x-14

[HendriXperience]

I have just recently purchased an old fostex x-14 to record ideas and stuff. It works great but I am new to recording. My only problem has been when recording on tracks 3 or 4 .When I listen back to the tape on my X-14 I can hear all tracks.being played back. But when I listen to the tape a regular tape player I can only hear tracks 1 & 2!!! Can somebody give me some advice please??? I'm thinking I need to record all 4 tracks from my X-14 to another recording device,I dont have the manual for the X-14 so I'm at a loss,but I'm not sure if it's that or If my X-14 is messed up. I would think after recording all 4 tracks to my X-14,overdubbing and so forth,I would be able to play ALL 4 tracks back on any tape player ....... AMI WRONG??

Somebody please help!!

[Blue Bear Sound]

You are wrong........

A 4-track cassette can only be played on a 4-track multitrack recorder......... the general process is to record your tracks (referred to as "tracking") - then to "mixdown" those tracks to another 2-channel (ie, stereo) machine... a cassette player, computer, CD burner, MD, whatever........

It is the "mixdown" version that you'd be playing in other machines..........

Bruce

[Emeric]

Flip the tape over, you'll hear the other tracks!

But yeah mix it down.