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The basic Fostex A8 can indeed only record 4 tracks at a time. There's a bank switch allowing to to choose from 1-4 or 5-8. There was also a later A8LR which can record all 8 tracks at once. However mine felt pretty clunky. The Model 80 with microprocessor-controlled transport would...

They tend to keep calibration pretty well, but yes - that's the main drawback. The 2-head design makes things like setting the bias difficult and to be honest, I've left that side of it alone for the most part. It also means you can't use it to do tape echo or monitoring the recording. The...

That seems to be around the going rate for a working machine, actually slightly under that, I think. I adore mine. I am still using it in my workflow even though I have a 24-track, since the auto-punchin works so well for things that need that level of attention. With the right accessory it...

The tape counter basically counts how far the tape as moved. It's not an absolute position and it's not always accurate either. If you zero it at the start of the tape, you could write down the position for the start of each track, but those numbers will only be valid if you reset the counter...

Tape is a thin strip of recording media. The signal is recorded to it only as the heads move over it in record mode, so you'll only use up what you need. It's not like it's recording to the entire tape at once. A typical cassette used in a multitrack should have 30 minutes of recording time...

Oh, I hope someone out there does. I also have the autolocator but have never really been able to figure it out how to make it do anything useful. The Otari came with a nice set of manuals, but only for the multitrack itself, not the accessories.

I use the JoeCo BBR to digitize multitracks for backup. It works well for that purpose, aside from the fact that it's convinced it's the year 2106. However it cannot do punch-ins or overdubbing. It's purely a live recorder.

No, but I do hope you find some! I have some Quantegy era 406 in that format, closest I can offer.

Yeah, make sure you're not treating the Aux sends as inputs, because those are outputs. (Most people will know this but just in case it's your first mixer...) Clarification on exactly which socket you're using, and what you're using it for might be handy!

Okay, I've not been in a position to try it for a while, but yes. The EXT light is supposed to go solid when the machine is being externally controlled - e.g. when I put it into CHASE mode via the ATS-500, the EXT light will switch from blinking to solid. If it were me, I'd suspect the serial...

Are you sure the serial data lines are on the correct pins? Remember that they need to swap over from one end of the cable to the other. According to my notes (which I hope are correct) you need to have pin 2 on one end connecting to pin 4 on the other, and vice-versa. Pin 5 is the direction...

SM911 is pretty much a drop-in replacement.

Assuming that it hasn't taken any other components out downstream - and hopefully the voltage regulators will have stopped that - melting the transformer shouldn't be the end of the world. The biggest problem is if it's designed for the transformer to go directly onto the PCB and you can no...

Yes, either one would do the job - I'm just pointing out that you do have multiple options for this in case the Midiizer proves hard to find. I don't know what the current street price is for them because I bought mine in 2007.

You're going to have to connect something to the TSR-8 to control it, and the Accessory-2 cable is pretty straightforward as these things go. It's a 15-pin D-sub connector and only 8 pins are actually needed. The only other connector is a 38-pin parallel one which will be even more awkward to...

That should work, yes. It can control machines like the TSR-8, and do a 'code only' sync where it slaves the tape deck to any old timecode. That would allow you to make it chase a non-TASCAM multitrack, a video deck, or in your case, a timecode provided by the DAW. Keep in mind that it can...

May vary depending on the version. According to one of the manuals it's on the back of the head cover - but I can see on some other machines, you have to lift up the head cover and it'll be near the back. Either way, the heads are connected to a PCB at the back of the head block, and the...

The tape machine appears to be a Soundcraft 760. EDIT: If I remember right, the Mk3 (SCM 762?) has a blue front so this would be an older model. They were fairly popular as a budget multitrack in the UK, and were also used by Academy studios in Yorkshire. Bal-Sagoth recorded most of their...

Yes, that has a very nice 60s tone to it!

With the unhappy news about MRL shutting up shop, I ordered a spare calibration tape from AnalogTapes. When it arrived, it came with a flyer saying that they were official distributors for MRL, ATR, RTM and ...Burlington? That's a new one on me. Doing a search just now, there are claims it's...