Tascam MidiStudio 688

introduction:  The 688 MidiStudio is an 8 channel multitrack cassette recorder, a 20 input mixing system with electronic routing control, and a MIDI Tape Synchronizer combined into a single workstation. It's the first 8-track PortaStudio expressly designed to meet the challenge of the MIDI revolution. Its mixing section is designed in a new way to accommodate the greater number of line inputs in a typical MIDI studio, up to 20 at once plus 4 effect returns. Each MIDI channel can access up to 4 effects busses, so you can use a variety of different effects (reverbs, delays, choruses, etc.) on different inputs. MIDI Tape Synchronization with Song Position Pointer (same as that used by the TASCAM MTS-30) is built in, so that the capabilities of MIDI sequencing can be blended with the advantages of multitrack recording.