Recent content by Jimi Shelter

The manual is pretty useless unless you’re a technician. I’m a musician who’s been recording since the early eighties. I’m just looking to get a little help with what might be the issue, right now. Not generally how I go about living my life. If you don’t know anything, thanks anyway.

Good idea. I've been checking and meditating on it. I'm getting playback, back from the machine to the board, so it indicates the board. I've only been using chan. 1 as the input. then I work back from channel eight, recording parts and keeping 1 free, as the input. I went to put a scratch vocal...

I recorded on channel 1. TASCAM 80-8 with M-520. I’m not hearing playback. I see it meter on the recorder. I see it meter on the board. I’ve cleaned the heads. Checked the hookup. Can’t be that or I wouldn’t see it hit the meters. Can’t see why I’m not hearing what I’m seeing.

So, I’m getting the hang of working with the 80-8/M-520. I’m at a point where I would like to bounce some tracks down to one. Free up some space. I tried doing it “intuitively” and here I am! Not finding anything in the manual.

Yep. Got it. Got five minutes of drums on track 8 via Channel 1 input. This is a whole next level of board for me! Never used anything like it. Whoa. Thanks for the patience.

Just gave it another shot. Plugged drum machine into Channel 1 RCA INST in. Turned pan to Even and pressed 8 and pushed up that #8 buss fader over on the right side of the board under the monitor section. Bingo! Channel 8 VU reading drum machine plugged into Channel 1.

By other tracks, I mean just use Channels 1 & 2 inputs and have what I record go to channels 3 - 8. Those channels only have XLR or RCA inputs and the manual says Channels 1 & 2 INST inputs are essentially direct boxes. I tried running my drum machine into Channel 8 into the Line In RCA but got...

What I mean is: Just use INST input jack in Channel 1 & 2 (or MIC) and have them go to the other tracks. Can't I do that? I tried plugging a drum machine into the other tracks LINE inputs (RCA's) and I didn't get anything. Only Channel One or Two, do I get sound from either the guitar or drum...

Sorry about”C”. Short for Channel. Clear on selecting INST on Channel 1. I would like to keep using Channel 1 ( mics, guitars) and assign to the other channels instead of replugging. Also, Channels 1&2 have the 1/4” inputs. Channels 1 & 2 inputs are MIC-INST-TAPE, 3 & 4 are MIC-PHONO-TAPE. All...

Yes! Getting signal on tape machine and board. I ordered some jumpers off the internet. I got my electric guitar, plugged into C1 INST, assigned to C4. Signal/Meters on tape deck and mixer C4. So, yes. Got that far. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to replicate that again. But I figured it...

Good news. I’ve got my guitar, plugged into C1, talking to C4 Board and deck. I think I may be crawling. Two more days off to learn to shuffle.

And!…. They don’t fit. Off by a mm. Back to the patch-cords for jumpers until my connect comes through…

Now that I have my thinking cap on….how’s this for an idea. Fostex won’t be missed these for now…