Tascam Celesonic US-20x20

The Tascam Celesonic US-20x20 provides 20 channels of analogue and digital I/O into a single rack unit, along with with preamps and USB 3.0/2.0 connectivity.

The unit’s eight Ultra-HDDA microphone have 56dB of gain, and accompany up to ten channels of digital I/O (up to up to 192kHz, 24-bits) on Adat and SPDIF connectors. Word clock is also provided for external clocks like Tascam’s CG-1000. Midi I/O allows use with controllers and synthesisers.

The Celesonic US-20x20 is the first USB 3.0 interface to use class-compliant drivers for future-proof use with computers and tablets. A built-in DSP mixer includes parametric EQ and compression on every channel, and a stereo reverb send for monitor mixes. The DSP mixer can also be used as a live mixer or submixer with computer control. The US-20x20 has three modes: audio interface, digital mixer, and 8-channel digital mic preamp.

Like the US-16x08, the US-20x20 includes a pair rack ears as well as bio-cell side panels to angle the interface off a desktop.

Key features:

· 20-input/20-output USB audio interface.

· Eight Ultra-HDDA mic preamps with 56dB gain.

· Two balanced line inputs and ten balanced line outputs.

· USB 3.0 or 2.0 connection to computer (USB 3.0 requires Windows 10).

· Supports up to 192kHz/24-bit audio (at reduced channel count)

· Adat optical multichannel digital input and output supports S-MUX.

· Stereo SPDIF digital input and output.

· Word clock in and out.

· Two headphone outputs with 70mW/channel output power.

· Midi input and output.