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title: "Model 12 All-in-One 12-track Digital Multitrack Mixing and Recording Studio, Mixer, USB Audio Interface and DAW Controller"
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# Dual headphone outputs w/ independent control 12-track mixing precision 1-knob compressor + 3-band EQ per channel Model 12 All-in-One 12-track Digital Multitrack Mixing and Recording Studio, Mixer, USB Audio Interface and DAW Controller

**Brand:** tascam
**Price:** € 1162.48
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Own your soundscape with the ultimate all-in-one studio powerhouse!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Model 12 All-in-One 12-track Digital Multitrack Mixing and Recording Studio, Mixer, USB Audio Interface and DAW Controller by tascam
- **How much does it cost?** € 1162.48 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- tascam enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted tascam brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Dual Headphone Outputs:** Share your mix or monitor separately with two headphone jacks featuring independent volume and source selection—collaboration made easy.
- • **MIDI Sync & Control Hub:** Synchronize your groove boxes and synths effortlessly with onboard MIDI in/out and TAP TEMPO click output—perfect for electronic music pros.
- • **Studio-Grade 12-Track Mixer:** Seamlessly blend and record up to 12 channels with tactile sliders and dedicated EQ controls for pro-level sound sculpting.
- • **Integrated USB Audio Interface:** Plug directly into your DAW with 12-in/10-out USB connectivity, ensuring ultra-low latency and pristine multi-channel recording.
- • **All-in-One DAW Controller & Recorder:** Control your DAW remotely while capturing multi-track recordings internally—cutting down setup time and boosting creative flow.

## Overview

The Tascam Model 12 is a versatile 12-track digital mixer, multi-channel USB audio interface, MIDI controller, and multi-track recorder designed for home studios and professional setups. It features 12 inputs with onboard 1-knob compressors and 3-band EQs, dual headphone outputs with independent control, and seamless DAW integration via USB. Its MIDI sync capabilities and TAP TEMPO click output make it ideal for electronic musicians seeking tight hardware/software workflow. Compact yet powerful, the Model 12 streamlines recording, mixing, and production in one robust unit.

## Description

desertcart.com: Tascam Model 12 All-in-One 12-track Digital Multitrack Mixing and Recording Studio, Mixer, USB Audio Interface and DAW Controller

Review: An excellent multi-use mixer with MIDI sync capability and multi-channel USB audio - This is not only a solid mixer with physical EQ controls on every channel and nice sliders, but a digital multi-track recorder, a multi-channel USB audio interface, a remote DAW controller to keep the physical mixing feel if/when audio moves into the computer, and it has MIDI in/out. The MIDI ports can act as a USB to MIDI interface from the computer, but they can also be used to send clock and transport signals to MIDI gear. I work a lot with groove boxes and other sequencer-heavy units, from Volcas to Elektron boxes. Many of the smaller / less expensive groove boxes only have stereo output. Using the MIDI feature on the Model 12 (which is not present on the slightly older/larger Model 16 and 24), I can have my device(s) start playing immediately when I hit the record button. This makes it easy, using track-muting features on the groove boxes, to separately record synth, drums, and kick sequences into separate tracks on the Model 12. I don't have to try to manually hit 'play' at just the right time, or try to fix the timing later in a DAW. The MIDI sync alone was a deciding factor in choosing the Model 12 over the similarly spec'd Zoom Livetrak 12. I also chose this over the Zoom for the larger presence of dedicated EQ buttons on each channel, which comes at the cost of size - the Model 12 takes up some valuable real-estate in my home studio. Much bigger than the Behringer 1202 very-basic mixer I was replacing. The size is also worth it for the ability to use the Model 12 as a remote DAW controller for Logic. Although I must admit - I often find myself doing my mixing right within the Model 12's multi-track recorder itself. I still feel more comfortable recording to tape or to simple stereo programs on my computer, to later integrate into Logic X. The Model 12 suits me nicely here with that built-in multi-track recorder. It makes it easy to capture multi-track recordings of my electronic gear without having to set things up in Logic on my aging Mac mini. I can just record, and pull it together later. The Model 12 provides many options for that 'later'. It is easy to produce stereo mixes inside the Model 12 and just load those files on the computer, and the separate track recordings are there too. There are multiple options for how to record onto those tracks. The default being to record the raw post-gain / pre-compressor sound, allowing you to shape sound later. But there are options to record post-compressor and even post-eq on individual tracks if desired. You can do in-mixer bounces and move audio between tracks. Overall, really solid. I've been using it for about a month now. The build quality is really solid. I like that it's a mixer first - it's probably the best mixer I've had in 20 years. After years of low-cost Behringers (which were fine, they just suited a different need for me than what I need now), it feels good to have a really solid mixer again with good EQs, etc, all immediately usable. It has two mono AUX busses and a submix bus, with separate outputs. The fact that this mixer can also pull duties for multi-track recording, multi-channel USB audio, DAW control, and MIDI clock/transport master, just make it a very very solid add to a small home studio - especially as those latter two options are not available on the larger Model-16 and 24. For downsides - for me, I don't really need 8 channels of XLR inputs with phantom power. I would prefer maybe only two such inputs/channels, and have the rest be stereo-pair capable inputs. In the same space, that would turn this box into a 14 channel mixer and would be perfect for my collection of instruments. I am surprised that with the popularity of electronic music hardware over the past decade that there aren't more mixers geared to this market. The MIDI ports on the Model 12 are a nice feature for such users - I love that synchronized 'hit record, and all the machines start running' feature. But more stereo tracks and less XLR/mono tracks would be even better.
Review: Versatile MTR and Mixer, does Bluetooth, USB etc., will work with DAWs. - Needs reading the manual, a few times. If you want to make multi-track recordings then this will do it. If you want an interface for a DAW, it does that too, and if you prefer Bluetooth, it does that also. An excellent machine, the 12 channel is the little brother of the 16, and 24 channel. Common sense applied to manual directions is all that is necessary to operate what appears to be quite complex at first. There are some complaints about USB hookup. Well they tell us not to use a long cable! In fact in the box there is a short one, 1 meter long, in fact. If that is not a hint, I do not know what is. Whichever, in my case hooking up directly to the Motherboard USB 2.0 sockets worked as the manual describes. However I will add, I tried to connect to a USB 3.0 upgrade card. That did not work. So yes! read the manual. The clean sound, silence if you prefer, of the powered device over headphone, or monitor, deserves the most marks. Well done Tascam. The Midi In and Out, a great asset! The Sub Out, alternative route to hookup monitors with 1/4 inch TRS cables, very handy, and useful for a host of other configurations. Love the dual inputs 1 - 10, either XLR, or 1/4 inch TRS. All in all, it leaves my old device, Fostex - X26 in the dust! Super value added with the PC hookup options, even if, at this time, I have no need of it. Only thing I would change is the Phantom Power option, currently global on this model, it might work better if managed by S/W to each channel. IOW turn it off for regular hookups. Before you power a new unit make sure the Phantom Power, top rhs of the board, is off! Else you may fry an expensive Mic which does not need the 48 Volts. Tips, gotten from the Tascam Forum, 1. on each channel the Sub Button arms the Headphones bus, IOW you can barely hear stuff without doing that, and do turn the volume, gain, down before tweaking their controls, middle rhs. 2 you do not need to press the Play button as well as the Record button when making a track. Yes in the old days of Tape it was necessary to, but on the Digital unit, it is not! To make a new track, create a song - RTM for more. Hookup your input - Mic or whatever. Use the Meter to set the level/s. Punch both record buttons, first the track one, then the main. When done punch the stop button. To hear what you did, move the Mode from Live to MTR, and press Play. To dub another track alongside, simply arm the next channel with an input, Mode live, set its levels. Then press it's record button, and when ready press the main record button. It is NOT necessary to press the record on the previous channel! Because if you do with no input it will erase track 1. Just leave it on play, make sure the volume slider is up so you can hear the Mode MTR replay as you dub the new track alongside. Effects work ONLY if you disarm all the Solo buttons, and the wee red light LHS of the screen is off. If it is on the Effects do not work. Need increasing the Aux 2 orange button on your chosen channel. Needs pressing the Select button in the control panel - mid rhs . This brings up the FX menu on the main screen. In it be sure to turn on the effect by rotating the Jog wheel to on - Manual Pages 33 / 34. Now press the Main buttons. I found it was necessary to do that both on my channels and on the FX slider. Too, that simply controls how much effect is sent to your Main bus, i.e. the one we chose to carry it. IOW the volume of the effect is still controlled by the Main slider, so maxing up the FX one does not increase the output. A bit sloppy but will save some searching. My headphone first click-less encounter with the Model 12 is now remedied with a full clicking replacement. Thanks desertcart!

## Features

- 12 in / 10 Out USB Audio Interface for DAW Connectivity
- Click Output with TAP TEMPO
- Onboard MIDI Functionality
- 1-knob compressor and 3 band EQ installed on all input modules
- Dual headphone output with individual volume and source selection

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0842YDQ3Q |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Metal batteries required. |
| Best Sellers Rank | #10,289 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #10 in Digital Multitrack Recorders |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (345) |
| Date First Available | January 21, 2020 |
| Department | Adults |
| Item Weight | 13.3 pounds |
| Item model number | MODEL 12 |
| Manufacturer | Tascam |
| Product Dimensions | 18 x 16 x 6 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Tascam
- **Connectivity Technology:** USB
- **Item Weight:** 13.3 Pounds
- **Number of Channels:** 12
- **Product Dimensions:** 18"D x 16"W x 6"H

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: I have2 15'' speakers and2 10' speakers as monitor passive not powered all are. can I connect this to model 12?**
A: The model 12 does NOT have a built in amplifier. It is only a digital mixer/recorder. And I might add, a very nice one, IMHO. In order for you to use passive speakers, an amplifier must be connected between the model 12 and the speakers.

**Q: What are some of the best sd cards for this?  i record directly to an sd and it seems to take like 30-45 seconds to save after i hit the stop button.**
A: Personally I use SanDisk cards.  However, Samsung, Lexar, and Sony also make very reliable brands.  And, each of these companies make cards that load at different speeds.  I have had no problems with loading speed on my Tascam Model 12 with a 64K or 128K 100 Mb per second cards.

**Q: has anyone used this with a Mac?**
A: Yes.  I have it set up to work in Logic Pro X.

**Q: Is this fully digital because it looks analog?**
A: Its fully digital, meaning the signal is stored and manipulated as a digital stream. However all the outputs are converted to analog signal so you can connect it to speakers, amp etc.
There is an optional connectivity to a computer avalable that is obviosly digital, as well as a midi output. A great device for the price.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent multi-use mixer with MIDI sync capability and multi-channel USB audio
*by J***L on November 1, 2020*

This is not only a solid mixer with physical EQ controls on every channel and nice sliders, but a digital multi-track recorder, a multi-channel USB audio interface, a remote DAW controller to keep the physical mixing feel if/when audio moves into the computer, and it has MIDI in/out. The MIDI ports can act as a USB to MIDI interface from the computer, but they can also be used to send clock and transport signals to MIDI gear. I work a lot with groove boxes and other sequencer-heavy units, from Volcas to Elektron boxes. Many of the smaller / less expensive groove boxes only have stereo output. Using the MIDI feature on the Model 12 (which is not present on the slightly older/larger Model 16 and 24), I can have my device(s) start playing immediately when I hit the record button. This makes it easy, using track-muting features on the groove boxes, to separately record synth, drums, and kick sequences into separate tracks on the Model 12. I don't have to try to manually hit 'play' at just the right time, or try to fix the timing later in a DAW. The MIDI sync alone was a deciding factor in choosing the Model 12 over the similarly spec'd Zoom Livetrak 12. I also chose this over the Zoom for the larger presence of dedicated EQ buttons on each channel, which comes at the cost of size - the Model 12 takes up some valuable real-estate in my home studio. Much bigger than the Behringer 1202 very-basic mixer I was replacing. The size is also worth it for the ability to use the Model 12 as a remote DAW controller for Logic. Although I must admit - I often find myself doing my mixing right within the Model 12's multi-track recorder itself. I still feel more comfortable recording to tape or to simple stereo programs on my computer, to later integrate into Logic X. The Model 12 suits me nicely here with that built-in multi-track recorder. It makes it easy to capture multi-track recordings of my electronic gear without having to set things up in Logic on my aging Mac mini. I can just record, and pull it together later. The Model 12 provides many options for that 'later'. It is easy to produce stereo mixes inside the Model 12 and just load those files on the computer, and the separate track recordings are there too. There are multiple options for how to record onto those tracks. The default being to record the raw post-gain / pre-compressor sound, allowing you to shape sound later. But there are options to record post-compressor and even post-eq on individual tracks if desired. You can do in-mixer bounces and move audio between tracks. Overall, really solid. I've been using it for about a month now. The build quality is really solid. I like that it's a mixer first - it's probably the best mixer I've had in 20 years. After years of low-cost Behringers (which were fine, they just suited a different need for me than what I need now), it feels good to have a really solid mixer again with good EQs, etc, all immediately usable. It has two mono AUX busses and a submix bus, with separate outputs. The fact that this mixer can also pull duties for multi-track recording, multi-channel USB audio, DAW control, and MIDI clock/transport master, just make it a very very solid add to a small home studio - especially as those latter two options are not available on the larger Model-16 and 24. For downsides - for me, I don't really need 8 channels of XLR inputs with phantom power. I would prefer maybe only two such inputs/channels, and have the rest be stereo-pair capable inputs. In the same space, that would turn this box into a 14 channel mixer and would be perfect for my collection of instruments. I am surprised that with the popularity of electronic music hardware over the past decade that there aren't more mixers geared to this market. The MIDI ports on the Model 12 are a nice feature for such users - I love that synchronized 'hit record, and all the machines start running' feature. But more stereo tracks and less XLR/mono tracks would be even better.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Versatile MTR and Mixer, does Bluetooth, USB etc., will work with DAWs.
*by H***E on January 5, 2022*

Needs reading the manual, a few times. If you want to make multi-track recordings then this will do it. If you want an interface for a DAW, it does that too, and if you prefer Bluetooth, it does that also. An excellent machine, the 12 channel is the little brother of the 16, and 24 channel. Common sense applied to manual directions is all that is necessary to operate what appears to be quite complex at first. There are some complaints about USB hookup. Well they tell us not to use a long cable! In fact in the box there is a short one, 1 meter long, in fact. If that is not a hint, I do not know what is. Whichever, in my case hooking up directly to the Motherboard USB 2.0 sockets worked as the manual describes. However I will add, I tried to connect to a USB 3.0 upgrade card. That did not work. So yes! read the manual. The clean sound, silence if you prefer, of the powered device over headphone, or monitor, deserves the most marks. Well done Tascam. The Midi In and Out, a great asset! The Sub Out, alternative route to hookup monitors with 1/4 inch TRS cables, very handy, and useful for a host of other configurations. Love the dual inputs 1 - 10, either XLR, or 1/4 inch TRS. All in all, it leaves my old device, Fostex - X26 in the dust! Super value added with the PC hookup options, even if, at this time, I have no need of it. Only thing I would change is the Phantom Power option, currently global on this model, it might work better if managed by S/W to each channel. IOW turn it off for regular hookups. Before you power a new unit make sure the Phantom Power, top rhs of the board, is off! Else you may fry an expensive Mic which does not need the 48 Volts. Tips, gotten from the Tascam Forum, 1. on each channel the Sub Button arms the Headphones bus, IOW you can barely hear stuff without doing that, and do turn the volume, gain, down before tweaking their controls, middle rhs. 2 you do not need to press the Play button as well as the Record button when making a track. Yes in the old days of Tape it was necessary to, but on the Digital unit, it is not! To make a new track, create a song - RTM for more. Hookup your input - Mic or whatever. Use the Meter to set the level/s. Punch both record buttons, first the track one, then the main. When done punch the stop button. To hear what you did, move the Mode from Live to MTR, and press Play. To dub another track alongside, simply arm the next channel with an input, Mode live, set its levels. Then press it's record button, and when ready press the main record button. It is NOT necessary to press the record on the previous channel! Because if you do with no input it will erase track 1. Just leave it on play, make sure the volume slider is up so you can hear the Mode MTR replay as you dub the new track alongside. Effects work ONLY if you disarm all the Solo buttons, and the wee red light LHS of the screen is off. If it is on the Effects do not work. Need increasing the Aux 2 orange button on your chosen channel. Needs pressing the Select button in the control panel - mid rhs . This brings up the FX menu on the main screen. In it be sure to turn on the effect by rotating the Jog wheel to on - Manual Pages 33 / 34. Now press the Main buttons. I found it was necessary to do that both on my channels and on the FX slider. Too, that simply controls how much effect is sent to your Main bus, i.e. the one we chose to carry it. IOW the volume of the effect is still controlled by the Main slider, so maxing up the FX one does not increase the output. A bit sloppy but will save some searching. My headphone first click-less encounter with the Model 12 is now remedied with a full clicking replacement. Thanks Amazon!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by N***S on May 31, 2025*

A fantastic product, take your time to learn its features and it will reward you well, arrived on time and well packaged

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