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Wow, you have an eye for detail! I have more photos below - post alcohol scrubbing. The clarity isn't great, but certainly a better view than before. There are no grooves to speak of on the surface of the plastic pulley. As you will see, it is convex and smoothly rounded. The second photo in...

So, I remove that 3rd screw and the whole undercarriage comes right off. At this point the belt just kind of tumbled off the pulleys...it looks and feels limp with much less spring to it than I would expect. I really think it does need a fresh belt at this point and I hope it will help with my...

Here was my first look at the capstan belt wrapped around this massive pulley. It looked fine from here, but also looks so tight in there I couldn't imagine how to get at it: Following Ely's instructions, I removed the tape drive unit from the base mounting bracket, and then I removed the...

Here is the cover moved off to the right of the unit, exposing various...uh, boards and wires and stuff :o And another, broader view - look at those guts! Now, I finally got a good look at the tape drive unit: This allowed me a closer look at the heads and the roller...Um...looks ok to...

This is my attempt to document the disassembly of a tascam 688 midistudio. This is a continuation of a recent thread: https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=301643 which outlines the issues I was having with pitch/speed. I have a capstan belt on the way from the manufacturer in...

one more... One more pic...really unrelated, but again, since I had the camera out...my '68 SG special and '65 Ampeg Reverberocket: Maybe of interest to some...sorry - couldn't resist ;) :)!

pics, pics & more pics Ok, not much of a photographer here...sorry...so hard to get close up and stay in focus. First, just because I had the camera out...the set up: Now, the 688 (not necessary, but for those who haven't seen one maybe interesting): Now, down to business...the roller...

hey, I've been reading threads on 688's for years on here (including moog's current one) and am feeling pretty overwhelmed. I've had a second hand 688 for about 4 years now and I absolutely love the thing for so many reasons, but am getting so frustrated by the varying speed of the transport...

Didn't know where else to put this... After years of procrastinating I finally splurged for what I thought were decent headphones - sony mdr 7506's to use primarily for tracking. I'd been using $20 sony department store headphones, which, while serviceable, were a bit rumbly and lacking some...

Hey, Here I have a cover of a flaming lips song called waiting for a superman. Not sure where things stand with this mix. Some things about it I like...others not so much. Please check it out and let me know about any glaring issues. Still trying to cram as much as I can into 8 cassette...

Hey, Just wondering...(and I apologize if this is some kind of widely-known fact), but is it possible that it is harder to hear pitch correctly through headphones than through monitors? I ask because from time to time, when tracking vocals while monitoring on phones, the pitch sounds fine. I...

Hey, Not sure about this one...a friend sent me some lyrics and I played around with some drum machines played through guitar pedals and came up with this. It is pretty short at least and I think fairly original. I put it under alternative (which I think in this case means an alternative to...

Hey, Check this out if you have a chance and let me know what you think. A friend of mine wrote this tune years ago. We've played it a bunch of times (always different arrangements), but never recorded it properly. Normally my mixes sound more or less the same regardless of where they are...

Hey, If you get a chance to listen, please let me know what you think of the mix and/or performance here... Yet another dead cover...cassette...drum machine...blah, blah, blah. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=660667&songID=8296098 **** 11.02*** new mix, new vocals...

Hey, Trying to do a warped version of an odd beck tune called rowboat from one of his earliest records. I think johnny cash covered this as well although i've not heard his version. Anyway, hope you enjoy it and please let me know of any glaring mix issues. I toned down the bass guitar quite a...

Hey, I spent a fair amount of time messing around with drum tracks and wound up with a song of sorts. Struggled for days to think of something to sing about, so I decided to just sing about making this song. Came out pretty funny I think...uh, I hope...

Greetings, I have a soundclick link below to a cover of an early '70's dead tune entitled ramble on rose. Not sure exactly where I'm at with this. I've tried to cover this several times over the years and this is the closest to "ok" I've ever gotten. I really tried to counter my normal...

Hey, Please take a moment to check out this latest little tune. I guess I was going for something simple, fun and catchy...at least relative to my other stuff. I fear what I've wound up with is too simple, not enough fun and not as catchy as I'd hoped :o :p. I do think there is some cool stuff...

Hey there... I have been out of touch for a while...first the motherboard fried on the desktop, then marital troubles, then...well it's been a crazy summer...:D All is more or less good now, but I'm stuck with a laptop with the teeny tiny speakers that go along with that, so I may have trouble...

Hey, Here I have another stripped-down cover. This one is an old grateful dead tune...I know, I know...but please check it out anyway :). Lots of problems with this one, but interesting nonetheless I hope. Anyone familiar with this tune?...I'm guessing for the most part, no. I have tried to...