Jaz cartridges come pre‑formatted for Mac or PC, but the DPS12 uses its own format - naturally enough, since 12‑track recording is rather different to the word processor and graphics files that most Jaz users will want to store. This is great, firstly because you don't have a separate drive to connect, and secondly because the Jaz drive takes removable 1Gb cartridges, which cost around £60‑£70 apiece. The Akai DPS12 comes with an internally mounted Iomega Jaz drive. Let's jump straight in and see what this little baby can do. EQ comes as standard, and an effects board will be available as an optional extra later on. In addition to its recording features, the DPS12 has a 20‑channel mixer, of which 12 channels have physical faders and pan controls. It's an all‑in‑one hard disk recorder/mixer that's capable of 12 tracks rather than the more usual eight tracks (though Roland have just announced their VS1680, which provides 16 tracks) and those 12 tracks can be recorded directly onto an internal Iomega Jaz drive (pre‑installed and included in the price), which uses removable cartridges. It's cute and I want one! That was my reaction when I first saw the pre‑release information on the DPS12 Digital Personal Studio from Akai, who have a long history of manufacturing digital recorders.
Akai build on their years of expertise in stand‑alone digital recorders with a truly portable personal multitracker offering a digital mixer and 12 tracks of audio on a removable‑media drive.
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