Howdy folks,
I just bought a used Tascam 788 with the Tascam 788CDRW drive. So far it seems like an awesome machine, very powerful and flexible, sounds great. The previous owner had upgraded the hard drive from the standard 7.5 gig drive to a 10 gig drive from Tascam when he upgraded the software to version 2.01. Everything seems to be fine with the gear, but the drives seem to be pretty noisy (both the internal hard drive and the CD drive). Is it normal for the drives to be noisy, even when not writng or reading data? This is the first digital recorder I have had, and I know computer drives make noise, but I'm suprised at the noise from the 788 and the CD drive. It seems like it could be problematic for recording with a mic. Is this normal? If it is normal, how do people work around and deal with the noise?
Cheers!
Cliff
I just bought a used Tascam 788 with the Tascam 788CDRW drive. So far it seems like an awesome machine, very powerful and flexible, sounds great. The previous owner had upgraded the hard drive from the standard 7.5 gig drive to a 10 gig drive from Tascam when he upgraded the software to version 2.01. Everything seems to be fine with the gear, but the drives seem to be pretty noisy (both the internal hard drive and the CD drive). Is it normal for the drives to be noisy, even when not writng or reading data? This is the first digital recorder I have had, and I know computer drives make noise, but I'm suprised at the noise from the 788 and the CD drive. It seems like it could be problematic for recording with a mic. Is this normal? If it is normal, how do people work around and deal with the noise?
Cheers!
Cliff