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I was running sound at Cheatham Street Warehouse, here at San Marcos, TX (my new part time job,) and the artist singing that night was telling me about his first recording sessions in the 80's, and he described the "4-inch tape machine." I told him that I was pretty sure that tape was only made...

Tell me why I'm up at 2am working on this thing :confused: I popped an MRL tape on my Otari. Levels are all fine, freshly adjusted from the shop still, but it's got a pretty obvious WOW problem. I notice that the left tension arm moves back and forth every time a WOW happens. (uusally once...

Just food for thought -- probly WAY TOO COMPLICATED for my purposes, but hey, a tape-head can dream, can't he? How could an Otari MX-5050 1/2" 8 track be rigged up with Dolby A noise reduction encoding/decoding? After reading the user's manual to the Dolby 363 NR unit...

Has anyone here ever added phantom power to a M-308 mixer? (Or any mixer that didn't have it, in general?) I was just given a schematic for a phantom power circuit, and it seems quite simple -- it's just a matter of finding a 52V dc source, and fitting everything into the guts of the beast...

The Tascam M-308 lacks 2 things - phantom power, and TALKBACK!!! I thought this would work to solve the talkback problem -- and it probably will, but what are your thoughts? Get a headphone amp with a seperate aux input on each channel (like the Behringer Powerplay). Run a knoc-around mic...

It's true, dammit. and i'm kinda pissed, but oh well. For those of you who don't know this already -- like me an hour ago -- the input/output of the Otari MX-5050 8 track 1/2" recorder is as follows: Tip = hot signal Ring = ground Sleeve = ground which...

Sorry to bug you guys again, but rest assured I have done my homework, and have not found the answer to these questions so far. So here goes :) My Otari MX5050 1/2" 8 track model number is not followed by a MKII, or MKIII in the model name, and I see NO identification on the machine that says...

So, I have a quick question regarding 2" recording techniques. Is it common practice to duplicate the master tapes, and only use the duplicated tape to mix with? I've seen studios with two tape machines, and I suppose that duplicating tapes wouldn't be a bad idea if it were possible w/ 2...

nuff said. Just made a wind ensemble recording w/ a stereo pair of these bad boys. AWESOME SOUND!

I've been reading up, but I wanted y'alls thoughts, too. What is the prime difference between balanced, and pseudo-banalced connections? Does the M-308 have balanced, or pseudo-balanced XLR Jacks? Also, are the direct-outs balanced, unbalanced, or pseudo-balanced? I know, I know, get the...

I was curious -- are there any tape decks (multitrack or not) that employ a sound-on-sound feature, which enables you to turn off the erase head, and record more stuff onto the same track while keeping the old stuff? A lot of the old 4 track tape machines back in the day had this feature...

OK, here it is, at long last, the debut album to the MBC Quintet, a blues/funk/jazz/fusion jam-band I'm in, (there's only 3 of us, but what the hell.) Used that old Teac A-3340S. The drums were recorded with 5 mics, ran into a Tascam M-308, and sent to buss 1, which was sent to just one track...

I was calibrating my friend's Teac A-3340S, and came across a stumbling block when calibrating the record EQ. PROBLEM -- too much high end coming out of the record head. Record EQ tweaker does nothing to alter the level. (BTW, using a +3dB MRL cal tape, and using 407 tape to record with. I'm...

I'm still in the process of getting started w/ my analog setup, and obviously, cables are gonna be one of my biggest financial pitfalls if I were to buy them retail :eek: I understand the importance of high quality cable, but MAN, they rape your wallet. And running a patch bay setup, even...

The thought of having plate reverb in my setup intrigues me. :D I have seen that link in this forum for how to build your own, and stuff. But before I consider this seriously, I want to familiarize myself with the sound of a plate reverb a LITTLE BIT MORE. SO What, in your guys's opinion...

The local dentist just...........gave me his Sony TC-366 quarter-track reel to reel, and his stash of about 40 reels of record album compilations on tape. Stuff recorded from the mid 60's to late 70's. Turns out the dentist is a pretty hip guy :D . The deck needs a bit of work, as it has some...

Is the Otari MX-5050 8 track 1/2" recorder set to use IEC equalization, or NAB equalization?? (Because the cal tape I have is an IEC tape...............just wondering if I should sell it and get a different one or not........or does it matter?) Thanks!! -callie-

I'm trying to think ahead w/ my setup -- and I've got an Otari MX-5050 8 track 1/2" in the shop, almost done :D Rather than bother w/ a patch bay, I'm trying to minimize my startup cost and go without one, if possible. So here's the deal: I understand that the Otari has balanced ins and...

Where are the tweakers on a Teac A-3340S? As much as I'd love to get started with my B-16, I don't have enough gear to back it up yet, so I'm gonna use a friend's Teac A-3340S 4-track 1/4" tape machine. Since it's never been tinkered with since its purchase, I'm gonna try to calibrate the...

I saw firsthand the absolute worst case of sticky shed I've ever seen, in a 7" 1/4" reel of Ampex 407 (it's a 1 mil tape, supposedly pretty good quality). The first few feet of tape were fine. Soon after, the entire binder was becoming seperated from the backing at a frighteningly fast rate...