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Hello! My otari has been killing it under regular recording circumstances (one collapsed bounce to channel 4 and 3 more channels for a total of 7 tracks). It's a truly pro level unit and I wanna shift the majority of my recording to it. Unfortunately it's only 4 channel's and 1/4 mds-36 tape I...

Hello, I am trying to clean the pinch rollers and degauss my heavily used Tascam 112Rmkii but I have rather large hands and can only manage to get at the heads with a long q-tip. Is there some way to get the door off or put it into a play mode without a tape to get at the capstan and rollers...

Hello, i recently started using this head cleaner on my multitrack decks and i havent noticed anything but one of my decks seems to be having dropouts and im not sure its related to the cleaner but it got me thinking. What are your opinions on this head cleaners ingredients? The bottle lists its...

So I got 2 fostex model 3010 and 1 tascam PB32R to help interface 3 different multitrack machines with one Mackie CR1604 and my mixdown deck as well as have all my synths permanently wired. I figured since all the decks are running unbalanced RCA to the mixer without noise just fine I'd be able...

Hello, after rigging up those cables and starting recording i have noticed that channel 1 and 4 on this deck is slightly more hissy than channel 2 and 3 with channel 1 being the most hissy. I am aware this deck was biased for the tape i used and calibrated but since the controls to adjust this...

Hello I got an Otari MX5050BQii which from what i can tell in the manual is Pin 3 Hot. I bought some monoprice XLR to RCA cables for the I/O of the machine and connected them with 1/4 TS adapters to my Mackie CR1604 channel access outs and i got no signal on the VU meters. The manual lays out...

Hello, I have been trying out a mint M-30 I got back in December with my A-2340 and I really love it but it's architecture is a little confusing and after reading some old threads and the manual I'm a little lost on how exactly I can record and monitor playback for overdubbing without...

Hello, I recently got my hands on an Otari MX5050BQii that is supposedly completely overhauled and is 100% ready to go and aligned and has full frequency heads. This is all well and good but I have a few questions about the best way to optimize this machine for my needs. My main issue is tape...

Hello i got a fostex A8 thats working very well except for on track 8. the playback is fainter and bassy. im scrubbed the heads over and over but cant seem to get the playback to come in clear. should i pull out my degausser? heres a shot of the heads

Hello, im fairly new around here but i have a deep passion for home recording specifically on decks and formats that were considered rather low end or "pro-sumer" in their time. I kow the advent of lofi indie and electronic has flooded these forums with young guys trying to get very cheap...

So i have a 2340 that i have wired up to my 1604 like you would wire any 4 track. 4 direct outs to the line ins on the deck and the line outs to 4 line ins on the mackie for monitoring after recording. My question are how is the decks output and line parameters supposed to be set when im using a...

Hello, im waiting on my 8 track to be repaired but had my mackie CR1604 rigged up for it so i just took the 4 tape outs of my 424mk3 into the 4 tape return channels im running on my mackie and the 4 direct outs to the 4 line inputs on the tascam. my question is how would i bounce with the mackie...

Hello, I am back with more questions about my fostex R8, around a year ago i posted a few threads about my deck and the problems i was having with it and after a year of ownership i would like to ask a few questions. I have only gotten one good recording out of this deck and that was on a old...

I've been trying out some ATR magnetics and some RMG 911 tape recently on my machines. And talking a lot with my tech. I'm becoming really skeptical of any of this reel to reel tape that I'm being sold as new is really new or if it's just old endspool tape from factories that have been gone for...

I've been recording a 10 min track on a newly serviced Fostex R8 and I'm getting a lot of she'd off this new reel. The tracks are Recording fine with no dropout's but why is it shedding this much each time I track? Is this normal? Is it just the deck being a cheaper one and having alot of...

Years ago my guitar instructor gave me this deck. It's a teac a-4010s. It needs some major love and a restoration. I pulled the head cover off to clean the heads and transport and take a look and I just need some advice. Are these heads gone? Are they too worn out to be worth fixing the deck?

So i just got an R8 back from the shop with new belts and got it all cleaned up and hooked up too my Tascam M-208 with a snake. Everything was going good and tracks 1/2/3/5/6/7 record and playback through there channels on the mixer fine, But channel 4 and 8 wont show up on the meters or record...

Hello, i have a fairly well maintained Tascam 112Rmkii i use for mixdown and other project's that i just love but as of recently i am having a problem. When i drop a Type ii tape into it and push either FF or RR or Play the transport will stop or move for a second then stop and the light...

Hello, im back with another tape problem! I wondered if anyone with more expereince can give me some input on this one. Basically im recording an acoustic guitar into a Tascam 424mkiii with a Samson Co2 condensor mic plugged into an Art TPSii tube mic preamp for phantom power into the XLR input...

Hello, i know this might annoy a few of you but make this simple, Im trying to record audio out of my DAW into a Tascam 112rmkii for certain effects the cassette will have on the audio good or bad. My issue is simple, I cant get a clean line out to run into my deck without a load of problems. To...