LAS VEGAS – At NAB, New Jersey’s Zaxcom (www.zaxcom.com) is displaying the Deva 16, a new 16-track hard disk audio recorder that’s designed for use in film and television production. The unit features eight faders plus an integrated hard drive, DVD-RAM and a CompactFlash memory card slot.
The Deva 16 provides fault-tolerant, multi-disk recording with automatic file recovery to safeguard audio even in the event of an unexpected power failure. The system provides eight analog mic/line inputs with 48V phantom power, four additional analog line inputs, eight analog inputs and eight digital direct outputs. A 16-channel, 24-bus digital mixer is built in, providing EQ, notch filter, compressor and delay functions on each channel.
The unit records to three internal storage mediums or directly to an external FireWire drive without the use of additional computers. It also offers direct Avid and Pro Tools compatibility helping to streamline post production.
