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Hi everyone, I've been happily recording on my 388 for years now without any problems. Unfortunately, channel 2 has just stopped working. I plan to open it up and check the channel card sometime over the next few days but thought I'd better run things by the folks at homerecording before doing...

Hi everyone! Couple of quick, basic questions. Can I use an balanced XLR to 1/4" TRS multicore to connect my Otari 5050 8 tracker with the 8 channel on my 388's mixer? The Otari is unbalanced but uses XLR connectors. The tascam 388 is also unbalanced obviously. Should be a simple hookup...

After putting some tape on my newly acquired tascam 38 :) ive noticed that the tape rubs against the reel flanges when playing. :( The machine was shipped to me and was packed well. It has new heads on it (and they sent the old head assy which was quite worn) but unfortunately I don't know the...

I'm looking at different mixer options that allow me to monitor off the repro head so that I can set levels and hear what is happening in realtime (while the band monitor off the rec head). Does anyone have any recommendations? As far as im aware, the tascam 308, 312 etc wont allow for this...

Toe Rag Studios - Toe Rag Studios updated their profile... | Facebook Can anyone identify ANY of the monitors in this picture?

I have recently been given the opportunity to record a forty person choir along with a small accompanying ensemble (at the same time). I've been pondering whether the 388 is up to this task or if perhaps I should use my computer/digital interface. The 388 is certainly a lot more dependable than...

I've always run the 388 master outs unbalanced as I can see in the schematics theres bunch of things going on to convert the master out to a balanced signal. I've always thought switching to balanced will degrade the audio path quality. However, I wouldn't mind strapping a comp or eq across the...

I've recently been using my 388 with some external preamps I've borrowed from friends. I really like the sound of the 388 pres but sometimes I need a bit more gain for certain microphones. I'm thinking about getting some 500 series pres as there's a bunch of options and a lot of it is very...

My 388 sounds great and it's always been reliable. However, I bought it straight out of a storage locker and I have no idea if the last person to use it was using a different tape with a higher bias. It came with a misc tape on a maxell reel and a box of bad 456 so no clues there. I'm also...

So I was mixing the other night and I blew the F5 fuse while the machine was rewinding. I was working on a song at the very start of the reel. I've noticed it struggles to get up to speed recently when at the start of a reel and so I was helping it out by pulling down on the left control arm...

So from understanding tape hiss varies across different tape sizes and formats . . . what are peoples go-to frequencies for adding highs on the way in to cut later to reduce hiss? Please don't say use dbx as I really don't like using Dbx all that much. I've been having good results at 10k...

Hi there, This is my first post here so just thought i'd say great community you guys have going here, very glad to have found you all! :thumbs up: So I've had some noise issues with my Tascam 388 for a while now. It doesn't print the noise to tape so I haven't really bothered finding out...