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mechanical, it's a very gentle hum that starts as soon as the power switch is flipped on !

great ! i'll try and snag one asap. one other thing i noticed is that the machine is a bit noisy when it starts up, wondering if this is normal (its just a low hum) or a possible motor issue ? not as worried about this one but just want to make sure it wont add noise to the recording ! thanks a...

ah perfect thank you guys so much you rule !!!!!!!!! is there a widely accepted source from which I should be ordering the replacement belt ?thanks a lot for the heads-up, excited to try and get this thing cooking !

Hi everyone ! I just purchased a Tascam 688 midistudio cassette multitrack recorder (used) and unpacked it today and played around, I only have beginner knowledge of this sort of signal routing so I mostly stuck to the manual to test everything out and had some trouble getting the machine to...