An affordable mixer/interface that does double duty for live sound and home recording.
The 16-input Tascam M-164UF mixer has 6 mic inputs with XLR ins and phantom power for great-sounding tracks. Mic inputs additionally have 3-band EQ with hi-pass filters for sculpting the mix. 5 stereo line inputs bring the total count to 16 inputs, and several channels include EQ and RIAA phono preamps for added flexibility. The M-164UF effect mixer has two output buses — main and sub — as well as a pair of aux sends for monitors and effects. An onboard stereo effects processor features 16 programs of reverb, delay, chorus and other great-sounding effects.
The M-164UF mixer also includes a full-fledged 16x2 audio interface that works over USB 2.0. The interface allows all 16 inputs to be recorded to their own tracks using the included Cubase LE4 48-track recording workstation software. The M-164UF supports Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.