Just picked up my 388

[batterista]

Hey all. I'm relatively new here, been reading through to pick up tips, etc. I'm a digital refugee going analog, and I'm single so my whole place is my studio if I like. I picked up a TASCAM 388 a couple weeks ago and ProTech in Silver Spring MD just replaced the broken belt.

I'll post up tracks as I complete them.

• TASCAM 388

• Audio Technica RMX-64
I was planning on using this for 2-track stereo mix-down, but the transport is kaput… parts seem to be eluding me. Still works as a 6-channel mixer. Looking at TASCAM 2-track reel-to-reel studios for mixing down…something that takes the same reels as the 388.

• Tandberg TCD 310 2-Track Cassette Recording Deck. This sounds absolutely amazing, but it’s a little out of whack…currently eating tape. Needs a good tune-up.

• Cubase… I’ve got this w/ the Lexicon Alpha interface, mostly for getting analog onto my computer for mp3s, etc. But I’ve been recording jams and sketching out songs with this since the Tandberg started going haywire.

• Sterling Audio ST-33 (x2) – Drum overheads

• Shure Beta 52 – Kick

• Sterling Audio ST-51 – Vocals, w/ pop filter

• Audix i-5 – Guitar amp

Cheers!

[famous beagle]

Welcome! The 388 is a sweet little (well, not little really) machine, and, as you'll no doubt hear (or have heard), some folks around here are getting killer results with theirs. I was this close to landing a minty fresh one at a local music store for $350, but when I went in there with the cash, they told me it had been sold online an hour ago! This thing had come from the original owner, who had fired it up a few times, put it back in its box, and let it sit ever since. My heart sank!

Since then, I picked up a Tascam M-216 mixer and a 38 R2R, so it's all good.


Congrats on joining the analogue family, and we'll look forward to hearing some tracks.