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Do you have a built-in burner? If so what follows will be of no help. If you don't have an internal burner the following may offer some ideas to try. You would have a couple of options that come to mind - there may be more. One option would be to use the analog outs on the VF160 to dump the...

Sounds like you had a live mic during the transfer process if you conversation with your uncle was included in the transfer. blue Jinn is spot on in his advice. The "distant noises" were the other tracks being read by the 8 track head during playback. You could fiddle around and find which...

No direct experience, but anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that the pre's are of good quality in the 388 - obviously there is always something better. cjacek's advice is quite sound. I'd go for the 388. Realize there are trade offs with narrow track widths, but you should be quite pleased...

Aside from doing the mix "inside the box" you can also dump the tracks into your computer using whatever DAW software you might have. This can be done 8 tracks at a time using the ADAT out along with the appropriate interface (if you have one). The only reason to choose this approach would be...

Thanks Dave and JP. I was figuring I might have missed someone that produced one of those decks. I wanted one of the 388s when they first came out, but due to financial constraints - i.e. no money - I never bought one. I had forgotten about the 388 until you mentioned it actually. Thanks again...

So Dave, was the 388 the only other deck aside from the Fostex and, I assume, the Studer mentioned by telefunkin? Does the 388 run 7.5 and 15 or 3.75 and 7.5 ips?

I know Fostex had some models - are there any other manufacturers that produced these decks? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.

Thumbs Up for the VF16/160 At $200 I would recommend it highly. I've got a VF16 and never had a problem with it. I do mostly live recording with it along with some home recording. I have the Behringer interface and it works well for 16 track simultaneous recording. The only negative in my mind...

A DI, ideally, will not enhance the sound of whatever is plugged into it. DIs are to be invisible soundwise, but as with all things a DI will perhaps cause subtle changes to the sound - hopefully pleasant changes. It sounds as though you are using the GS-10 as a DI in your setup.

Thanks eraos. I was figuring that would be the case, but sometimes what seems logical isn't (at least in my case which I'm sure says something for my logic or lack thereof). Any idea as to why an active DI would not work as you suspected? Radial makes a box for the "long guitar lead" situation...

This seems obvious, but I'd like some input anyway. Can a passive direct box be used in reverse? i.e. plugging one in "backwards" to convert a low impedance signal to high impedance. The possible use which prompts my question is using a piece of +4 balanced gear between an instrument and it's...

It may be ancient, but it works for me. By the way, did I mention it was what I could afford. I know, I am WAY behind, but $250 for even LE is more than I can muster what with medical bills (my wife is disabled), cost of gas and food, and other responsibilities that I face. I know you folks...

That's what it is Benny. I was visualizing the signal flow from top to bottom - inserts on the master being pre-fader. I knew it would be something simple I just wasn't getting. Thank you for the insight and help! As to your other questions: EQ in or out or before the compressor (comp insert b...

Follow up: I tried putting the EQ before the compressor and the same thing still happens.

Thanks to everyone for your replies. I didn't want to assume I could use a 250 if it meant something like what Light had first surmised.

My son has been using my Dual Showman and it quit on him recently. The fuse blew and I figured it was in the voltage regulation end of things since it happened to me back in '75. Got the diodes replaced but I cannot find a 2.5 amp slo-blo 125V fuse locally. I thought I had some here at home, but...

I am working on some prerecorded tracks with the intention of transferring them to disc. To help some of the balance issues I put the compressor across the master fader. I arrived at a good point where I was pulling around 2 - 3 dB which improved the overall sound of the mix. I adjusted the...

More of an update than anything else. I CAREFULLY rechecked the guitar. To recount - the neck pickup works fine, bridge has greatly reduced output. To match the output of the bridge relative to the neck the neck pickup volume must be set at "2" with the bridge full up. The pot for the bridge...

Thanks for the info! I appreciate your time.

My limited experience with 3M was while I worked at a 24 track facility close to where I live. They used 226 exclusively and had great results with it, but your point is well taken. No brands are completely immune to problems. Back when Memorex was being hyped a lot I ran across one of their...