AbuseTheMuses
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I have a 464 I bought used. It worked just fine when I got it about a year ago, was not often used, but was well cared for and in good condition when I recieved it. The other night I went to plug it in and get it going and instead of just quietly loading up the LCD and waiting for me to tell it what I want, there was a buzzing, whirring kind of noise from somewhere inside the right side of the machine, near the recorder section and tape deck, not the mixing board. The mixing board side still works fine routing in and out but the recording section just will not work.
When I turn on my 464 it usually takes a couple of seconds for the LCD screen to go into the 00:00 ready mode where you can press the appropriate buttons to arm different tracks and such. The moment the LCD changes to its 'ready' state, the whirring buzzing noise becomes a slightly higher pitch, where it stays. None of the recording function type buttons or the cassette deck control functions register at all, I cannot play, rewind, arm/disarm tracks, set locate points, anything.
The only thing I can think of is that the chip that must control that section of operation might have just gone bad, because the buttons aren't true mechanical buttons, just clickables that trigger some controller inside it that controls the mechanical function. I am scared to take it apart and I have no idea who could fix this sort of thing any more or if its even fixable. Has this ever happened to anyone else with this kind of recorder? I understand the 488 used the same kind of control button system too. I miss my 424 Mk.I where all the mechanical buttons for the tape control were ACTUALLY mechanical buttons instead of some stupid microchip. yay for progress i guess...
I really hope it isn't just dead.
When I turn on my 464 it usually takes a couple of seconds for the LCD screen to go into the 00:00 ready mode where you can press the appropriate buttons to arm different tracks and such. The moment the LCD changes to its 'ready' state, the whirring buzzing noise becomes a slightly higher pitch, where it stays. None of the recording function type buttons or the cassette deck control functions register at all, I cannot play, rewind, arm/disarm tracks, set locate points, anything.
The only thing I can think of is that the chip that must control that section of operation might have just gone bad, because the buttons aren't true mechanical buttons, just clickables that trigger some controller inside it that controls the mechanical function. I am scared to take it apart and I have no idea who could fix this sort of thing any more or if its even fixable. Has this ever happened to anyone else with this kind of recorder? I understand the 488 used the same kind of control button system too. I miss my 424 Mk.I where all the mechanical buttons for the tape control were ACTUALLY mechanical buttons instead of some stupid microchip. yay for progress i guess...
I really hope it isn't just dead.