Recent content by Wesleymino

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...

Hi, a newbious question for you all. I've been getting that horrible squealing sound while playing a reel on my 388, apparently coming from where the tape runs between the capstan and pinch roller. That's tape shedding right? I removed the tape, which isn't very old at all, and cleaned the...

Hi, my name is Wes, I have been lurking on this board for a few weeks while I was shopping for a new 8 track. It's a pleasure to be joining you now as a bona fide analog recordist, with my newly acquired (yesterday!) Tascam 388. Thanks to those of you who shared information on this deck in the...