Akai DPS24 - 24-track Digital Personal Studio

At last, a pro-quality 24-track linear digital recording solution in a single compact package. Designed to work the way you do, the Akai DPS24 combines the ease-of-use of a fully-automated console with the power and flexibility of disk-based digital recording, to give you the same engineering options and sonic results as systems costing tens of thousands more.

Akai DPS24 Features:

24-tracks of uncompressed audio recording/playback

24-bit/96kHz operation (the number of tracks and channels are halved when operating at 96kHz)

46-channel digital automated mixer with 100mm long throw, touch sensitive motorised faders

Each channel comprises level, pan, 3-band semi-parametric EQ, dynamics and 4 x sends.

24 analogue inputs (12 x 2 switchable A/B)

Multi-Purpose Light Pipe (MPLP) digital I/O (can be stereo spdif or 8 channel ADAT)

Stereo digital I/O (spdif or AES/EBU)

AUX INPUT for connecting submixers

Balanced connections on all analogue input

Balanced connections on all analogue outputs

Inputs 1-4 feature balanced analogue insert points

Inputs 1-4's insert returns can double as direct ADC inputs allowing the use of external pre-amps

4-channel FX processor each offering over 50 effects including a real time vocal pitch corrector, reverb, delay, chorus, flanging, phasing, pitch-shifting, auto-pan, flying pan effect, rotary speaker simulation, distortion, EQ, dynamics, spectral enhancer, and so forth

Two channel Talkback system (2 x mono talkback channels or 1 x stereo talkback)

Internal Talkback mic to dedicated 'Studio' monitor outputs

Q-STRIP allows control of pan and aux sends from the 12 rotary channel encoders.

Q-CHANNEL puts all the controls for an entire mixer channel on the 12 rotary encoders

Q-LINK makes editing on-screen parameters quick and easy

The large, chunky transport controls also include special 'edit play' keys for quick auditioning

Autolocator stores/recalls up to 100 locate points per project on dedicated keys

Dedicated jog wheel for multi-track jogging

Multi-track audio editing functions offering copy, cut erase, paste, insert, move, etc.

DSP functions include stereo timestretch, pitch shift, BPM match, normalise, reverse, etc..

Real-time varispeed

20 levels of UNDO/REDO

256 'virtual' tracks

MAIN and NEARFIELD monitor outputs (switchable)

MONO monitoring

External timecode sync (MTC or optional SMPTE/EBU).

Hi-Z input for DI of guitar and bass guitar - just plug in and play!