superbeatballer
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I received my latest ebay aquisition today (a Tascam 40-4). The first thing I noticed was the packing job which was better than I'd hoped for, but still not up to cjacek quality. Secondly, I was startled by how heavy and robust this beast was. I snapped some photos and will post them soon.
Right now I want to establish whether or not the basics are operational.
I've tested the transport functions, and all appear to be ok. What I'm baffled about is the monitoring section. The machine came with no manual so I have to learn about it the hard way.
Anyway, I've been monitoring from the line outs to headphones. I can hear input sound both line and mic, but nothing registers on my vu meters. Conversely, when I unplug the phones from the outputs, the sound registers on the vu meters but I can hear no sound. I've tried to monitor through the phones jack on the front of the 40-4, but I can't hear anything in any configuration. There are three buttons on the front of the deck located under "output select" marked input, norm, and monitor that I think have something to do with my confusion. In addition, I think the xlr and line inputs are acting as an independent unit, because four rca wires carrying that input signal must be connected to the four rca inputs above to get any signal in the vu's whatsoever. Wish I had the manual.
Right now I want to establish whether or not the basics are operational.
I've tested the transport functions, and all appear to be ok. What I'm baffled about is the monitoring section. The machine came with no manual so I have to learn about it the hard way.
Anyway, I've been monitoring from the line outs to headphones. I can hear input sound both line and mic, but nothing registers on my vu meters. Conversely, when I unplug the phones from the outputs, the sound registers on the vu meters but I can hear no sound. I've tried to monitor through the phones jack on the front of the 40-4, but I can't hear anything in any configuration. There are three buttons on the front of the deck located under "output select" marked input, norm, and monitor that I think have something to do with my confusion. In addition, I think the xlr and line inputs are acting as an independent unit, because four rca wires carrying that input signal must be connected to the four rca inputs above to get any signal in the vu's whatsoever. Wish I had the manual.
