Tascam Cassette tapes

[walters]

What are the brands/names that are good Cassette tapes for recording?
and have really long hours to record on?

I have a tascam 8 track

I'm trying to record my rehearsals so i need really long storage time on the cassette tapes which ones are good for this??

[montage]

I always liked TDK as a brand; I never cared for Maxell. I don't recall trying much else brandwise.

You don't mention what speed your recorder operates at; I have a 488mkII that runs at a faster rate than normal. As a consequence, a tape that normally runs at 30 minutes probably runs at about 13 minutes; not very conducive to taping full rehearsals, but if you get a good supply and check it from song-to-song it may work for you.

[hungovermorning]

Akai type II is what I used. Lower noise sweeter mids than some of the other tape I've used.

[walters]

I have a 488mkII that runs at a faster rate than normal

Yea my Tascam tape SPEED runs really fast even if i SLOW DOWN the VARISPEED it still uses up a 60min tape like in 15mins max. recording

I would need to buy a BOX of maxell tapes or TDK

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[auralmirage]

Does anyone make casette tapes that look like reel-to-reel like this: http://www.tascam.com/Products/Porta02mkII.html ? I understand that it would just be a novelty, but I can't find them anywhere.

[A Reel Person]

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[A Reel Person]

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[auralmirage]

Nice... wasn't expecting that price though.

[A Reel Person]

Originally Posted by A Reel Person

... be prepared to pay a premium for them!!

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[A Reel Person]

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[A Reel Person]

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[A Reel Person]

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[A Reel Person]

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