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No worries Dave! As usual... some good suggestions. My buddy and I stayed up 'til 3am the other night struggling with this. He came over earlier this evening and through brute force (and... as you say, some logic) I think we've happened upon the theoretical parabolic curve shape we were...

(Wow... as I read my last thread I'm struck by what an idiot I was back then... Life'll do that to ya I guess.) :laughings: Here it is five years later, and although I'm much more prepared now I'm back at it trying to dial in the bias (finally) on this 388 (as well as that of a friend). So...

Thanks! Good to know... My brother and I have a 2nd 388 on the way... Supposed to be mint cond. Will check this one out too and post back.

Yeah... I hear ya. I'm not so sure the PGM outs necessarily output a lower-fi signal though. Although, I do realize that by running through the EQ again I'm increasing the signal path length a bit more (however... I've used both these and the access sends and the difference seems negligible to...

Well... I figured it out... One of the screws that mount the pinch roller solenoid had come loose (it was actually rolling around in there)... Apparently this allowed the solenoid to pivot so that it didn't exert enough force on the capstan for the play function to work. It looks like they...

Well... I adjusted the FFW and REW speed about a week ago at R112 and R212 (tension roller height adjustment), and things were butter until just today... I went to record and suddenly lost both the "play" and "record" transport functions. After verifying all fuses in the top right section...

While I have generally used HOSA brand snakes in the past (simply due to their availability), I'm wondering what brand the rest of you use. Any opinions on whether HOSA, Pyle, or Pulsar is better than the others? I know Mogami are regarded as some of the best, but their cost can be a bit...

Bump? (Anyone wanna test their machine and get back to me?)

Bump on this...?

Thanks Shred.... I've actually been through this protocol once (found it posted elsewhere), but I'm still noticing that the rewind function (although it works just fine) just doesn't pick up with the same kind of torque that fast forward does. Perhaps it has to do with the load on the motor as a...

That's cool... Hopefully Dave or someone else will stumble over this thread and educate us on the subject. I'd be interested to know if there's a better method.

Thanks... That's good info, but I'm definitely set on dumping all 8 tracks separately to digital. Nothing wrong with mixing on the 388, but I like the power afforded by DAW software to fade in/out, overdub small egg shaker or other auxiliary tracks in digital, use plugins (as I currently have...

Anyone? Dave? Shred...? :confused:

Okay... Need some clarification with regards to the signal path in the 388 (those flowchart diagrams in the manual are kinda confusing and haven't been much help to me). I've got two 8-channel snakes (XLR to RCA, and XLR to 1/4" TRS) Generally, I use my 388's PGM out buss to send the signal...

Is it normal for FFW mode to accelerate more quickly than REW mode? (I just notice this is the case with my deck...FFW just seems to pick up speed more quickly)

Right on. That's what I'll do then. Maybe I'll get an RCA snake sometime in the future if I should decide to use the "access send" or "receive" for effects or something. Thanks guys.

Quick question guys... I know I could take the signal from the RCA jacks at either the "tape out" or "pgm out," but if I wanted to use the "access send" jacks, could I just use a conventional TRS to XLR balanced snake (balanced on both ends) and run it into a Tascam 1641 or Presonus Firepod...

It's just a Radio Shack 22-813 29-range digital multimeter. I doubted it was true RMS, but the manual seems to suggest it is (at least it says RMS calibrated...:confused:). The manual can be found here: http://www.radioshack.com/graphics/uc/rsk/Support/ProductManuals/2200813_PM_EN.pdf Take a...

Not sure if it's true RMS or not, but it is an auto-ranging digital model and reads down to one decimal place on the mv scale. Uner the section on setting the recording level, the manual specifies to use a signal at 400Hz and -10dBV (which it states is 0.3V). I was able to get all channels...

Damn... This is taking forever. For that reason, I'd like to make sure I'm doin' it right. I'm setting the reproduce level of each track by recording a test tone from a software signal generator program on my computer. The signal coming out is 400Hz and 0.316VAC (which I think corresponds to...