Twenty-five years after the introduction of the first Portastudio, the new DP-01FX 8-track Digital Portastudio makes hard disk recording affordable and simple enough for all musicians. Continuing Tascam's "Capture Your Art" campaign of making recording approachable to all musicians, the DP-01 FX features the one-knob-per-function design that has made Tascam cassette Portastudios the choice of thousands of musicians. Both workstations shatter the confusing page-shift-menu interface popular with most other digital recorders.

Cassette Portastudios continue to be among Tascam's most popular products. While much of the reason is their low price, musicians also appreciate how easy they are to use. Tascam approached the DP-01FX by trying to make it as uncomplicated to use as the other Portastudios, and they succeeded. When you combine that simple interface with its low cost, it's easy to see that the DP-01FX is a breakthrough product for musicians who are ready to break into recording.

The DP-01FX has two mic inputs on 1/4 in. TRS jacks for dual mono or stereo recording. Its eight tracks record at uncompressed CD quality to an internal 40GB hard drive, and a stereo master track is available for recording a mix. Each channel of the DP-01FX has a 45mm volume fader, plus dedicated controls for pan, effects send, high EQ and low EQ. An LCD display shows meters, editing settings and locate points. The DP-01FX has a USB 2.0 jack for file backup and transferring mixes to a computer. There are analog RCA line outputs, a headphone out and S/PDIF line output.

The DP-01FX also has XLR microphone inputs with phantom power for connecting professional condenser microphones. It has a multi-effects processor for adding effects to an instrument during recording and a reverb processor for adding effects during a mix.

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