Hello, I am new to this forum, first post! first of all thank you so much for all your help, as I have been a reader of this forum for quite a while, but this is my second time writing, so thank you in advance for any help you can give me.
I am thinking of buying a tascam atr60/8 with vumeters and NR unit for a good price here in Spain (about 400 euros)
The person selling it has not a clue about tape machines, even less than me!
he sent me pictures of the heads and sent it to a technician for testing.
Here is what he's told me. The guy tried by bouncing 8 tracks to 1/2" from some old recordings of his studio with the machine and said that all audio path is in working condition, everything appears to be good.
BUT, that there seems to be a problem with the transport (syncro he called it, but I guess thats what they call it here in spanish?) That everything works properly but the play and rewind buttons need to be pushed several times in order to work. So the transport DOES work but its kind of stubborn and needs to be pressed several times in order to play, rewind, etc. So he says that in the long run if I plan to work with the machine for long periods of time this can come as a hassle.
So I don't know how bad of a problem this is, maybe some cleaning can fix it?
I do a lot of DIY repairing of my equipment at the studio, so I could open the machine and go for an easy fix if needed.
The machine is not in my hometown so I actually have to drive to go buy it, its a 6 hour drive so please if anyone can help me with any experience with this , just to know how much of a problem this is and if fixing it is a possibility I could take that drive and repair it once having bought it.
In this parts is hard to find this machine or any 8 track 1/2" for that matter, and if so, they don't even come close to this price, so I believe its a bargain but not sure if its worth it.
also here are pictures of the heads, how do they look to you? Not the best pictures I know but its what I've got this far.
thank you in advance for any help, I'm truly grateful for anyones advice!
I am thinking of buying a tascam atr60/8 with vumeters and NR unit for a good price here in Spain (about 400 euros)
The person selling it has not a clue about tape machines, even less than me!
he sent me pictures of the heads and sent it to a technician for testing.
Here is what he's told me. The guy tried by bouncing 8 tracks to 1/2" from some old recordings of his studio with the machine and said that all audio path is in working condition, everything appears to be good.
BUT, that there seems to be a problem with the transport (syncro he called it, but I guess thats what they call it here in spanish?) That everything works properly but the play and rewind buttons need to be pushed several times in order to work. So the transport DOES work but its kind of stubborn and needs to be pressed several times in order to play, rewind, etc. So he says that in the long run if I plan to work with the machine for long periods of time this can come as a hassle.
So I don't know how bad of a problem this is, maybe some cleaning can fix it?
I do a lot of DIY repairing of my equipment at the studio, so I could open the machine and go for an easy fix if needed.
The machine is not in my hometown so I actually have to drive to go buy it, its a 6 hour drive so please if anyone can help me with any experience with this , just to know how much of a problem this is and if fixing it is a possibility I could take that drive and repair it once having bought it.
In this parts is hard to find this machine or any 8 track 1/2" for that matter, and if so, they don't even come close to this price, so I believe its a bargain but not sure if its worth it.
also here are pictures of the heads, how do they look to you? Not the best pictures I know but its what I've got this far.
thank you in advance for any help, I'm truly grateful for anyones advice!