Recent content by Wesleymino

BIG improvement over cassette. If you've been happy with cassette before, you'll love 1/4". I'm of the opinion that 1/4" is good enough for most purposes.

Great. Thanks Herm.

Thanks, from your replies I'm guessing it's the belt, and not the tape stock (new) or pitch control (zeroed). Pinch roller / tape path are clean. I found one of Dave's old posts about changing the belt, I'm gonna give that a shot. By the way, anybody know about what size the 388 belt is...

My recorded signal is coming out a little flat. The other day I recorded a long synth tone on the 388 and I noticed that it sounded slightly different on playback. I played the same note from the synth while playing back the recorded signal, and they were noticeably out of tune. So I'm not...

Either scenario sounds like fun...I would definitely contribute.

The Tascam 388 is always worth considering. It's a real joy to use. Just about everybody here who has one seems to love it to death. 1/4" sounds great. 1/2" sounds better, but 1/4" will take you where you want to go.

Roland Sh-3a adds voltage at different octaves with drawbars, just like an organ. It's a monosynth, however.

I use Quantegy 456 on my 388 and I experience the same problem. I'm inclined to think it is just the tape. On a positive note, if you keep your tape transports and heads clean, and you don't see a lot of shedding (gunk buildup on the metal parts) then you should be OK to use the tape. It...

A word on the head demagnetizer, this is an important tool and it's good that you'll have one. I demagnetize the 388 about once a week, or after about 10 hours of use, sometimes more if I'm being picky. When residual magnetism builds up on the heads and tape path it can begin to erase the high...

Not a lot of synth users here? Well I only have an Sh-3 and a Juno 6. Personally I like the Juno 6. It was affordable and its been extremely reliable, never any problems. Big bass, nice rich pads, great organs. It actually does very realistic electric bass and organ tones, on top of all the...

The Porta 02 manual tells you to do all bouncing to a separate deck. I don't think you can ping pong tracks inside the Porta 02, at least I was never able to. You should record something else onto track 4 to take full advantage of of the mixdown, then connect the stereo RCA outs on the back of...

I totally agree with that. I dislike having to baby the tape, and I imagine protools goes a lot quicker. But I still prefer the open reel. I use other digital tools to help deal with those shortcomings. I guess it works the way I'd like, for now.

Hmmm. Well I'm beginning to think it might be the belt, then. Both tapes were quite new. And I read another thread where a similar problem was attributed to the belt. How would I check for sure that it is the belt? And would that mean it's new belt time? I've read that they are fairly easy...

Just started using a Tascam 388 Studio 8 a couple months ago. I also have a 564 Minidisk 4 track but its kinda buggy.

Its Quantegy 456. The new kind that looks like this: http://www.bigaudio.co.jp/images/deck_images/456.jpg I figured it was sticky shed but yeah, I didn't expect it from a new, sealed reel, I store them in my closet, wouldn't think the temperature would vary wildly in there. I have read a...