Recent content by pdmillar

I just got one this summer in real rough shape (looked like it had been toured hard and put away wet) and totally went through and fixed everything. I absolutely love it. You won't be disappointed with any aspect of this board if it's in good operating condition, but due to the age of these I...

The Tascam MS-16 was made as a single-speed machine, 15 or 30ips but not both. Interestingly, the capstan servo can run (by changing jumpers) at 7.5, 15, or 30 ips. I have modified my machine with a DP3T switch on the outside to do this, for varispeed FX. However, the audio cards do not...

Here's the pinch roller mechanism... there doesn't appear to be anything to adjust except for the distance the solenoid pulls.

Oh yeah, I got pictures of those too: That's the one part of the machine that seems to be working fine. The tape passes through silently and doesn't curl at the edges or anything. Left one looks a bit dirty in the picture, sorry, just noticed that. After I took that pinch roller picture I...

The manual doesn't have any instructions w.r.t. tape path alignment at all!! Argh. I decided to look at that pinch roller again: When the solenoid is pushed in by hand the bottom edge makes contact well before the top edge. It appears (no tools to really check this for sure) that its shaft...

Oh, oops. Here are the two images 1) The tape was stored in a house along with the machine. The whole lot came from a Vegas showtune composer's estate (no kidding!) So far none of the 8 reels I picked up have shown any sign of SSS at all. They were all still in the plastic inside the box when...

Hi all, long time listener / first time poster here. I acquired a Teac 85-16 after making a lot of recordings with my pair of Fostex R8s over the last 4 years. Heads were relapped by JRF and I replaced the bearings in the motor myself. After using the machine on a bunch of sessions since last...