Tascam Portastudio 2488 Multitrack Recorder

The Tascam 2488 MK2 is a 9th symphony for at-home recording. The controls are very user friendly and the effects are sweet as a 5 pound bag of sugar. Midi controls are more to my liking, especially the sync mode. This machine is the OOH whee!!! I mean I laid a 3 minute track, dropped a couple of verses, played it back then realized the track was too short to add a complete 4 bar chorus at the end so I re-recorded the music track again over the original track by way of sync and let it play longer (5 minutes). my recorded verses played easily on time along with the re-recording of the music track without a glitch or loss of rhythm. I didn't even have to re-record my vocals. I've owned this unit less than a week and I feel like a pro at it already. I can't speak on virtual track usage. I haven't used it yet. Although 250 virtual tracks are over kill - I will probably never get around to ever using those extra tracks. Crap! I barely use the available 24. The 2488 MK2 meets all my expectations and then some. There are so many tricks and tactics I've already discovered I can do with this unit that I could never have performed on Tascams' 488 (8track cassette recorder). The 2488 MK2 is very cost effective and extremely powerful as a self contained unit. It is without question a sound investment.
For the serious mined The 2488MK2 is a serious piece of hardware.