Tascam 238!

[analog aaron]

Yippie!!!!!!!! Today I received my recently purchased 238 w/remote. Professionally packed and shipped!!! This unit looks to be in amazing condition! No dust bunnies, hair or food in this transport. Man, most of you will laugh, but I haven't seen a deck rewind, or ff soo fast in my life! This baby is solid and quiet. My search for cool analog gear is never going to be over, but for now I think my hunger is satisfied. My girlfriend should be pleased to know now I'm considering selling quite a few of my older 4 tracks and what not. I just won't let her know about the handful I don't plan on getting rid of!! Ha.

[Track Rat]

I've made some surprisingly great recordings on 238's (I have two). In my not so humble opinion, these were the best of the cassette multitrackers.

[jjones1700]

Don't those only record on 4 tracks at once, and not 8? I was tempted to get one, but I think it only has 2 XLR mic inputs. Bah. If it was truly an 8 channel version of my 424 mkII, I'd find all kinds of stuff to unload to get my hands on a 238. It looks very similar to a 424 in it's layout so that is pretty cool. I'm spoiled by having individual outputs for each track, so that would be hard for me to get used to if I step up. I still want one though, damn it!

[Track Rat]

Wrong. They record on all 8 tracks at once or any combination there of. Also they have NO mic preamps, just -10 line level unbalanced inputs and outputs.

[jjones1700]

Originally Posted by Track Rat

Wrong. They record on all 8 tracks at once or any combination there of. Also they have NO mic preamps, just -10 line level unbalanced inputs and outputs.

Cool, all 8 tracks at once. Hmmmm, no preamps. I take it I would have to either spend big $$$$ on a preamp setup or just buy a Mackie mixer.

[A Reel Person]

The 238 is the 8-in/8-out/8-simul recorder with wired remote that's a 3U rackmount unit, cassette drive only (Syncaset) & not a Portastudio.

[jjones1700]

Originally Posted by A Reel Person

The 238 is the 8-in/8-out/8-simul recorder with wired remote that's a 3U rackmount unit, cassette drive only (Syncaset) & not a Portastudio.

DOH!! My mistake. That deck looks wicked though. So instead of going from a mixing board to a reel to reel, you could use that deck to capture 8 tracks huh? Pretty sweet.

[analog aaron]

................Oh Yeah! Probably won't get to experiment until the weekend though.
A.A.

[Beck]

Congrats on the 238!

I remember when it came out... it shocked the hell out of us with the awesome sound on those tiny tracks. It's really a nice machine. I still think about getting one sometimes.

[cjacek]

Cool setup aaron. I'm glad that it was packed and shipped with care.. (I can rest now ). That 238 is a sweet machine indeed. -- I sure wish your photos were a bit bigger though. If you want, PM me, I'll give you my email, send me the originals and I'll repost 'em... How does that sound?

[ratdog]

Cool beans, man! I love that machine. It is simple and rather straight-forward to use and it sounds really good. You are lucky to find one in such good condition.

Congrats,
ratdog

[analog aaron]

[trancedental]

Hey, There's my old AWIA powered speakers in those pictures above! I thought my son had them in his room as computer speakers?

I've had mine since 91, retro now I suppose, someone once mentioned those speakers look like Darth Vaders helmet!

[A Reel Person]

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[analog aaron]

Originally Posted by trancedental

Hey, There's my old AWIA powered speakers in those pictures above! I thought my son had them in his room as computer speakers?

I've had mine since 91, retro now I suppose, someone once mentioned those speakers look like Darth Vaders helmet!

Huh? Those monitors are Alesis M1's. I don't see Darth Vader either?!!

[trancedental]

I'm losing the plot now! The R2R shaped shadow in the 2nd picture is what I got confused by! The casing at the top is the same type in the dark light makes it look similar!

I'll get me coat..................................................!