still waiting on it to arive. pretty excited. it's my first piece of tascam home recording gear.
well maybe not. I bought an Ampex Reel to Reel a few years ago, it was actually designed by TEAC. It's a mono deck (i was told it was stereo when i bought it), and needs some work.
I've given up (for now) doing the reel to reel thing, but im a little fed up with digital. I've spent thousands of dollars on software and DSP cards, and im sick of it. Not the sound, mind you, i like digital for some things... I've got a few decent pieces of outboard, some pretty decent mics, and it all sounds great for home recording...
it's the process im sick of. the 'endless revisions' (as lou reed would put it), the 48 track mixes, the constant tweaking, everything running in realtime, doing 20 takes and 'comping' to form that uber-take, the software instruments...
so im taking a sabbatical from all out digital recording. going to do 4 track stuff, or maybe 8-track stuff, on cassette.
the mx80 is great, i can record a whole drumkit with it, mix it down to two tracks (or one) and print that to tape.
i could probably do a whole band with it. anyway yah, im excited.