Recent content by koalabearsoup

i dont know what the deal is. i found the bad capacitors and replaced them... about 4 times! ive spent so much money on new capacitors, i thought i just kept buying bad ones or something, jesus lord. ive been waiting for months to get my last channel to work, waiting for replacement parts to...

would it be that easy, just to put a pot between the positive cord and the positive lead on the motor of a tape player? or would you need some sort of extra crap? is the speed of the motor just dependent on how much power is being put into it? wanting to build tape delay thank you

whether I press play, fast forward, or backwards, it will only fast forwards I am attempting to develop a knowledge of electronics and how to fix them, I just got a good solder and everything. I don't really know where to start, I'm assuming it's either these buttons or wherever these buttons...

channel 4 sounds very scratchy, fades in and out and is very distorted when monitoring the input. however when I attempted to record the input, nothing was recorded. what sort of problem could this be? I've searched around a lot for info on this problem and haven't found much luck. I know I...

yup that was the problem! thanks man. followed the directions and everything worked out. however, now that it is working again, it now appears that channel 4 is having some problems. sound is very scratchy and messed up and will not record to tape. is this a cue pot problem or something...

about two months ago I saved up my money to buy a 244. my old 8 track had been dead since long before, really crappy new tascam dp 08 that I used for three years and got so sick of the digital twangy sound, very very extremely grating after a while and I've sworn off digital forever (one day I...

I've posted a new thread with some general questions (not repair related), your advice would be really appreciated especially if you have had experience with a 244!

working like a charm. I have a series of questions. I'm new to analog but not new to recording, been doing it for about 3 years every day. Many swear by the 244 and now that I've got one I can really see why. Now I'd really like to get as much out of it as I possibly can. I really...

Thanks a bunch you guys, seriously. I got me a 244 for 100 bucks, got two new belts for 15. Literally took me about 15 minutes to do the replacement job. This thing sounds really great. I feel like I'm at a whole new phase of my recording-life now. I'm sort of blown away. Without your help...

I've read things you've posted all over this site beck and I feel like I should take you on your word, I've cancelled it before it was shipped, pretty easy. Found a 244 for real cheap described as; "Tascam 244 Portastudio I bought this new, it's worked good however now it has tape transport...

So I just bought a Teac 144 on ebay, but it has not been shipped yet. After looking around a while about what I should get, I wanted to get the best analog sound quality as possible for the money. I've noticed many swearing by the Tascam 242 or the early tascam models and I guess I assumed...