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Hey everyone, I think sometimes we give too much of a hard time to the entire digital-recording phenomon. We have the tendency to lose sight of some important things that lead us to why we are here today. I've listed the top reasons why we should be thankful for digital-recording...

Saw this in the news today. Towards the end it covers different formats, etc. Not analog nor audio specific by any means, but tape is tape, right? :-P http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060813/sc_space/taleofthetvtapesapollo11missionarchivemysteryunspools -MD

There's a track I recorded and put on the Tascam MP3 mixing clinic forums. Someone inevitably asked how I recorded it, which the short of it is, I used a Tascam 2516 console, and an MSR-16 and a 22-2. If anyone would like to hear the clip, I've put it below, as well as an explanation of all...

Hey everyone, I just wanted to see what you guys thought of a song my band recorded and mixed ourselves. It's got an older-sounding hard rock vibe to it. You can hear it here: http://www.battleofthebands.com/nightstalker Thanks very much, -MD

Hey everyone, I found this machine on eBay that claims it is both a two track 1/4" and 1/2" deck. Is this true? Any thoughts on this machine? http://cgi.ebay.com/Technics-RS-1500-1-4-1-2-Track-Reel-Tape-Recorder_W0QQitemZ9712923525QQcategoryZ15000QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Thanks, -MD

Hey everyone, I thought I'd list this to my fellow home recordists here before putting it up on eBay. I am selling a POD 2.0 with the full floorboard (not the mini footswitch). The POD 2.0 and board are both in great shape, only a few scratches and wear on the POD. It also comes with the POD...

Hey everybody, I'm going to moving into an apartment with my girlfriend, which means it's high time to move studio out of my parents's basement. At my parents's house I was really spoiled, because I was able to have a control room in the basement, a tracking room next door in a finished room...

Hey everyone, I found a great score on a Tascam Midiizer, but of course it didn't come with any of those Accessory 2 Cables. I plan on interfacing the Midiizer with my computer through Cubase to run MIDI stuff, with the possibility of syncing my TSR-8 and MSR-16 together. I don't plan on...

Hey everyone, I track using a Tascam TSR-8 or MSR-16, depending on the situation, and have been mixing down to a Delta 44 soundcard and a Tascam 22-2 simultaneously. Of course, the 22-2 sounds way better than the 44, but I really don't see (hear) any benefit mixing down to the 22-2 and then...

This son is alt. rock so to speak, really loose feel on purpose. Any comments? http://www.maddogcentral.com/dies/2%20Rockman%20Blues.mp3 Thanks, -MD

We recorded this song at the end of last summer. We plan on doing a full length this February on pretty much the same equipment, although my new mixer is a lot quieter. http://www.maddogcentral.com/dies/5%20No%20Love%20Lost.mp3 Does anyone have any advice, criticisms, or other comments...

Hey everyone, I mostly post on the analog forum here, but I thought I'd warn everyone here as this pertains to microphones. Recently I won an eBay auction for two new Shure Beta 57a mics at an awesome price, too good to be true. The pics showed actual Shure mics with the Shure manuals in the...

Happy Thanksgiving, you analog turkeys! -MD

I've damaged the ribbon on my Nady Ribbon mic. I unknowingly ran phantom power through it and now it sounds terrible. Is it an easy repair? Does anyone know where I can get the ribbons from or anything? Is it something I could do myself? Thanks for your help, -MD

I'm starting to love these stories on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/TASCAM-TSR-8-LESS-THAN-40-HRS-OF-USE-NICEST-U-WILL-SEE_W0QQitemZ7353001012QQcategoryZ41480QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem This one is about a little old lady whose husband bought the recorder ten years ago but couldn't...

Hey all, I was looking around on eBay and found kind of a near looking machine, the Tascam 133. Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/TASCAM-133-Multi-Image-Series-Cassette-Tape-Recorder_W0QQitemZ7352152899QQcategoryZ41480QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Does anyone know anything about...

Hey everyone, I've had an MSR-16 for several months, and an opportunity to pick up a TSR-8 in great condition for cheap came up in my area. Although I was more than happy with my MSR-16, I was curious what 1/2" 8 track was all about, figuring it would be my first "wide" (or at least not narrow)...

I just got a Tascam 2516 a couple weeks ago. I've gone to mixdown a new project, but I'm getting a lot of hiss from the board. I'm certain it's from the board, because the hiss is apparent even when I'm not running tape (or anythin else). Does anyone know anything about this series? Was it...

Hey guys, I scored a Tascam 58 a few days ago off of Craigs' List. It cost $180, included the remote, two of the external DBX'ers, and some spare take-up reels. Only downsides are it was pretty dusty and has no manual. However, it played back pretty well, we tried a test tone on each track...

OK, for anyone that was watching an earlier post about the MSR-16 and tape to use for it, I finally did my test between Quantegy 456 tape and Texas Tape Work's special run of LPR 35. My band recorded the same song on both reels of tape, with the same levels. We did them all at high and low...