Qustion on Tascam488 Mixdown w/ BBE Enhancer

[SJR]

Hi,

I have been away from recording for a long time. I recently set up a Tascam488 cassette 8 track, with a BBE 482 Enhancer, A Tascam 102 cassette deck for mixdown & powered monitors. ( Very limited budget I know, but I am not ready to make the digital jump yet)

My question is this: Should I come out of the Tascam488 INTO the BBE Enhancer ( this sure brightens the mix)....then out of the BBE into the mixdown deck & powered monitors. The BBE has 2 outputs, so one goes to the monitors, the other either the mixdown deck or pc for burning.

Tascam told me not to use the Enhancer. However I spoke with a salesman at a music store & he said this is the right way to do it. This is the way I used to do it 15 years ago.

Any help & other thoughts appraciated. ...

TIA,
SJR

[Jeyan]

Yes you can insert the enhancer inbetween your recorder and mixer, but make sure your levels are in an optimum range, dont overshoot it. Ananlog gives a little more headroom than digital, so if you are going to send the mix to a PC then you better not use the enhancer. Good Luck!