsal, which I haven't tried. it supports hearing both the live and playback mtr track during the pre-roll of the punch-in, which is nice. it supports in-place solo. Track swapping is very fast. You could move the current recorded data instead of moving the mic to another channel. You can use the windows software via the usb cable to upload or download tracks. The manual and videos show using the model 12 as a control surface. It has midi. Manual has instructions for several emulations, compatible with DAWs. I haven't tried it. There is a click track generator that can route to a back panel connection, as well as to the two headphone outputs. There are built-in effects that I didn't try. Not really interested. There is only a single switch for phantom power 48v.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020 by Jay A. Norwood
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Bought this device because I wanted a little DAW alternative for recording music and it really hits the spot for me. It's nice to have tactile EQ, a simple one knob compressor, and effects that actually sound good right out of the gate. The 100 Hz low cut button was a great idea too. The preamps sound great, but I'd still recommend using an external mic preamp if you're going to use dynamic mics that require more juice (sm58, sm7b, etc). Recording is great, but the write speeds of SD cards are obviously not on the level of SSDs so you will see the "spinning wheel" after hitting stop. Not the end of the world, but it would be cool to have the ability to write to an external SSD in the future. I do still have to use a DAW to do some final "mastering" stuff (fades, mix bus compression, minor EQ stuff, limiting), but that was anticipated before I purchased and not a big deal. Also, the ability to run an aux cable to your phone and record video and audio in one shot is amazing! It does work as a DAW controller (Logic), but there was a little wonkiness to it. The Tascam automatically mapped the outputs depending on the track you have selected. In other words, you have to be mindful of the track you have selected in the DAW before making any fader/knob moves on the Tascam. I'm not interested in using this as a DAW controller, but just wanted to mention that here.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2021 by dr doom
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Obtained the Tascam Model 12 to replace a failing Tascam 246. So far so good. Lot's of options for effects, compression, etc. Clean lines. Like the positioning of the inputs but I have a image of the rear panel posted near the unit so I know where the various channel inputs are without having to lean over the back of the unit. Still experimenting with the on-board recording. The 246 was an analogue 4 track cassette setup, the digital approach should be an improvement when bouncing. I highly recommend a thorough reading of the manual before embarking on using the Model 12. Some of the setting requirements can be confusing. Took me a while to figure out why I could see input signals on the display with no sound arriving to the headphone output. Some of the settings apply to all of the channels simultaneously rather than just the channel strip. Luckily there is a good on-line forum that can help the learning curve.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2026 by S. Smith
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Great compact mixer. It really does a lot for the price. If you upgrade it to the new firmware, it fixes a lot of the problems it initially had. I almost gave it 4 stars is the mic preamps are as little weak. They sound fine but there's just not enough gain for most mics. They added digital gain in the latest firmware which makes it a little better but really, you'll need to invest in a Cloudlifter or I recommend the Fethead. It's way cheaper and works just as good. That brings me to the other problem. Phantom power is switched for all channels at the same time. This is normal for a mixer in this price range. If you use phantom power make sure to use the 1/4” TRS jacks for devices that don’t need it.
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