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Hi, Apologies for the delay in replying but the board didn't send me an email to tell me I had a message! Anyway, the 2488 accepts both balanced and unbalanced signals so you do not need to worry about using the latter type of cable. The only thing you must not do is plug an unbalanced cable...

On all the Marshall's I have used the signal level of the line out was UNAFFECTED by the master volume setting but on other amps I have found that it sometimes is. I did try and look on the B52 website but it's really pretty useless. Usings the effects send should be fine but unlike most line...

Running the effects send into the 2488 should be fine however you might want to consider going via a DI box with a cab simulator to improve the tone (for guitar I use a H&K Red Box, not sure how it would sound for bass). Also, the level of the direct output on some amps is controlled by the...

Bearing in mind that there is no EQ or FX sends I'd say it's primarly intended as a sketchpad. Kinda like a digital version of my old Porta 03, you can probably get some acceptable results providing you are willing to get creative and work around the limitations (isn't that what home recording...

Could you not just mixdown the backing to a CD? We played with another band recently who played there backing tracks from mp3s stored on a Sony PSP.

Hey Nicole, I confess I've not tried it yet on the mkII but I'd be surprised if there's much / any improvement.

Recording in a castle? Nice! I am envious. The good news: When transferring individual mono tracks via the "USB export (virtual tracks)" function you have the option to select either 24 bit or 16 bit resolution. The bad news: It takes an age! Depending on the length and track count, I'd...

That sounds like a faulty me. Mine are completely silent apart from the aforementioned click. I guess the warranty has expired?

I also have a pair of VL-X5s (and very nice they are too). To prevent this kind of popping I believe the units have a power-on signal muting relay switch. My guess would be that this is stuck in the "ON" position. When you turn the units on there should initially be no sound followed a few...

1) All (red book) audio CDs are 16 bit. It doesn't matter what resolution the original recordings are made at, the final master has to be truncated to this - usually in the final stage. 2) Yes, as I understand it, the "mastering" stage is optional and simply overwrites the existing "mixdown"...

Ahh no worries. There's been a lot of talk about mastering and some interesting experiments going on over on the Tascam forums this week actually if anyone is interested... http://tascamforums.com/index.php?showtopic=19410 btw I still have yet to hear anything mastered on a Neo. Anyone?

Yeah sorry I didn't mean to make it sound like it was merely about volume. It is, as you say, the final polish. That said there are some people who think it IS just about maximising volume at any cost and other people who think because older CDs often have no-one credited as mastering them that...

The 2488 MKI & MKII have a "pre-mastering" function that is equivalent to that of the 788. On the Neo this function has been renamed "Mixdown", which is probably a more accurate description, to distinguish it from the additional "mastering" options. The new stage takes place after mixdown...

Lots of places do say they ship internationally but by the time HM customs have taken their cut and including the extra shipping costs it might not be worth it. And of course then there is the voltage difference. Sadly

That is a very good price! Sometimes I hate living on this side of the pond!

Good point. Actually I don't know why I hadn't thought of that before. Now how about that autofade facility? (come on tascam how hard can it be :p )

Looks like there's a hard limiter in mastering FX then. Wonder how that compares with the awesome Wave Hammer plugin in Sound Forge? There's a guy over on the tascam forums who was talking about using a TC Finalizer but I reckon the neo has most of those bases covered. Just a shame there is...

Anyone tried the mastering FX on the neo yet? I'm intrigued to know how good / bad they are.

Yep, me too. Pics of the twin 2488 setup coming soon!

There's a guy over on the Tascam Forums who has modified a 2488 to output to a 19in monitor (!). The screen shots look ace but he hasn't released the circuit diagrams to the public yet and one of my machines is still in warranty so I won't be touching that! Still, maybe Tascam should take up the...