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Hey y’all I was wondering if someone could maybe give me a little break down of the mixer section on the Tascam 246? I understand tracking happens with monitor switches down in both meter and phones section and vice versa PGM is mainly used for play back when tracks are in remix/RMX. What I...

Hey guys, I’ve just purchased a tascam 424 mkiii off craigslist. It’s in great cosmetic condition and was only used a few times according to previous owner. I’ve been playing old cassettes I recorded on my old tascam 424 mkiii and even tried recording on a new cassette but for some reason I...

Any one ever compare these two? I tried the pe 515 on a fender quad reverb using tascam 388 preamps while recording simultaneously with ableton. It sounded pretty awesome both are from around the 70s. Wonder if it would be worth even trying a modern sm57 to compare the two Any insight

Hey I couldn't find a sure tell way of asking this but I unscrewed head mount without actually removing the heads off the black metal mounts they're attached to (I wanted to put straws on tape lift since my tape lifts are worn in.) Should I be worrying about realigning or anything for that...

Hey so I'm running 8 pgm outs on the tascam 388 into a saffire pro 40 into ableton was wondering if there's anyway to get a better line level volume in. I found myself cranking gain knobs on focusrites gain knobs to 6 to get a good lvl in. Is there anything I can do on the focusrites mixer? So I...

Hey was recording a band yesterday after tracking a song we rewinded the tape during playback towards the end of the song tape started to warp. I lifted the dust cover and the tape looked like it was crinkled towards the bottom of the tape. Not quite sure what could've cause the tape to crinckle...

What is everyone's preference? I understand the pros and cons already. I'd rather not mix in DAW and just have straight audio (what I hear out of monitors while using standalone 388) then have to try and control output on 388 to work with an audio interface that's gonna color sound with its...

Hey, I just bought another tascam 388 after opening it up and finding a gooey belt. I replaced that and still no dice concerning the rewind,play, fast foward function of the machine before I replaced the belt the machine play light would at least turn on. Now the play light, DBX light...

Hey I know you're not supposed to use a mono y cable with the tascam 388 but could you use one of those radio shack stereo 3 way splitters? I've used them with the smaller cassette porta studios with no problem wanted to ask here before I go ahead and try it.

Hey guys, I'm buying my third tascam 388 tommorow. I found a good deal on one for 200 bucks probably just needs a new belt has been sitting a while won't play,rewind, fast forward. I own one fully functioning 388 had heads relapped they have 70% life left (anyone know what that would translate...

Hey guys I haven't posted in a while was wondering just finished tracking a band and would like to purchase an audio interface for transferring tracks simoultaniously out of the tape outs on the back of the 388 into my daw which is a MAC (I'm currently using Ableton). Some recommended the...

Hey homerecording, I've tried reading up on the sticky tape syndrome thread and don't quite understand how to tell if tape indeed has STS? I just finished tracking tracking some tracks on my Tascam 388 using scotch 207 basically when I took the tape off the reel. I noticed the beginning of...

Just got my 388 fully functioning. I have some brief questions about the tape machines mixer section; I couldn't find information on in the manual. First, what is PGM? I know you have to use the PGM master meter when recording tracks but I guess I dont understand what this function serves...

I got two pairs of 388 heads relapped. I'm planning on getting a local electronics store to reinstall, calibrate, and basically just get this machine at 100% working condition. What're some things I should ask to be done on a machine that's been sitting for a while. I'm getting the 388 set up...

wondering is it true you cant playback stuff you recorded on play heads after they're relapped?

Quick question, I wanna know the best/truest/least pricest way of converting analog sources to digital? I've used the cheapo way of sending the stereo 388 XLR outs to the XLR ins on the USB interface but this seems to come in way hot on the CPU and cause digital clipping. I like to record...

I'm trying to dump pretty loud mix onto garage band using an ART 2tr usb interface is there anything that comes with GB that I could use to eliminate clipping from the source being so loud limiter, graphic eq, etc ? also consider I'm just coming out from the stereo outs on the 388 and not using...

Hey guys, I just bought a 388 for $350 at a middle school's garage sale (belonged to a music teacher) also before buying, checking the heads never crossed my mind. I've tested all tracks after looking at heads and I've noticed a volume and frequency response difference on tracks 1 and 8. I've...

Can't wait to get this next week, anyone own one of these?

So I have a 200-400$ budget to purchase a new laptop it's mainly for home recordings. Ideally I want to use my Tascam Portaone and connect it via analog to digital interface to this laptop using the Portaone as a mixer thus saving me time and money buying high biased tapes(there nearly...