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Never use denatured alcohol. You CAN use isopropyl alcohol of 95% purity or better.

Tascam will sell you a manual. They also offer many free downloads in PDF format. (but not the 424 MkII) Even though their bbs is gone, the rest of the site is still active. http://www.tascam.com/products/manuals.php

They used to sell a little brush that mounted on the tone arm and swept the record just before the stylus. I used a mini-vacuum to clean the brush before each new record. Worked for me.

The Tascam 244 allows you to record all four tracks at once, but then you have to bounce out to another machine and back again to one or two tracks.

Much of the distortion occurs in the speakers and not in the guitar so you need to mic an amp.

The only way to record distortion in Hi-Fi is to mic a small amp.

Every once in a while we will get a new female in here that can venture into the Dragon Cave and really kick ass.

The best stuff is sold here: http://www.caig.com/index1.htm

No wonder their bbs has been down so lpng. All six employees have been at work designing new gear.

The unit will operate properly but it will not look much better than when you sent it in. If they have to have the heads relapped, be prepared to pay more than you can probably buy another machine from Ebay. (Unless it is real pro studio gear)

Line level is Line Level whether it is an RCA plug, a 1/4" plug or a 1/8" plug.

Being a Tascam fan, I recommended the only Tascam I know of that runs off internal batteries. Sound effect recording is not as critical as music and, usually, it will be modified anyway. Did you know that the sound effect of the spaceship hatch opening in Orson Welles' martian invasion...

The differences are purely semantic. All of them will give you a perfectly good. operating machine. Refurbish and restore tend to include cosmetic repairs as well.

The standard for 30 years was the Nagra for field recording. You can get at Porta One on ebay that will do the job.

I find it strange that in a forum labeled "Analog Only" some posters choose to take the digital position in this, the oldest argument of all.

If you would be more specific about your needs, I might be able to help. I have been collecting and using sound effects for over 25 years. You want a "ship flyby." Is that a spaceship, a steam ship, or an airship? Do you want stereo or mono? How long should the flyby last?

Do not use the mic in, use the line in.

The free samples offered on many sound effects sites are not as good as the ones they sell.

It is a voltage (usually 48) supplied by many pre-amps for the use of condenser mics.

Sounds great. I just can't help wondering just what the registration card will entitle one to.