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I'm currently searching someone to repair my Tascam... but very hard to find in France :(

Hi everyone, I cleaned the 3 heads and the tape path. The sound is much better (I hear high frequency now). But I still have the same issue at recording => no sound. The tracks are well erased but no sound is recorded on it :(

Thanks sweetbeats. If that's it, it's pretty good news. I'll try to find some tutorial to clean the entire tape path (because from now I did it with alcohol and Q-tips).

For sure miroslav, I won't do the same mistake. Else here is a photo of the heads, not sure if it could help

CSP : yes my tapes are old. But I hesitate to buy new ones if my Tascam doesn't work. Moreover, I can understand that a record on an old tape has a bad quality, but do you really think that it could be the reason why nothing is recorded? At last you're right, my heads were dirty, but I cleaned...

RRuskin : Play back of a pre-recorded tape works fine for all tracks. I tryed to record on two different tapes (both on already recorded part or blank part). But all my tapes are old Ampex 456. Thank you for your diagnosis ecc83, I'm a little bit affraid of the cost

I did all the tests: - ecc83: When I record High frequency at a very High level, and then play and listen (with headset and high gain), I actually hear what I recorded (but the sound is very weak). - sweetbeats: You are right on all your points. I reproduce all what you described.

Thanks ecc83 and sweetbeats. ecc83: I will test your solution sweetbeats: you're right, the problem is with all tracks (1 to 8). I think other symptoms you mention are right too, but I will check and let you know. If it's the case, do you have something in mind?

When I record a track, it's well erased but nothing is writen on it => So read and delete work fine. It's only writing which doesn't work (keeping in mind that sound arrive well in Tascam because meters are moving)...

Thanks for your quick answer ecc83 I didn't try to only erase (but I think this feature doesn't exists on my Tascam 48, I will check in the manual). I will also try the manipulations you suggested (when you say "banging it" you talk about the rec head?). For information, I checked all of the 10...

Hi everyone, I have an issue and hope you could help me. Context: I have A Tascam 48 (with two DX-4D) since a long time. It always worked well. I didn't use it for 3 or 4 years. Today I re-pluged it to my console. The reading of all tracks works well. But when I try to record it doesn't work...