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Assuming that it hasn't taken any other components out downstream - and hopefully the voltage regulators will have stopped that - melting the transformer shouldn't be the end of the world. The biggest problem is if it's designed for the transformer to go directly onto the PCB and you can no...

Yes, either one would do the job - I'm just pointing out that you do have multiple options for this in case the Midiizer proves hard to find. I don't know what the current street price is for them because I bought mine in 2007.

You're going to have to connect something to the TSR-8 to control it, and the Accessory-2 cable is pretty straightforward as these things go. It's a 15-pin D-sub connector and only 8 pins are actually needed. The only other connector is a 38-pin parallel one which will be even more awkward to...

That should work, yes. It can control machines like the TSR-8, and do a 'code only' sync where it slaves the tape deck to any old timecode. That would allow you to make it chase a non-TASCAM multitrack, a video deck, or in your case, a timecode provided by the DAW. Keep in mind that it can...

May vary depending on the version. According to one of the manuals it's on the back of the head cover - but I can see on some other machines, you have to lift up the head cover and it'll be near the back. Either way, the heads are connected to a PCB at the back of the head block, and the...

The tape machine appears to be a Soundcraft 760. EDIT: If I remember right, the Mk3 (SCM 762?) has a blue front so this would be an older model. They were fairly popular as a budget multitrack in the UK, and were also used by Academy studios in Yorkshire. Bal-Sagoth recorded most of their...

Yes, that has a very nice 60s tone to it!

With the unhappy news about MRL shutting up shop, I ordered a spare calibration tape from AnalogTapes. When it arrived, it came with a flyer saying that they were official distributors for MRL, ATR, RTM and ...Burlington? That's a new one on me. Doing a search just now, there are claims it's...

"Attention all Customers and Dealers: After nearly 50 years in business, we are sad to announce MRL will be closing at the end of this year (2023). Over the past decade, we have done our best to continue supplying a quality product,but time has finally caught up with our personnel and equipment...

I've no idea what the 388 does. On the TSR-8 there's usually a little crosstalk when laying down the timecode, i.e. the audio gets induced into head 7 during record, but unless you've recorded the timecode at a stupidly high level, there shouldn't be audible crosstalk during playback. The 388...

Yes, looks like the Soundcraft desk I was using at the time was designed to accept either TS or balanced TRS. ("Note that the ring must be grounded if the source is unbalanced.")

Looks like I was just using RCA-to-TS cables, for the output at least since those are still on the back of the machine. I don't know what I was using for input, but I suspect it was probably the same and I just got lucky.

If I remember tonight I'll have a look at the cables I made up. I thought they were just TS-to-RCA but they might have been TRS with the ring left floating.

That's pretty much what I did, so I'm not sure what the issue is. Do you get the hum if you monitor the inputs or is it only on playback?

Would it not be less effort to just get fresh SM911 or SM900?

https://dougtheeagle.com/stuff/be_a_dragon-take1-1644.mp3 A song about a very confused dragon hunter. This was recorded on an Otari MX-80, with the vocals, bass, guitar and transistor organ tracked on the TSR-8 and dubbed over to the 24-track afterwards. The string machine was the new Solina...

Ah, right. I was thinking in terms of SMPTE striping. Fair enough.

Does it support MTC or SPP?

That's actually one reason I do the complex stuff on the TSR-8, because I have more parts for 1/2" 8-track machines so by doing this I can minimize the wear on the expensive deck. And yes, moving to 1" was a bit of a stretch at the time, the later upgrade to 2" was only really possible by...

Keep in mind that sync makes mixdown a hassle. It may take 5-10 seconds for them to lock together. Recording is easier because you can dub over a guide track on the second deck and use that to record the additional parts without both of them running (at least, until you want to record over the...