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OK, either I'm being really daft here or Tascam made a manufacturing mistake (so I guess it's just me being really daft!) I'm STILL trying to decide on my best way of hooking up my two external effects units to my 388. I want to use my Reverb unit as a global effect via the AUX Send/Return & my...

OK, after much tinkering I now have my TASCAM 388 functioning to an almost passable standard however, I trust my ears and this particular unit as it currently stands doesn't have anywhere near as good fidelity as the first one I owned. I'm really hoping it's just a case of it needing a full...

As part of my ongoing analogue education here's another video I've made documenting my current state of play progress and also mentioning some of the things I have learnt to date. Thanks again for all the help folks! This forum ('Analog Only' in particular He! He!) really is a fantastic...

"Perfecting Sound Forever - The Story Or Recorded Music' by Greg Milner. It's a SERIOUSLY good read folks!

Hi again folks! Thanks again for all your help & advice so far but sadly I'm (we're??!) not out of the woods with this one yet! Below is a thrown together DIY video I made in an attempt to explain the problem and try to let you hear 'what's going on'. Unfortunately I only have a cheapo...

Yep, a cry for help this end! Just to bring anyone up to speed here ... I've been desperately trying to bond with my recent acquisition (namely a Tascam 388) over the festive & new year period and all I really wanna do now is just finally get going & start making some flippin' music with it...

As part of my ongoing bonding sessions with my newly acquired TASCAM 388 today I'm currently mid-session doing dry A/B comparisons between: A) Recording with 'DBX: ON' and B) Yes, you've guessed it, with 'DBX: OFF' Thoughts so far? OK, so there more tape hiss recording without the noise...

Budget about £200 (tops!) Any recommendations?

Hi, went out to have my last session of the year on my newly acquired TASCAM 388 but didn't get very far. The problem is with the Rewind function. It's rewinding in REAL time (as opposed to 'reel' time!) ie: it takes the length of my latest 3 minute composition to get it back to the start of...

First off apologies for the length of this post - I have a lot on my mind! OK, so I was chatting with this bloke in the pub last night and he appeared to be FAR more knowledgeable than I when it comes to the whole technical side of music making! As you might have read, I've recently had the...

Hi! Slowly getting to grips with my (new to me!) TASCAM 388. I'm having fun for sure! I've done a couple of test recording sessions so far and, as a result, have a few questions that I'm hoping more experienced users of this model might be able to help me out with namely: 1). SOLO'ing In...

As the title says, I'm looking for recommendations as to what would be a decent reel-to-reel machine for stereo mixdowns? My max. budget is .... erm? This is the most important stage of the recording chain right? The final stereo mixdown? I was gonna put a figure but, regardless of my limited...

Balanced? Un-balanced? 1/4"? XLR? 8 inputs? 48 inputs? I'm talking PATCHBAYS!!! Help me out folks. As you know I'm (still!) planning my home studio and I'm thinking things might be easier in the long run if I got hold of a patchbay but what sort?? Having never used one I'm unclear as to how...

Having had a 'WANTED:TASCAM 388' advert up for some time now I had kind of given up hope of finding one when, completely out of the blue, I get an email from a chap saying he'd got one but was looking to move it on in order to finance a Fender Telecaster. "That's convenient" I thought! I...

After much deliberation I have decided to buy a compressor. I say 'much deliberation' because many moons ago I had one but it never got used! It just sat in its box 'cos I didn't no how to use it or the best way(s) to connect it up. This time round I intend to 'confront my compressor fear'...

Just got a DAT machine and have some tapes on order. When final mixing down to stereo would I be right in thinking that I shouldn't be trying to hit 0dB Unity Gain on the DAT levels readout if I then decide at a later date to send the stereo mix away for professional mastering? If this be the...

Hello again kind people of Planet HR! I'm new to this forum but I have asked a few questions on here over the last couple of weeks and already I am bowled over by your help, advice & suggestions. "Ye are good people here so ye are!" ("Argh!") OK, here's one to 'deliberate, cogitate and...

Hi Folks! Due to the sound leaking issues of my recording environment (residential area / boxroom!) I am unable to crank up the mid-1960s 150watt Fender Bassman (plus I don't have one!) This being the case I'm going to have to rely on D.I'ing to get my guitar/bass sounds. I was wondering if...

Hi Folks! My New Years Resolution for 2014 is to get a small, analogue home-studio up'n'running and I am currently in the process of sourcing some 'bare necessities' as it were (on a budget ie: scouring the secondhand market!) I'm a Singer-songwriter and will be working in isolation but...