AKAI DPS12 Digital Studio Hard-Disk recorder

• 12 audio tracks playback/mix.
• 250 virtual tracks (freely allocatable between the 12 physical tracks). Loosless digital track-bouncing.
• Unlimited copy, edit, bounce, ping-pong options in pure digital domain, without any sound quality loss!
• UNCOMPRESSED audio recording on all 12 + 250 tracks!
• Can record 8 tracks simultaneously (6 analog and 2 digital)
• Record onto convenient external drives via the standard SCSI-2 interface. Supports 7 SCSI devices, up to 1 Terrabyte!
• Backup to DAT or SCSI drives
• Supports SCSI CD-R/CD-RW drives
• Supports archiving and audio CD creation using most drives that support the MMC (Multi-Media Command) command set. Write speeds up to x4 are supported on CD-RW.

• 16-bit linear data format (no compression) - 48kHz, 44.1kHz, and 32kHz sample rates
• 18 bit 64-times oversampling delta-sigma ADCs
• 20 bit 8-times oversampling, 1 bit delta-sigma DACs

• Dedicated panel keys for most common functions
• Easy-to-read backlit 248x60 graphic LCD
• Graphic waveform display
• Soft keys for quick access to parameters

• 12 direct locate points
• 100 stack locate points
• Random-access editing including Copy, Move, Insert, Delete and Erase
• High-quality jogging
• 256 level Undo
• Auto (in/out points) or Footswich controlled punch-in !

• 6 balanced analog inputs and 1 optical S/PDIF digital (stereo) input
• 2 aux sends
• 2 Master stereo outputs (analog and optical S/PDIF digital)
• Inputs act as thru mix during mixdown for a total of twenty channels (12 internal recorder tracks plus 8 inputs)
• Digital EQ
• Save and recall mix snapshots
• Faders and pan pots generate MIDI controller data for sequencer-based automation.
• Multi-effect processor board (EB2M)

Many, many more features - the manual for this machine is 150 pages!