TASCAM Sonicview 16XP 16-Channel Digital Mixing Console and Multitrack Recorder.

Audio professionals in search of a cutting edge digital mixer will be impressed with the TASCAM Sonicview 16XP, a next-generation multitrack recording and digital mixing console with multi-environment touchscreens, well suited for touring bands, concert halls, clubs, bars, special events, corporate meetings, and rental houses. Powered by a 96 kHz, 54-bit floating-point FPGA mixing engine that utilizes 96 kHz / 32-bit AD/DA converters, the Sonicview 16XP provides 1st-class sonics with ultralow latency performance. Best of all, the hardware mixing surface and mix engine operate independently of each other for a highly stable and continuous audio workflow.

The Sonicview 16XP features 17 motorized faders and two 7" touchscreen displays, as well as 16 XLR inputs, each with TASCAM's HDIA preamps for high-definition recording and playback. Channels 9 to 16 also feature balanced 1/4" inputs, while inputs 7 and 8 include 1/4" inserts. For outputs, the mixer includes 16 XLR outputs, plus XLR monitor outputs, as well as 1/4" and 3.5mm headphone outputs. Each input channel includes 11 processing functions including trim, HPF, 4-band EQ, dynamics, and more. There are four stereo multi-effects processors available to add that special sauce to your mix. The mixer is equipped with Dante I/O, Ethernet, and a GPIO connection for events and relay applications. The Sonicview ships with IF-MTR32 multitrack SD recording card preinstalled.

Intuitive Operation at Your Fingertips

The Sonicview 16XP offers motorized channel faders in two banks of eight, plus a motorized stereo fader for the main bus. Above each bank of channel faders is a color touch panel that allows you to view entire mixer channels or get down to details, controlling each parameter with your fingertip.

The Amazing VIEW

Truly the next generation in mixer user interfaces, the powerful intuitive TASCAM Visual Interactive Ergonomic Workflow (VIEW) system lets you quickly and easily configure the Sonicview 16XP’s two touchscreens.

Thanks to the VIEW user interface, there are three different ways to view your settings, and each touch screen can be configured independently, so you can monitor and control any combination of settings you want, in whichever screens you want, whenever you want. For instance, you could monitor levels for eight channels of vocals on screen 1, while tweaking the parametric EQ on a drum submix on screen 2.

• To view the status of any eight adjacent channels at a glance, as you would see on vertical channel strips with an analog mixer, choose Channel Strip View.
• In Module View, you can monitor and control any two sets of parameters for one single channel, including the compressor, graphic EQ, effects send, and more.
• Individual View is the ultimate in customized displays. View any functions for any channel, group of channels, and more—all on different screens, simultaneously. For instance, you could simultaneously monitor the output bus meter on screen 1, and monitor levels on important input channels on screen 2.

High-End Audio Quality

Sonicview delivers the finest audio performance in its class, thanks to a 54-bit float-point FPGA mixing engine; continuous, high-definition 32-bit / 96 kHz sampling; and 32-bit analog-to-digital converters. The mixing engine's float-point processing makes it possible to flexibly change levels without compromising resolution and ensures ultralow latency even in analog-to-analog connections. The result is no-compromises performance, including with Dante networks and in-line monitoring systems.

Input Channels and Processing

The Sonicview 16XP offers 8 channels with XLR mic/line inputs and another 8 channels with both XLR mic inputs and balanced TRS line inputs. You also get TRS insert points on two channels, two stereo pairs of RCA aux inputs, and an XLR input for a talkback mic.

Channel Control and Processing

There’s much more to Sonicview than meets the eye. Internally, Sonicview mixers have a generous 40 mono channels and 2 stereo channels so you can fly in backing tracks to make a small praise band sound huge, accommodate additional physical audio inputs via the expansion slots for larger ensembles, manage sources from every part of a venue via the Dante network, and mix dozens of DAW tracks. Eight DCAs enable you to easily control groups of channels. Programmable layer keys select which custom combination of channels and output buses are controlled by the motorized faders.