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This is actually not really a helpful tip, but…if you work alone and want to find creative ways to test your skills at troubleshooting issues with your analog multitrack setup, here’s a couple ideas: 1. Don’t test the snakes before you plug them up. Just grab them from that box you can’t...

I don’t know how many of the old timers are still plugged in here, but Season’s Greetings to all and Happy New Year to all who are celebrating such a thing at this time.

So this is a story about the third Tascam 238 I’ve owned. The title of the thread references “Story #2”, because I already have a “Tascam 238 Story…” thread, but the 238 in this thread is actually the third 238 I’ve owned…I sort of skipped over the first one because it was short-lived in the...

Some of you may not know this, but there was an optional factory “Top Board” panel kit you could get for the Tascam M-512 and M-520 mixing consoles. Basically it was a deep board that went across the top of the meter bridge, and a pair of new side panels that swept up to meet the top...

So this “Story” actually goes back a year or two…maybe three…it’s not an exciting story. So back out now if you like. But I promise, for you fellow geeky types will get to some nitty-gritty stuff…guts and whatnot. Ever since my eyes were opened to the reality one could create and record their...

So I just thought I’d share a little project I’ve allowed myself to fall into, which is usually how it goes…but I’ve had a couple (for me) minor revelations in the process. This is about pinch rollers, and specifically for cassette-based machines…and I’m talking about the common Philips Compact...

So my affinity for the Philips Compact Cassette 4-track multitrack format, and over a decade of curiosity and fascination with the Audio Technica AT-RMX64 all-in-one mixer/multitracker came to a head a little while ago…got my mitts on a straight all-original specimen for a price far less than...

Sometimes I just don’t know…I consistently and routinely peruse a number of online marketplaces for a wide range of audio gear and instruments. I have all sorts of projects that remain unfinished. Granted I have something of an excuse since my life is really busy with family and day job demands...

Just saw this up on eBay...not mine, don’t know the Seller...no endorsement of the Seller or item for sale, only posting here as an opportunity to share the pics of the M-5000, which is a rare console. Not as rare as the M-700, but still very rare...here’s the listing: Tascam M5000 recording...

Hey all. So I’m tinkering on a Tascam 244...really like it by the way...built like a tank compared to the 424 I’m used to. Anyway, the machine has a problem with no signal getting to tape or off of tape on tracks 1 & 3. I’ve gone through typical troubleshooting to verify in fact nothing is...

An 8-track cassette... CALIBRATION TAPE...got one:

Saw these on eBay...if you have a TSR-8 or 388 and are committed/addicted to it and intend on keeping it maintained and/or want the ability to thoroughly maintain it yourself OR give a technician the ability to thoroughly maintain it for you, you really ought to consider this RARE opportunity to...

Hey everybody. I know this is a total long-shot, since I’ve been scouring the internet to no avail, but I need manuals for a Tascam 134/134B. Anybody have the owners or service manuals to this relatively rare rack-mount cassette 4-track multitrack successor to the 234?

dbx 122 and 128...$80 for the pair. I’m not sure if they work yet but if they don’t I can probably fix them. They are in really good condition. They were on Craigslist local to me. I watched them for weeks and just kept going “hmmmm”. I don’t have a pressing need for them, but I have a pair...

13 is a lucky number when it’s the number open reel tape machines (plus some other gear) you bring home for the price of the gas you burned to go pick them up...and your car gets 44mpg... I brought this home for free: The machines are in various states of operation and condition. Akai...

So I've had an Onkyo TA-2058 consumer cassette deck for over three decades...its been dormant for awhile, and, upon pulling it out recently to play some archived cassettes I discovered the capstan belt was dried out, stretched and slipping. I found a rubber band that worked to get through what I...

What am I looking at here...this is a Tascam 424 that doesn’t fit the mkI, mkII or mkIII mold...dark grey like the mkII, but totally different meter display than any 424 I’ve seen (LED rather than LCD), mechanical counter, selectable tape speed, more limited I/O and mixer features...external...

So this Story actually starts in this thread here: Hittin’ The Road Again... So go check that out and then come back here. Some of you might be wondering why I'm getting another console...I mean, I've got the Tascam M-__ prototype 12 x 8 console, I've had a Tascam M-520 and M-512, Soundtracs...

I can hardly stand it. It’s like the night before Christmas...can’t sleep. I hit the road in about four hours...heading out on a day trip to pick something up.

So with a recent bargain acquisition of a 488 mkI in need of repair (that ended up being pretty easy to fix), I’d been watching the market to gauge a reasonable price to ask for the 488 and along came a 688...these have always been a curiousity for me...never seen one in the flesh...certainly...