Bouncing on a Tascam M-208

[Scrappersa]

I recently just purchased a Teac a-6010 and found a cheap Sansui sd-5000 coincidentally a few days later. If I want to be able to bounce tracks from one to another, will the Tascam M-208 be able to help me do that? I understand that I can just plug one of the machines from the line out to the line in on the other, but I would like to have more control of the levels. Both of the machines are 4-tracks but on each side of the tape, eg. 1 and 3 are the right and left channels.

I think I understand that synchronizing is a whole different thing then just using a mixer, but is one required to do it; and if so, will the Tascam M-208 work to do this?

Thanks so much for all of the help and all of the good reading.

 

[The Ghost of FM]

The M208 can easily accommodate you needs for the project you mentioned and can also allow you to add stuff while you're bouncing from one deck to the other simply by plugging in a Mic or instrument and mixing it with the pre-recorded source tape and as well, you can tweak levels on the tape. add effects or signal processing and of course, eq.

The syncing aspect won't come into play in your situation as your decks aren't equipped for it but, should your gear change in the future to ones which are, the M208 can still play along with any recorder up to 8 tracks that uses standard RCA, line level connectivity.

Cheers!

 

[Scrappersa]

Thanks a lot for the response. I went ahead and bought it today so it should hopefully be here soon. I can't wait to mess around with it.

 

[sleeplessingc]

I have a tascam m 208 and I love it. I use it to summ into my interface for pro tools. I have 2 line6 half stacks with 2 laney bottom cabs. I dont think pro tools gives me enough control over how they sound.( at least I didnt like it). this way I have alot more options. up to 8 mics with eq and effects loop. Whilst on the subject does anyone have any suggestions on how to mic these two monstesr and capture the sound they produce given the aforementioned gear? p.s. the eq on the m 208 is awsome. inmo.

 

[The Ghost of FM]

does anyone have any suggestions on how to mic these two monstesr and capture the sound they produce given the aforementioned gear?

A tried and true method of mic'ing a guitar cab is with an SM57 from about a foot away, at a 45 degree angle to the driver. Try a test recording at different angles to see what works best to your ears.

Cheers!

 

[sleeplessingc]

had a guy tell me to valve the room. to try it with the door at differing degrees open... he told me it was how eddie VH and rick emmit did it...he also suggested i work with just a half stack...

 

[sleeplessingc]

Thanks a lot for the response. I went ahead and bought it today so it should hopefully be here soon. I can't wait to mess around with it.

beware of E B*Y dude... I have been ripped there so many times.....

 

[The Ghost of FM]

had a guy tell me to valve the room. to try it with the door at differing degrees open... he told me it was how eddie VH and rick emmit did it...he also suggested i work with just a half stack...

If you have the same room, microphones, compressors, mixers and guitar cabs and amps that EVH has, and want to emulate the exact same room sound, go for it! Or, you could do it the way I suggested which will give you a purer dry sound that you can mold afterward with a decent digital reverberator to get the sound that you want.

Bottom line in this is that there is more then one way to skin a cat. Experiment and discover what works best for you.

Cheers!