gentlejohn
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Anybody who's been following my (slow!) progress this end will be aware that I recently attempted my first recording mixdown using a Tascam 388 but with very limited success! Nope, it didn't go so well as my machine definitely appears to have some kind of fault with its Record button (when ever I depress it I get an annoying 'click' - every touch results in a glitch that comes out on the tape (and shows up as a very visible spike when viewing as a waveform!))
Thing is, I have my first composition on this machine 'trapped' in it. As it currently stands, it's too riddled with mistakes where I was experimenting & trying to work out what was going on BUT between these glitches & mistakes there's a song in there! After numerous attempts I threw the towel in and just accepted that I didn't have the skill (nor enough hands!) to physically mix this particular song 'within the box' as it were.
So ... today, taking a leaf out of Miroslav's book, I borrowed an 8 input Lexicon I/O interface (a Model 1082 I think) & used it to hook the Tascam up to my Mac. I'm on a coffee break right now but I've just attempted a transfer of the 8 tracks from the Tascam into my Mac running Logic 9. It seemed to go OK (need to go back and check it) I used the PGM Buss Outs and just tried to match levels coming into the DAW.
Thing is, I had a funky thing going on with delay using my newly acquired Space Echo in the Effects Loop when trying to mix this originally within the box but, sending 8 tracks out via the PGM Buss Outs, my individual song component tracks are being sent 'DRY' to the DAW. Hmm ... is there any way around this? It would have been cool to send pre-effected tracks out but, having tried (ie: RCA Tape Outs; 1/4" 'Send' Outs; RCA PGM Buss Outs) I can't seem to think of a way to succesfully do this!
To be honest, the only reason I'm trying this idea with the DAW is because I want to use the editing capabilities to edit out these glitches on my individual tracks. I did try recording over them but, like I say, every time I just touch the Record button on the Tascam I'm getting these 'clicks' so trying to delete them by touching the Record button is actually creating more glitches which completely defeats the object of the exercise! (Can I just point out at this point, I'm not some OCD perfectionist - I don't mind a bit of hiss or noise at all it's just that these clicks I'm getting when touching the record button are nasty! Not remotely musical or organic just sore on the ears!)
My original plan was just to get the tracks out of the 388 (individually), edit out the clicks (a massive big faff to be honest!) then bring them back into the Tascam (again, individually) to carry on back at where I was at ie: adding Space Echo and Reverb via the Effects Loop then mixing the song. Unfortunately it seems, although you can get EIGHT tracks out from the Tascam fairly easily enough, using one of these Lexicon interfaces, you can't get EIGHT tracks back in. You can only return in STEREO it seems. I didn't realise this 'til I hooked everything up - BUMMER!
Could anybody be so kind to suggest how best to play this? Work-arounds? Creative suggestions in this situ? Anything really! I'm a bit stuck I guess and my brains feeling like putty right now. THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Thing is, I have my first composition on this machine 'trapped' in it. As it currently stands, it's too riddled with mistakes where I was experimenting & trying to work out what was going on BUT between these glitches & mistakes there's a song in there! After numerous attempts I threw the towel in and just accepted that I didn't have the skill (nor enough hands!) to physically mix this particular song 'within the box' as it were.
So ... today, taking a leaf out of Miroslav's book, I borrowed an 8 input Lexicon I/O interface (a Model 1082 I think) & used it to hook the Tascam up to my Mac. I'm on a coffee break right now but I've just attempted a transfer of the 8 tracks from the Tascam into my Mac running Logic 9. It seemed to go OK (need to go back and check it) I used the PGM Buss Outs and just tried to match levels coming into the DAW.
Thing is, I had a funky thing going on with delay using my newly acquired Space Echo in the Effects Loop when trying to mix this originally within the box but, sending 8 tracks out via the PGM Buss Outs, my individual song component tracks are being sent 'DRY' to the DAW. Hmm ... is there any way around this? It would have been cool to send pre-effected tracks out but, having tried (ie: RCA Tape Outs; 1/4" 'Send' Outs; RCA PGM Buss Outs) I can't seem to think of a way to succesfully do this!
To be honest, the only reason I'm trying this idea with the DAW is because I want to use the editing capabilities to edit out these glitches on my individual tracks. I did try recording over them but, like I say, every time I just touch the Record button on the Tascam I'm getting these 'clicks' so trying to delete them by touching the Record button is actually creating more glitches which completely defeats the object of the exercise! (Can I just point out at this point, I'm not some OCD perfectionist - I don't mind a bit of hiss or noise at all it's just that these clicks I'm getting when touching the record button are nasty! Not remotely musical or organic just sore on the ears!)
My original plan was just to get the tracks out of the 388 (individually), edit out the clicks (a massive big faff to be honest!) then bring them back into the Tascam (again, individually) to carry on back at where I was at ie: adding Space Echo and Reverb via the Effects Loop then mixing the song. Unfortunately it seems, although you can get EIGHT tracks out from the Tascam fairly easily enough, using one of these Lexicon interfaces, you can't get EIGHT tracks back in. You can only return in STEREO it seems. I didn't realise this 'til I hooked everything up - BUMMER!
Could anybody be so kind to suggest how best to play this? Work-arounds? Creative suggestions in this situ? Anything really! I'm a bit stuck I guess and my brains feeling like putty right now. THANKS IN ADVANCE!