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I'm setting up my studio and want to custom make a cabinet rack for my TEAC 3440S. I am a woodworker with a full shop and lots of materials and also do metalworking. I'm thinking of slanting it upwards towards me as I sit and it will also be better when I'm standing and playing. I want to make...

I have a nice old analog Pioneer 9500 graphic equalizer that I would like to use to my advantage. My TASCAM 106 mixer has only two EQ knobs and I've been reading a lot about EQing and would love to have parametric capabilities. I would like to know if incorporating the Pioneer into the fray...

As usual, I was just about to rev up my wifey about our new hobby by playing her a recording I just did on the oldschool equipment, and FF button just stopped working. She knew to clear out fast while I silently formed a major aneurysm. The FF button will stop REWIND or PLAY, but that's all...

I want to hook up my Nady phantom power unit/AKG 220 mic set-up into my TASCAM 106 or 3440 TEAC. Got female XLR end and attempted to make my own 1/4"-to-XLR, Found an online diagram, and realized thru further reading that condensers are "balanced" and I want to know how people hook up them to...

I want to hook up my Nady phantom power unit/AKG 220 set-up into my TASCAM 106 or 3440 TEAC. Got female XLR end and have my own 1/4" cable and I want to solder them together. I found an online diagram, but I'm new to some of the terms and like "balanced" and "unbalanced". (link...

I'm a newbie, so please feel free to pile on. My TASCAM 106 is hissing on channels 3 and 4 when input switches are on "ATT" and "LINE", but are fine on "MIC". The hiss gets lower on "LINE" than "ATT", and are slightly different between channels 3 and 4. But everything gets quiet when I...

New guy here, I just took my recording stuff outa mothballs and it seemed to be working well. I played my two reels some and then left it for a few weeks. Today, I cleaned the heads with alcohol, played an old tape (that was breaking down, squeaking like mad, and depositing gunk on the heads...