Recent content by Raj

Well, that's a fine how-do-you-do! The only Port-02's I've ever seen were the regular speed ones like my brother has. He got it used and I downloaded a manual from Tascam's website, which made it a point to mention that two track tapes from the Porta-02 could be played on a regular cassette...

Blippy, the "beautiful device" you describe is the mixer itself. In this case, the Tascam tape unit, which has all the inputs you describe, is performing that function. Any mixer needs to be cabled to the soundcard, and since the Tascam line outs are two rca's, you need a cable that combines...

Oh, yeah... Snowdog, did you get a particular souncard or are you using the one that came with your cpu? Mine came with Soundblaster Live (the cheapest one I think) but I'm thinking about getting one with more inputs, outputs, etc.

Hey, I should have mentioned in my previous post: if you're going from the 414 into a cpu soundcard to burn a cd, you're actually going to record what you are sending from the 414 to the cpu's hard drive, then burn a cd from that. I'd guess that if you're going from the 414 to a stand-alone cd...

I know how it is to have to re-record tracks multiple times to fix mistakes. But I haven't noticed a big loss in the signal strength. When you re-record, make sure you have the track set up just as though you were doing an overdub, and you might also want to completely erase that track prior...

This particular situation has nothing to do with tape speed. The porta02 only records and plays at regular cassete speed: it doesn't have the double speed capability of the 414, 424, etc. It definately sounds like a software problem - I have seen recent posts in the soundcard and software...

Yeah, check out the chain music stores. also their catalogs and websites, as they usually have several pages on cables and stuff. I'm pretty sure that Tascam makes a two rca to an 1/8" cable, and I'm sure Hosa does, and I think both are acceptable quality. I use a two rca to a 1/4" with an...

Oh yeah, and while you're there, check out the mixing down to a vcr stuff. The poor man's DAT. I'm going to try that too.

Check out the digital stuff on Dragons website homerecording.com, especially "going digital". I'm pretty sure from the description there that you can go from a tape unit like the 414 into the CDR on a computer by plugging into the computer's soundcard. I think you can even use the 414 as a...

Hmmm... check out the archives at this site under both Tascam and analog.. I'm pretty sure there was a post about a year ago that some guy collects old Tascam (and maybe other brands) manuals and related publications. Seems like maybe he would mail them out to folks for the low cost of copying...

Dang! I wish I had thought of Radio Shack before I bought my Tascam demag... Do remember to be REALLY careful with any demag, though, as it is said you can permanently damage your heads if you don't use them properly. I make sure my multitrack is turned off, going so far as to unplug it...

The Tacam demag is the only one I could find, but I waited until I found it on sale (I think this rarely happens). I got it from http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837 for about $35. It might make sense to check out Radio Shack, though. Seems like the kind of thing they might carry, and it might...

Yeah... the only time I use those cassette-style cleaners is in the deck in my vehicle, where I can't get to the heads. If you get the tascam cleaning kit (that is what I use), I'd recommend squirting the head cleaner onto a q-tip rather than squirting that stuf into the cassette well. I use...

This is what I do with tapes and my 414 (which I still like to use, even though I have a good computer setup). I buy bricks of TDK SA60's on sale at the local Kmart, Pay n Save, and places like that, and I use'em freely, both as like a scratch pad for experiments and for honest efforts. When I...

Like DaveO, I have a 414 but it has been a while since I used it. So: On machines like the 414, some of the controls do duoble duty. For instance, when you are recording, you use the pan switch to "assign" what you are recording to a particular track. AS mentioned in other posts, track 1&3...