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Hi, I won't be able to help you with info or specs of the Fostex 460. I don't think it should be too exotic to find the voltages. Sweetbeats is a master of reverse engineering and finding/reading hard to find engineering plans, so he's the person I'd ask. The Fostex user base seems to have dried...

Gonna be flying blind, here... My opinion is,... [edited] If the capstan belt seems fine, I'd double check that, because the capstan should spin. Some Portastudios have the capstan running all the time, and others will only run when you insert a tape. Either way, you should see it spin. If...

@@ I hate when that happens! Fostex had a niche to fill, but IMO cut too many corners on quality. They're fine when they run.

Yes,... the 244's Aux Out jacks are a second set of outputs to the Line Out jacks, in parallel. Nothing fancy.

Yes, it's just a 1:1 straight thru patch. Yes, that's correct.

Yes, exactly! When you use "Direct Mode" recording, the signal that's in the #'d input is routed directly to it's corresponding #'d track. The Pan control on the channel strip only comes into play when you use L/R-Buss mode recording, and only varies the signal left-to-right on the Stereo...

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Hello Ok Irrelevant The pan pot does nothing to the recorded track when in Direct Mode. It is irrelevant what position they are in. EDIT: To send Stereo-Out/R to an outboard mixer, you plug the cable to it. EFF-SEND is a mono signal, a single output jack, but up to 4 channels can be bussed...

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So weird. @@ I thought the CL ad was cleverly written and probably too good to be true. The "who needs all the boomer shit and knobs" attitude was an obvious joke, but betrayed the author's true feelings. This being a discussion of the virtues, drawbacks and prices of the 388, I don't want to...

Sweet! I'm Pretty Sure there's some Boomer Loving Fuckboi (or girl) near you who'd like to fuck around with tape heads, all those knobs and shit, at a righteous deal that would make your dad proud!:spank: I would, but I'm full up on Boomer type gear that's underutilized.

If possible,... check to see if the reel tables are firmly screwed down to the motor shafts, i.e., not slipping. @@

... ... I think that mixer channels with white PGM ASSIGN and red ASSIGN L/R buttons depressed simultaneously will "auto-mute" in strange ways to prevent an internal feedback loop from developing, also referred to by sweetbeats as "Solo-in-Place". It's nature of the beast with an all-in-one...

... A "buzzing" or "sizzle" sound surrounding recorded tracks, to me, is a dbx mistracking issue. @@

Nice Yes, blame me.:spank: Mid-fi, unremarkable or undesirable,... of course there are more high end & versatile recorders and mixers out there. Any time you pack that many features into one box, it will be difficult to service. 7" reels of 1/4" tape @ 7.5 ips & DBX is definitely a distinct...

I had missed that in a quick overview. It looks like a nice machine. 24-simul recording is a big boost over previous Porta's. But I guess it is a big Portastudio, after all.

Ok, I get that it can record, but can't overdub in sync-track mode. A key difference from a Portastudio.

It looks highly functional, all-in-one, but for some reason they don't call it Portastudio. Probably just market positioning to keep in on the Pro side of things. Looks like a Portastudio to me! @@

The pinch roller looks like it may be shot, or at least it's extremely dirty. The heads and guides also look very dirty. The heads themselves look average. Not new, not worn out, not too bad. With so many circuits and moving parts, I'd be concerned that this will not be plug-and-play, if that's...