TASCAM announced that it will be showcasing its Sonicview recording mixer line — both the Sonicview 16XP and Sonicview 24XP — at the upcoming 2024 NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center at booth 17906.
Both units incorporate a new multi-screen user interface called VIEW (Visual Interactive Ergonomic Workflow) to allow easier operation and control of all system parameters using customizable touch screens, user-definable buttons, and control software. The mixers are suited for touring, installed sound, recording and broadcasting applications.
Sonicview consoles also integrate a 64-In/64-Out Dante interface, a 32-bit/96 kHz multi-channel USB audio interface, built-in 32-track multi-track SD recording (standard in the U.S. market only as “XP” model), Class 1 mic preamplifiers, and wealth of I/O. They have a 96 kHz, 54-bit float FPGA mixing engine, continuous 96 kHz sampling, and 32-bit analog-to-digital converters. The mixing engine’s float-point processing makes it possible to change levels without compromising resolution, and they FPGA mixing engine is stated to provide low latency of 0.51 ms, even in analog-to-analog connections.
The mixers offer multiple ways to record. In addition to its integrated audio interface, the TASCAM Sonicview 24XP and TASCAM Sonicview 16XP come with a preinstalled IF-MTR32 integrated multi-track recording card (U.S. market only as “XP” model), enabling users to capture 32 channels directly to an SDXC card. In regions other than the U.S., the optional IF-MTR32 can be installed into one of the two open expansion slots to enable 32-channel multi-track recording. The SD recorder supports simultaneous 32-channel punch-in/punch-out, pre-record, auto-record, and markers.
The Sonicview 16XP and TASCAM Sonicview 24XP differ in frame size and the number of physical inputs, mic preamps, faders, and touch screens. The16XP offers 16 physical input channels with 100 mm motorized faders and TASCAM’s Class 1 HDIA (High-Definition Instrumentation Architecture) microphone preamps, while the 24XP provides 24 physical input channels with 100 mm motorized faders and the Class 1 HDIA microphone preamps. Internally, the architecture of the two models is the same, with an internal 44 input channels (40 mono channels and 2 stereo channels), 22 flex output buses, and the L/R main bus with 31-band graphic EQ.
Central to the TASCAM Sonicview recording mixers’ intuitive operation is the VIEW user interface that supports three different views. Channel Strip View enables one to view the status of any eight adjacent channels at a glance, as one would see on vertical channel strips with an analog mixer. Module View enables the monitoring and control of any two (TASCAM Sonicview 16XP) or three (TASCAM Sonicview 24XP) sets of parameters for one single channel, including the compressor, graphic EQ, effects send, and more. Individual View facilitates viewing any function for any channel, group of channels, and more—all on different screens, simultaneously.
The 16XP offers 16 XLR mic/line inputs (up to +32 dBu) and 8 inputs with 1/4-inch balanced TRS line inputs for 16 mic/line inputs. By contrast, the 24XP offers 24 XLR mic/line inputs (up to +32 dBu) and 8 inputs with 1/4-inch balanced TRS line inputs for 24 mic/line inputs. Both models provide TRS insert points on two channels, two stereo pairs of RCA aux inputs, and an XLR input for a talkback mic.
In addition to the main L/R stereo bus, both mixers provide 22 output flex buses, each of which is configurable as a subgroup, aux, or matrix. There are also 11 Input Module signal processing functions, including delay, phase, digital trim, high-pass filter, gate/expander/de-esser, 4-band parametric EQ, compressor/ducker, solo, mix 1>22 send/pan (pre/post), FX 1-4 send/pan (pre/post), and fader/pan/mute to L/R. Both mixers provide a 32-in/32-out, 32-bit/96 kHz audio interface. Two expansion slots provide additional connectivity (analog, MADI, or AES/EBU I/O) via an optional expansion card or add an optional card for 32-track multi-track internal recording (standard in the U.S. market only as “XP” model).
In addition to the aforementioned optionally available expansion cards, TASCAM also offers the SB-16D 16-in/16-out Dante-enabled stage box. To further expand the system, add one or more optional 16-in/16-out SB-16D Dante-networked stage boxes. Microphone gain for all 16 inputs can be remotely controlled from the mixer, and the SB-16D can be used as a floor box or rack mounted.
