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    Question about compactflash memory for the MR-8

    Have a Fostex on the way, so I'm spending way too much time There's a 1 Gig CF card made by PNY for about $40, but the speed is around 15x. How is this going to affect recording bouncing and all that when used with the Fostex MR-8? Also, if I had data stored on tracks 1-4, all of the same...
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    belt keeps falling off in my vestax 4-track.

    yeah I'd love to know what the vestax MR200's were going for in their day. I have decided that it isn't worth too much effort- or at least it's been a big turnoff for my first venture into music recording: I bought a Fostex MR-8 digital 8 track on ebay for $150. I would like the warm and fuzzy...
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    belt keeps falling off in my vestax 4-track.

    has anyone had a similar issue with their 4-track? Any ideas or experience would be greatly appreciated. -Will
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    belt keeps falling off in my vestax 4-track.

    I believe its called the capstan belt, connecting the motor to tape drive. Its an old vestax 4-track. I replaced the old belt recently, which got the thing functioning, but now every few minutes, after recording playing f-fowarding rewinding and then stopping, the belt slips off. It looks as...
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    belt keeps falling off on 4-track

    I appreciate the help. And I think I might be going digital anyway, with all the used $150 fostex MR-8s floating around the web.
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    belt keeps falling off on 4-track

    I believe its called the capstan belt. It connects the motor to tape drive. Its an old vestax 4-track. Very few around. I replaced the old belt recently, which got the thing functioning, but now every few minutes, after ffowarding rewinding or stopping, the belt slips off. It looks as though...
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