With superb audio specifications and connectivity and featuring an outstanding microphone preamp, the TASCAM SERIES 8p Dyna is a great choice for both studio and stage. Housed in a rugged 1U rack-mount casing, its dual S/MUX optical ports make it a perfect expansion unit for a TASCAM SERIES 102i or SERIES 208i or other S/MUX-equipped audio interfaces including ADAT, or use it as a stand-alone front end. Each SERIES 8p Dyna channel also features individually switched +48V phantom power for use with condenser mics, and an easy-to-use, single-control analog compressor with true bypass.Main Features: Versatile, great-sounding front end for recording and live sound 8 TASCAM HDIA (High Definition Instrumentation Architecture) microphone preamplifiers Single-knob analog compressor with true bypass individually assignable to each input channel 2 front panel instrument (Hi-Z)/microphone combo inputs 6 rear-panel balanced mic/line inputs Individually switched +48V phantom power per channel Dual S/MUX optical outputs: 8 channels at up to 96 kHz; 4 channels at 176.4 or 192 kHz (ADAT compatible) 8 line-level 1/4-inch balanced TRS analog channel outputs 8 line-level balanced channel outputs on a 25-pin D-Sub connector Word clock in and out on BNC connectors, with In/Out/Thru switch Front-panel analog overload indicators, compression indicators, and digital peak and level meter bars Rugged metal 1U rack-mount enclosure