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I have the Manual, not the service one

Never done soldering like that before, but appreciate the info. I would love to figure out what pieces to order and get instruction on how to do it. I can probably find a friend to help out

So my Tascam 388 just started acting up. When in mono mode or in monitor mode, things work fine. But when I press the red assign l/r switches down and enter remix mode, the right channel is way weaker than the left. So when I pan something to the right, the vu meter may register -20 while its...

So i finally uploaded samples of the bass tracks (link below). Sweetbeats, I am still actually having the "pshh" issue when recording bass. Even with line levels low, and Vu well below 0. I have 2 different samples for you. The first (track 4 - harmony bass) is recorded with a 69 Harmony bass...

“do the channels that have the L-R assign switches latched also have one or more PGM group assign switches latched, or are you saying you are able to record to tape tracks with only the L-R assign switches latched?“ It’s the former. “ Or to have the whole mess hooked up all the time and be...

Through experimenting I was able to answer some of my own questions. Sorry some of my questions were so unclear. Regarding the first question, I assigned the tracks using the pan/l-r knobs, and kept the red assign button down so I could eq the mix being sent to tracks 7/8. Everting went fine and...

Dude thank you! This is exactly what I was looking to do. Worked great! Follow up questions though.... Does it matter that I had the red assign buttons pushed in on tracks 1-2-3, and not the tracks been recorded to , 7-8? Just wondering what the difference would be if I had them pressed in on...

Awesome. Can’t wait to try that tonight

For sure. I felt good about that tech I just didn’t understand the concepts yet, yeah he’s in Berkeley. I think I was pushing levels too hard, It’s sounding better to me now. If anyone is checking in on this thread, I got another question. So I have drums on tracks 1, 2,3. (Kick, oh-l, oh-r)...

Well, I certainly appreciate you taking the time to write all of that. It’s starting to all make more sense. It seems possible that my tracking is too hot. Also wondering if I’m used to clean digital tracking, and there is just some noise I need to get used to as well. I’m going to try all the...

I wasn’t able to test anything more tonight, but I will tomorrow. Thanks for your help. I asked about the bias question he did on my machine for the lpr35 tape, this was my response from the tech: “The correct bias for that machine is in the range 85 to 110mV depending on tape oxide and...

Sorry I used them separately not at the same time. My amp head has a DI out. I just tried them both out separately in case one was the problem

It’s a passive P bass. I used a DI coming out of my orange amp head, then a separate Aguilar DI. Then again directly into the quarter inch cable. Tested on two different channels. I do have some affects hooked up to the machine, but those shouldn’t be affecting anything bc they are set in the...

Haven’t tried through monitor outs bc I had house guests. Will year these things tonight and report back, maybe I can post a sample too. But the VU meters tend to average around 0 I think. But bc of the “upgrade” I’ve been wondering about where to aim for regarding VU meters.

Thanks for that in-depth response. I’m going to need to reread it a few times to understand it. But regarding the bass question. I’m not getting the distortion while tracking. It sounds very nice and clean at first. I’m getting it on play back through the headphone monitor.

So I took my 388 to a well respected tech In the SF Bay Area for repairs. I’m using LPR35 tape. I had a few issues that needed to be fixed, but also asked him to bias the machine and reduce noise/hiss if possible. He put a sticker on it saying “ 0 vu = +2db above 250n W/m” - and explained to me...

Understood on all counts. Thanks for your input. Ive read a lot your other tascam 388 related forums and content on here. Its been valuable stuff for me. Especially related to effects sends, etc. So if you were interested, you would request the seller get a head report as part of the deal...

Thanks. What do you think of the price and head life from what you can visually see?

Does anyone have a Record head for the tascam 388 they could sell me? I know some legends around here have something hah. Maybe even a new one they thought they would use some day? Hook a brother up :)