Feature

Benefit

Ergonomically designed and easy-to-use

Follow the arrows on the front panel to:

Record - (with REMS modeling effects)

Mix Down - Insert effects, EQ & Master effects

Master - Final effect, Bounce & CD

Thanks to a simple and innovative design, the D1200CD is extremely easy to use. The controls are arranged to follow the recording process from input to finished CD, and even the angle of the large backlit LCD can be adjusted for best viewing.

All the right connections

2 ¼" / XLR inputs w/phantom power4 balanced TRS ¼" inputs

Optical S/PDIF I/O

Dedicated guitar jack

Master and Monitor outputs

Every analog input uses high-performance balanced preamps. Two XLR inputs provide superb mic preamps and +48V phantom power. The S/P DIF digital input auto-converts incoming 48kHz and 32kHz data to 44.1kHz for recording.

Uncompressed audio with 16/24 bit recording and playback

4 track record / 12 track playback @16 bit

4 track record / 6 track playback @24 bit

With uncompressed recording and playback, every sound that you record into the D1200CD is exactly the sound you get back!

Both formats provide 44.1kHz CD quality audio.

96 Tracks

12 tracks x 8 virtual tracks per Song

Plenty of tracks to not only get your ideas down, but also plenty of room to try alternate takes…

Full featured mixer section

The D1200CD includes a 16-channel, 4-bus mixer with independent 3-band EQ (hi/lo shelving plus mid-peaking EQ) for input/playback on every channel. All Fader, Pan, EQ and Effect settings can be stored as one of 100 “snapshot” scenes per song!

New Modeling Mode makes setting up to record easier than ever!

Guitar, Bass or Mic setups

3 dedicated knobs

Cool icon-based interface

The new Modeling Mode simplifies the setup process for guitarists and songwriters who want to get ideas down quickly: Just turn on Modeling Mode, choose Guitar, Bass or Mic, and the D1200 will auto-route effects to your input, assign the right modeling effects to 3 dedicated knobs for immediate control, and will even arm the first two tracks for recording!

Three independent effect processors (44-bit processing) provides up to 8 insert effects for individual effects, plus 2 master effects with separate channel send levels, and a final effect to polish off the mix with EQ, Compression/Limiting, etc. A Total of 384 effect Program locations ensure plenty of room for your own edits/tweaks and mixing needs!

Feature

Benefit

Intuitive and professional editing - easy-to-access edit functions including copy, insert, swap, delete, as well as even more powerful functions like Time Compression / Expansion, Normalize and more!

In song and track editing operations, the D1200CD proves its professionalism with a host of easy-to-access edit functions including copy, insert, swap, delete, as well as even more powerful functions like Time Compression / Expansion, Normalize and more!

40GB hard disk

The D1200CD gives you up to 122 hours recording time (1 track/16-bit) on its 40GB internal hard disk (more than 9 hours using all 12 tracks).

USB connectivity

2 GB partition on hard drive

2GB of the hard disk is allocated for a USB “drive”. This allows easy connection of the D1200 and your PC for transfer and backup of songs and effects, plus WAV file import/export for transferring your songs to computer-based applications or emailing files via the Internet.

Internal CDRW-1x8 burner

The “instant” user-installable CDRW-1x8 drive gives you the best, most economical way to backup/restore all of your data and create your own audio CDs.

Professional Syncing functions

MIDI clock, MTC and MMC provide sync with external PCs, recorders, sequencers and rhythm machines, so that the D1200 can work perfectly alongside most any external systems available.

A host of guitar-friendly features

Auto-chromatic tuner

Dedicated guitar input

Pedal input to “play” effects

Footswitch input for hands-free operation

96 metronome and 215 PCM drum patterns

Modeling Mode with knobs performs like a guitar effects processor/pedal board

The D1200CD is the perfect digital recorder for the guitarist, bassist, songwriter – just about anyone.