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Hi, I don't have a 788, but I'm considering buying a used 788 with the 788CDRW drive, and I'm wondering how well it will work as an auxliary mixer, recorder, and burner for my analog home studio. I use an older Tascam M-308B mixer and a Fostex A-8 open reel analog 8-trk machine. I like this...

Thanks, Manning. I know this isn't like Neve vs. Trident, or any thing like that. The Yamaha's nice and small......it might be a handy satelite board to the Tascam. Someday when I have more money and more room I'll get a real one, but the old Tascams kinda neat...good eqs on it. Thanks!

Hi folks, I've outgrown my Tascam M-308B mixer, and I'm looking for something to expand it or replace it. I record to a Fostex reel-to-reel 8-trk, but I've now built up more midi'd synths and effects, plus the tape returns, than I have inputs for. I like the way my Tascam M-308B mixer sounds...

Thanks for that info, Tex. I thought MOTU was strictly computer stuff. I'll check those companies out.

Hi folks, I've got about eight MIDI units that send and receive MIDI from a Roland MC500 sequencer. Some of these units don't have MIDI thru, and sometimes I like to plug different units into the MIDI in on the MC500. I've been just swapping cables around to suit what ever I need to do at any...

Thanks a lot, again, for the excellent info--This really helps me out. It sounds like the E's the way to go. I'm pretty happy with the sound of my A-8, but having 16 tracks will be great.

Hey Muttley, thanks a lot for that info, that really helps. The G-16 is the cheapest out of the bunch at $500; the E-16 is $800, and the B-16 is $700, and all are supposed to be in excellent condition. (I can't see someone getting 8 bills for a used Fostex analog machine, even if it's a 16-trk...

HI Folks, could someone please give me, or direct me to, a basic comparison and opinions between the Fostex B-16, the Fostex E-16, and the Fostex G-16. I'm looking to upgrade from my old Fostex A-8 8-trk to a 16-trk analog machine, and all three of this are available in my area. I'm trying to...

Excellent info! Thanks a lot everyone.

Thanks a lot LooneyTunez! that's the stuff I need, I think...kind of pricey but it looks good. Anyone used the Quiet PC stuff?

Hi folks, I've decided that I really need to get a computer for my ghetto home studio (mostly for midi sequencing and mixing to CD, but who knows what else once I get it...probably at least for using softsynths and virtual outboard gear). After reading posts here I think I'd like to go ahead and...

I like it a lot....I've thought about finding another one and patching them together for more inputs. They go for pretty cheap....I think I got mine with a Fostex A-8 for something like $250. It sounds good...it's not great, but it does the trick, the EQ works well, XLR with phantom power for...

Hey folks, I need to replace or add a second console to my old Tascam M-308B mixer, as I've run out of inputs. There is a used Studiomaster Series II 24/8 console going for $400 here with one custom mic-pre and an upgraded power supply. Are these consoles any good? I actually like my Tascam...

I should be getting a computer for making music in the next couple of months, and I'll get a CD burner, sound card, etc., with the computer. This tape machine fills my need right now, the price was right, and I want an anlog machine for working with tape, so yea, I'm happy, although I see the...

What about wire gauge? Thanks for the feedback.....I'll try to locate some Mogami wire or cable...worse-comes-to-worse the Hosa will get me by, it sounds like. I probably should've asked this, too: for sending the mixer's stereo signal to and from the mix-down 2-trk, is there a required wire...

Howdy, I need to get some cables/wires to hook-up a 2-trk machine to a mixer. The 2-trk is XLR in and out, and the mixer is XLR out for the stereo buss out, and RCA in for the tape machine return, so I need two XLR to XLR cables and two female XLR to RCA cables. The 2-trk will be a mixdown...

Hey alfalfa, yea, I know you meant it as a studio monitor amp consideration. Thanks for the link. Cliff

I solicited a lot of questions about options for mixdown machines and formats here a while ago, and I got a lot of really good information. Just want to say thanks to the forum....this is a positive place :) . I was looking for a minidisc deck, but yesterday I found an Otari MX5050 Mk.III-2 1/4"...

That sounds like an interesting alternative, might offer some nice flexablity in a home studio. These look like nice amps. What this price on these, who seels them in the US? Thanks, Cliff

Thanks for the input....those are pretty good reasons to go with the Hafler. Would anyone go for the Crown?