The Tascam RC-900 is a professional grade universal remote control unit with 128-step jog dial and RS-232C interface for versatile transport controls on Tascam's professional equipment.
The jog dial, which is used frequently for cueing, can cause a great deal of stress depending on how hard it is to use. For the RC-900's jog dial, not only use Aluminium, which has excellent performance, but it's also designed the shapes of the edges and the finger indentation through repeated prototyping in order to realize the form that is easiest operate.
Tascam carefully investigated which keys are used frequently and which are not and utilized keys that are suitable for their applications and frequency of usage. For the transport keys, which are used frequently, Tascam incorporated keys that boast the durability to withstand 10 million presses, contributing to great overall durability for the unit. In the development of products for use by the broadcast industry, Tascam employed keys that are optimized for their frequency of use based on the results of interviews and investigations.
The five function keys on the top panel provide different functions depending on the connected device. Tascam researched, for example, how each device is being used to determine the functions most useful for their applications.
