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I thought I'd give this its own thread, not that I have much to say about it.... but maybe someone else does..:) as for the RNLA, I still need some time with it, its new for me, I was stuck out here without a mic compressor, so I sprang for it as there's not much else in the $-range that's...

Hi, So I've read a bit about peoples perspectives on running the +9 (or higher) range of tapes (Q 499 / SM-900 / ATR) with the 'semi-pro' format tape decks (1/2" 8-track, or 1/4" half track) and why its not always possible or advantageous. What ARE the 'semi-pro' half-track decks that could...

hi everyone, I'm getting ready to leave the country for 2 months. I'm subletting my place to a friend and putting all my gear in a closet that will be relatively temperature / humidity controlled. I'm thinking of storing the 388 on its side so it stands tall leaning slightly against a wall...

Hey everyone - I'm still getting on great with my 388, but eventually I'll be getting the 38 going - I found a DX8 to go with it, and later i'll get a better monitor mixer to use it with the 388 mixer... - but something I'm noticing when i play the 38 is that there is rather a bit of...

Hi everyone, recording with the 388 today I notice now that signal on channel 1 is extremely low - so much so that at first I thought there was nothing at all - but it is possible to hear the recording if its pumped all the way (adding eq etc.). so for perspective, when I get a level into the...

Anyone know how stable this stuff is? It must be from '85 or '87. Is it still safe to use or not worth it? I like the cans though - I guess I didn't show anything size relative in the photo, but they are about the size of a red bull, though a little wider.

I wanted to get some perspective / stories about using high eq boost going to tape, particularly if people have settled on any standards that they like for their machine/particular setup/particular instruments/ whatever. as particular as possible would be interesting: what freq., how much...

on one of my PCBs i find a capacitor that is not sitting with its polarity the same as the others (edit: i.e., it's in backwards, the actual capacitor is in reverse to what the board has printed). I immediately assumed this must be some kind of capacitor where polarity doesn't matter, but now i...

There are two different issues here. In practice I COULD work around the first (though it’d be nice to fix ‘er up right) and the second is rather more of a handicap in practice. Issue #1: Track 5 meter does not read on record function enabled (red light on track 5). So no monitoring of input...

i've been experimenting with some DIY spring reverb configurations using accutonics tanks and have picked up a couple old reverb mixers to have something to compare with sonically, experiment with swapping tanks etc.- and also hopefully to have the option to use one of the mixers as stand alone...

here's a little amateurish frequency analysis test I conducted on my machines and found interesting: Hope you can see it ok. ignore the volume level - unless noted they were hit to tape at 0db. the Tascam decks are getting roughly the same VU level on input as playing from tape with the...

Hi, I looked around for info on this and found some mention of it causing problems when it gets all over, but what do people replace these with? I couldn't find a part on my manual either (though it could somehow be there that I didn't see...:o) is there a common substitution that people...

I got this 10" reel of (perhaps...) Quantegy 499 with my Tascam 38 from someone who knew nothing about either (he inherited it all from his dad). By what process, reason or mistake would the tape have ended up shiny-brown-oxide-out on the reel? Is there an easy way for me to tell if its...

Hello fellow Analog enthusiasts, I’m new here to HR forum and signed up especially for the Analog corner over here relating to Reel to Reels - I’ve already mined some great info just eavesdropping. I’m also new to Reel to Reels, having (unfortunately, as I now see it) jumped right into Tascam...