Recent content by Monkey Allen

Ok some good news, some old news and some different news. Here's what's what right now. This part is crazy...previously track 4 wasn't recording (seemingly) or playing back for me. This is 6 weeks, 4 weeks ago. Bare in mind that I've only had the time to test this 464 out here and there, when I...

Hey thanks. No worries at all with me being transparent. No probs at all to tell it all like it is. And I don't mind being told I did the wrong thing. All good. I'll have to get the right cleaning solution and all that and get in there and have a closer look. I did get a good light on the...

Ok, very helpful, thanks lot for all those details. I should give a little more info... The unit was described as fully serviced and fully functioning. When I asked the seller for more info, he said that it had been serviced 2 years ago and that it had sat completely unused since then. So that...

I bought this a month and a half ago or so and have only just had time to give it a thorough workout. Everything works, all metering seems accurate, the transport runs well...except these things: a) Track 1 records but playback volume oscillates between normal volume and lower volume. It kind...

Hi, I have a Tascam 464...I'd like to record 2 sources at the same time. Source A to one track of the 464 and source B to another track. Is this straight forward to do? Thanks EDIT: Well I just tried this and it is as easy as feeding signals into 2 tracks, panning L or R for what track you're...

Nice one. Sounds awesome (y)

I made an offer and was accepted. I asked the seller for a more detailed rundown/ description of the condition since the ad only stated that the tech 'gave it a look over' and since there was some conflicting details on the ad...and instead of answering the questions he decided to drop me out of...

Thanks. I've got no experience with reel to reel whatsoever. I have only done DAW stuff and Portastudio stuff ages ago. I've read that because the TSR 8 has only one (or is it two) heads that it is not so easy to calibrate...or something along those lines. Not sure. Do you know anything about...

I see one of these in my city for about US$970 apparently in decent full working order + 9 tapes...or tape reels, not sure. I think 9 tapes. You reckon that's a silly price, ok or what? I've read some pros and cons of these units. What are your thoughts? Thanks

Nope...well I mean it has been pro setup for correct intonation and all that. The bone bridge is not dead straight. It's normal bone that has been shaped for correct intonation and height etc. Just a normal acoustic guitar bridge. Honestly, it's been a number of years since I had it in the...

Absolutely. And that's a great idea as an experiment with the lowering pitch and then using the capo. Will try this out of curiosity. Also remember...this acoustic sounds bad recorded...because that's how it sounds. It took me a long time to realize this, because I'm thick as a brick. But yes...

Unfortunately, the highlighted frequency, to me, just shouldn't be there and is highly annoying. I mean, it's ridiculous to play a normal bunch of open position chords and have this leviathan "resonance" underpinning basically everything like some kind of guitar parasite attaching itself...

Nah it doesn't. It's a stock standard Martin D28. The basic version. 2008.

No, I haven't said that I don't think. I said it was most prominent when the Am chord is played. And yes, yes I'll sell the guitar and move on. But first a couple of clips. One clip will be of the issue present for a while...then I engage an EQ where I boost the problematic range to highlight...

These are my thoughts pretty much exactly. And I'm glad you hear the problem. I'm not crazy. There's a mental block where I almost can't get my head around the fact that such a flagship, expensive guitar sounds like horseshit. It's sentimental in a way because it was supposed to be this great...