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Hi all, I don't really know very much about the inner-workings and schematics of these old tape machines (which I'm sure is to my detriment). But I'm wondering if there is some sort of rule of thumb in terms of bringing my Tascam 38 into the repair center near my home just to make sure...

Sorry if this question gets asked a lot around here, but I'm not very good at using the search function successfully so... I just received a Tascam 32 in the mail today, and everything appears to be in good shape... but I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to the specifics of this stuff and I was...

Hi all, I'm very curious to see what your opinions are on the subject of mixing down from an analog 8 track machine. What are some good formats you have used, and why do you like them? Onto 2 track tape? DAT? Computer? Hmmmm?

Hi all, I need to bring my Tascam 38 to my friend's house for mixing down. He lives about 45 minutes away, and I want to take all precautions-- should I take any safety measures in preparing for this brief move? Should it be ok just sitting in the back seat?

Hi all, I'm on the final stages of recording--- recording the bass guitar. As you all probably know, recording bass can be very difficult! I've searched some old threads but I figured I'd bite the bullet and add myself to the long list of people asking how to record bass. Unfortunately I can't...

So I got my Tascam 38 fully serviced at the end of August, and everything was working great until late November. After threading the tape and pushing play, the Shut off arm and pinch roller would engage as usual, but the tape would not move-- I believe the capstan shaft would not engage as per...

Hey- here's a sort of dumb question but... When mixing down from my Tascam 38 through my Teac 3 mixing board, can someone tell me how I can add reverb and EQ to the vocal track?

Hi, I recently got my Tascam 38 totally serviced, and it has been working and sounding great. However, today I went to go record and when I pushed the Play button the machine would sort of just give out. There'd be this clicking noise and then nothing would happen... the play arm would engage...

Hi, I am beginning to record vocals through a Teac 3 mixing board onto a Tascam 38. I have a simple set up and no more money to spend... so what I have is all I can use. I want to get my vocals nice and reverby, so I am trying to run the microphone through my tube amp with reverb... it sounds...

Hi, I don't know if this is an appropriate place to do this... but I figured I'd ask here first before going through the whole annoying registration process with some other board. I am using a Tascam 38 to record an album in my basement. My plan is to release this album on the vinyl format and...

Hi, How do I access the cards in the Tascam 38? I heard someone say they are in the bottom of the machine- should I take off the back cover?

Hi, Last night I recorded onto tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 of my Tascam 38. All went smoothly. Everything played back and sounded great. Today I went to record on the remaining tracks and track 3 would not play back. When I turn the playback volume for track 3 to 10 I can just faintly hear what I had...

For me to leave my tape on the reel to reel machine when i'm not recording? Is there any downside to this?

So my other thread in here seems to have yielded the conclusion that this noise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHXEupVeiFgis a result of something wrong with the pinch roller. Now, is there anything I can try to remove that noise other than replacing the pinch roller? Some sort of cleaning or...

I have a Teac model 3 mixer and it all seems to be running smoothly except I can't figure out how to get sound to come out of either of the two 1/4 inch headphone jacks- one located on the back and one on the front. When I hook up a headphone amp to the mixer I can get sound to come out, but not...

Hi, I am new to Analog recording and recently hooked up my Teac model 3 mixer to the Tascam 38. Everything seems to be running smoothly except for when I load the tape into the machine (which for all I know I'm doing poorly) and press play, there is this bothersome clicking noise eminating from...

Hey, I recently bought a Tascam 38, still waiting on the manual to arrive so I can't consult it for any answers just yet. The guy I bought it from gave it to me with two used reels of 1/2 inch tape, I am not home right now and I can't remember for sure but I think one of them was a reel of...

I got two rolls of Ampex 1/2 tape (456 and something else I can't recall.) I opened the box and about a foot or two of the tape had been unraveled off of the container(?) and was just hanging around all loosey goosey in the box. This caused the very end of the tape to be quite crinkled and...

Hi everybody, I posted this in the newbies forum but I've gotten no responses so I'll try it here! Thanks. I recently came into some good fortune and now possess a Tascam 38 1/2 inch 8 track. Having used my cassette 4 tracks to death over the past few years I am excited to start using some...

Hello all, I recently came into some good fortune and now possess a Tascam 38 1/2 inch 8 track. Having used my cassette 4 tracks to death over the past few years I am excited to start using some higher quality (and I'm assuming higher stress inducing) equipment! I'll preface this by saying that...