Korg Expands D-Series Recorders With The D888 Digital Recorder/Mixer

Mar 29, 2006

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D888 Digital Recording Studio

A new and unique model has joined Korg's D-series of digital recorders. The D888 Digital Recorder/Mixer combines a friendly eight-input/eight-output mixer with an eight-track hard disk recorder, all designed for the ultimate in ease-of-use. Rugged and portable, the D888 is perfect for capturing live concerts, band rehearsals, and other casual performances.

Onstage, the unique input/output structure allows the D888 to record without interfering with the venue's sound system. At home, synthesizers and sound modules can stay connected to the D888 mixer inputs so you can start recording at any time without having to change any connections. Native WAV format recording and a high speed USB 2.0 connection make it easy to move tracks into audio recording and DAW software on your personal computer.

Versatile Digital Mixer/Recorder combining an eight channel input, eight individual output digital mixer with a hard disk recorder capable of eight-track simultaneous recording and playback.

Eight XLR and 1/4" balanced inputs are tied directly to high-performance mic preamps. Phantom power (+48V) is provided on all eight inputs.

Amazingly user-friendly panel design features eight full channel strips, each offering trim control, three-band EQ, gain, pan, effect send knob, and a fader.

Professional-quality master effect offers eleven effect types.

Convenient, non-destructive editing tools, as well as Undo and Redo functions.

High-speed USB 2.0 connector allows easy transfer of data to or from your computer.

Built-in tempo-keeping metronome.

Rugged and reliable metal body.

D888 Specifications:
[Recorder Section]

Number of Tracks: 64 + master track
(including virtual tracks): eight tracks recording/playback simultaneously *saved as stereo wav files, number of tracks depends on the capacity of the hard drive.
Recording Format: 44.1 kHz, 16-bit uncompressed
Recording Time: max. 124 hours (when used with 40 GB hard disk drive, continuously recordable up to six hours)
Number of Songs: max. 200 songs
Mark Points: 100 points per song
USB Function: supports USB 2.0, available PC's FAT32 USB external drive
Track Edit Functions: copy (over-write), erase, swap, assign wav file to track
Song Edit Functions: copy, delete, rename, protect, save now
Metronome Function: tempo range: 40 ~ 240 BPM, 0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 beats

[Mixer Section]

Structure: 8 channel inputs (8 busses), monitor x 1, master x 1, send to internal effect x 1
Signal Processing: 40-bit, 44.1 kHz
EQ: HIGH (Fc: 10 kHz, G Å} 15 dB), MID (Fc: 1 kHz, G Å} 15 dB), LOW (Fc: 100 Hz, G Å} 15 dB)

[Effect Section]