famous beagle
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So many of you may remember that I acquired a free Tascam 388 after finally getting a working analog rig up and running with my Fostex 80. Well, it looks as though the Fostex is still going to be top dog for at least a while.
After moving into a new house, I finally got the studio set up and got down to putting the 388 through its paces. It didn't last too long. I successfully loaded tape using its "LOAD" feature, checked PLAY, FF, and RW, and then set out to record my first track. However, while I was working on that, the transport died. I was rewinding to 00 on the counter, pressed STOP, and then it stopped responding. Wouldn't play, FF, or RW.
I turned it off and back on. It seemed to fix itself for about 5 seconds, and I had control again. But then it died again.
The transport's been dead ever since after about 3 or 4 different attempts.
Anyone have a clue as to where I should start troubleshooting?
The only bit of maintenance I'd done on this machine after getting it was putting a new belt on because the old one was stretched out and not even on the wheels when I got it.
Thanks for any help!
After moving into a new house, I finally got the studio set up and got down to putting the 388 through its paces. It didn't last too long. I successfully loaded tape using its "LOAD" feature, checked PLAY, FF, and RW, and then set out to record my first track. However, while I was working on that, the transport died. I was rewinding to 00 on the counter, pressed STOP, and then it stopped responding. Wouldn't play, FF, or RW.
I turned it off and back on. It seemed to fix itself for about 5 seconds, and I had control again. But then it died again.
The transport's been dead ever since after about 3 or 4 different attempts.
Anyone have a clue as to where I should start troubleshooting?
The only bit of maintenance I'd done on this machine after getting it was putting a new belt on because the old one was stretched out and not even on the wheels when I got it.
Thanks for any help!