blues-hacker
New member
quick intro, as this is my first post here, though have been lurking awhile...
have been home-recording awhile, started with a Tascam 414, then went digital (Fostex Dmt-8vl) found I really hate digital distortion, and that analog truly is more forgiving, for what I do, which is record band practices - for review, and in putting together demos... so I try to get a good level setting and then turn to the playing - do I hate it when we cut a good tune and then hear that we went over levels on playback....
anyways, picked up a Teac X-3 about 6 months ago, and am loving it, this is basically the same as the Tascam 22-2, so it's got me back into the anolog world, but 2 tracks isn't enough, so I just hit ebay and have a 38-8 coming soon.
Now I need a decent mixer, strictly for in the home-studio use. Looking at possibles on ebay I'm looking at some of the older stuff - Tascam M30, 308, 320B, 520, 1516, and also some Fostex stuff, M450-8, M450-16.
Can anyone give me thoughts on these, in an application to a Tascam 38-8, where I want to direct mike or line in the bass, guitar, vocals, and put a group of mikes on the drums, and a condensor mike at the back of the room for depth, each on it's own track. I've searched all over, but can't seem to find any tech info on the older stuff.
Thanks for any ifo provided!
B-H
have been home-recording awhile, started with a Tascam 414, then went digital (Fostex Dmt-8vl) found I really hate digital distortion, and that analog truly is more forgiving, for what I do, which is record band practices - for review, and in putting together demos... so I try to get a good level setting and then turn to the playing - do I hate it when we cut a good tune and then hear that we went over levels on playback....
anyways, picked up a Teac X-3 about 6 months ago, and am loving it, this is basically the same as the Tascam 22-2, so it's got me back into the anolog world, but 2 tracks isn't enough, so I just hit ebay and have a 38-8 coming soon.
Now I need a decent mixer, strictly for in the home-studio use. Looking at possibles on ebay I'm looking at some of the older stuff - Tascam M30, 308, 320B, 520, 1516, and also some Fostex stuff, M450-8, M450-16.
Can anyone give me thoughts on these, in an application to a Tascam 38-8, where I want to direct mike or line in the bass, guitar, vocals, and put a group of mikes on the drums, and a condensor mike at the back of the room for depth, each on it's own track. I've searched all over, but can't seem to find any tech info on the older stuff.
Thanks for any ifo provided!
B-H