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Whatever happened, it was not because the cables had been disturbed from their "as installed" run. I'll be moving things around so I can use a much shorter one with new cables ASAP.

I had 2 ADAT/toslink cables die on me yesterday. They stopped transmitting data. Fortunately, I have spares but am curious as to what might have caused their demise.

I don't know. See how they behave when moistened with head cleaner. If they shed or fall apart, then no. Make sure they are by themselves chemical free.

Cleaning would be my 1st course of action. If you don't have a cleaning tape, which will often work in a pinch, you need to open the unit up. Never use cotton swabs on a DAT. You need non-shedding foam or shammy-tipped swabs moistened with a good head cleaner. Clean the capstan & guides...

I'm going on what one of their consultants experienced when he set the bias to run elevated levels on his 3340S. I can't recall but either his record or erase head went south after a few hours. TEAC told him the head couldn't take that much bias current.

No they did not. Running that hot messes with the dbx. Don't do it. You run the risk of toasting the head cores.

The only way to know is see how the tape behaves on your machine. If you hear any kind of mechanical squeal or excess friction as it plays, get it away from the heads & off of the machine.

I think you mean 996. Regardless, if a tape has sticky-shed, don't use it for production even after baking. It's a false economy. Get new tape.

If you are losing top end with dbx, you are probably printing too hot. It's a common mistake and the primary one that has given dbx a bad name.

Neither dbx nor dolby for that matter, will reduce hiss that is already part of a recording. IMHO and experience, not using your internal dbx II on your multitrack is a bad idea. I'll never understand the romance with saturation. Even if you like it, it's temporary. The more passes of the...

Wrong. The unit only has 1/4" inputs but there is enough gain at the input stage for adequate if not stellar performance.

The Warm EQP-WA has 1/4" in/outs so there's no need for a an XLR to TS cable or adaptor. As I recall, the M3500 has rca jacks for the send/receives so a pair of rca to 1/4" adaptors will suffice.

If all else fails, copy the track, paste it to another in your session, & nudge it to where you like it. Then put the gain where it fits your desired mix.

If you're lucky, it's just crud on the switch contacts. Try some contact cleaner & exercising it. Welcome to the world of recording consoles.

A ribbon mic typically has lower output than condensers and modern dynamics. If you don't have enough quiet gain from your preamp, the results may be disappointing.

You have to assign a channel to an output to hear it. Do you have the owner's manual? It's all explained in there.

The 90-16 repro and R/P heads were identical with regard to playback specs.

I was told by a TASCAM tech that the repro heads on all of their multitrack machines made after the 70 series were in fact, R/P heads that didn't meet spec on the record side of things. With this info, I wouldn't swap heads unless it was the only way to get a machine up and & running again.

I know the TASCAM DTRS MDM's had that but I don't recall it on my MX-2424.