Recent content by ianbernacett

If you can record instruments or mic’d with all four channels it’s not your machine it’s your connection and probably your routing out of your cpu. How’re you going out of your cpu? Are you using a 1/8” stereo cables out of the headphone jack of your cpu into two 1/4” TS cables going into input...

I’d say check your reassembly work first could have a loose wire. If all is well try changing the pcb channel strip to see if it’s a problem with the actual channel strip if that’s not the Problem google Audio Pro Z I think they’re in Cambridge but super useful and fair work.

I’d try to put the 246 in RMX mode press all the pgm buttons in headphones, meter, and pgm/cue section. Also make sure the tracks in record function section aren’t blinking. You can use rca to 1/4” or rca to XLR cables in the monitor out or PGM 1 and 2 out on the back of the 246 into your...

Hey y’all I was wondering if someone could maybe give me a little break down of the mixer section on the Tascam 246? I understand tracking happens with monitor switches down in both meter and phones section and vice versa PGM is mainly used for play back when tracks are in remix/RMX. What I...

Never got the right panning issue figured out on my own. I ended up taking it to Analogique in NYC still waiting for a quote.. I was able to record on tracks 1 and 3 because you pan hard left when recording on those tracks. I was unable to record on tracks 2 and 4 using neither DIRECT or R...

Hey guys, I’ve just purchased a tascam 424 mkiii off craigslist. It’s in great cosmetic condition and was only used a few times according to previous owner. I’ve been playing old cassettes I recorded on my old tascam 424 mkiii and even tried recording on a new cassette but for some reason I...

I have one I can sell you PM me if interested

Any one ever compare these two? I tried the pe 515 on a fender quad reverb using tascam 388 preamps while recording simultaneously with ableton. It sounded pretty awesome both are from around the 70s. Wonder if it would be worth even trying a modern sm57 to compare the two Any insight

so I was finally able to rotate the tape lifters for those of you who want to try this you literally need to take the heads off and the plastic cover which the reel sits on as well as the transport get a good grip with the vice grips under where the tape touches the lifters. After pussy footing...

Yeah I just talked to a certified tech down here in Florida he said they straw idea is terrible so I have no choice but to rotate them myself bought me some good needlenose vice grips couldn't find a fine piece of leather but electrical tape might work. For all the people using the straw method...

Hey I couldn't find a sure tell way of asking this but I unscrewed head mount without actually removing the heads off the black metal mounts they're attached to (I wanted to put straws on tape lift since my tape lifts are worn in.) Should I be worrying about realigning or anything for that...

Hey so I'm running 8 pgm outs on the tascam 388 into a saffire pro 40 into ableton was wondering if there's anyway to get a better line level volume in. I found myself cranking gain knobs on focusrites gain knobs to 6 to get a good lvl in. Is there anything I can do on the focusrites mixer? So I...

Yeah I looked at another pair I had and had no idea how you get the assembly plate they're attached to but guess I will be making a stop to the grocery store for straws so we can finish our record. Bummer too because I mentioned they looked worn to a tech. I had him calibrate and bias the...

Might have to try the straw method I wonder what a tech would use to turn them

It's not the heads they were relapped not too long ago it's definitely tape lifters being worn in I can see shredded speckles of tape from the sharp edges of the lifts. I tried using vice grips on all 3 of my 388s didn't work on any of them there's gotta be a way to rotate or replace them right?