you know guys, this thing and all the comments here kind of got me thinking ... well, I mean it got me thinking seriously about the add and various issues (marketing, technology AND! analog vs digital
...because it is in your face.... without even reading a word )
.....
so after thinking and re-thinking and re-thinking again... I simply have to finally conclude: "
This add SUCKS, period. . Case closed. Bang.
"
It suck vertically and horizontally by any and all means.
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and, btw.... so does modern TASCAM, (sorry guys, if you still have al lot of
respect for that company... I have very little left, really ....
)
and btw, this is the same
TASCAM, which
(on the pages of "On Sound" (The Tascam Guide To Recording...that is 
) , Issue 6/Volume 3/Spring/Summer 1997 (which I have (and some more) in one of the dusty corners of my cave 
) ) has stated (and I quote word-to-word!):
In between page 12 and 13 The issue has 12-page products insert, titled as "TASCAM Recording Products (spring-summer 1997)".
On page 2 of that insert (which actually is page ONE, because page "1" is a cover of the insert
) a
"guided" reader gets the pleasure to read:
DA-98 Digital Multitrack Recorder.
......
The DA-98 ... significantly ups the ante for the professional and post-production professional alike. ... the new DA-98 delivers the absolute best in digital multitrack functionality."
Then!... On page 11 of that insert (which is next to the last
) a
"guided" reader gets the pleasure to read:
TSR-8 Multitrack Recorder...
...is an economical spring-board into the world of professional multitrack recording. Perfect for independent musicians, small recording studios and post-production studios. Built in dbx noise reduction gives 10db more head-room and incredible 108db signal/noise ratio delivering near-CD recording quality.
Yep. Near-CD quality. That is true. .... So, From which side is it
near? Not as bad as CD-quality but kind of close to it? Oh, I see....
And!, speaking of the
whole "new world" out there... if that is what it is, then thanks but no thanks... keep that "springy board thingy" of yours for yourself.
But that's just me - dummy, who would hate to be springed to that "new world of pro-recording". I'd imagine, that a "guided" reader is
better informed and prepared and focused on his/her goal and thus will quickly realize, that there's no reason for entering the "springy stage" while you can enter the "world of pro-recording" straight forward, by purchasing the product listed on page 2 (if not the Big DA-98, then it's lil' Bro DA-38).
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uhhh, so what's in "TASCAM Hitmakes" section of
the guide... (page 8)?
Take a guess....
heh heh
- Alan Parson.
But of course, who else. lol
Nice pic of him as always (a "thinking" man... photo
)
And what is he ranting about in his contributions to the "guide"?
- About his:
latest project ... "On Air" a multimedia tribute to mankind's will to fly, packaged with an interactive CD-ROM which he recorded at his Parsonics Studio, a state-of-the-art 48-track facility equipped with six DA-88.
he-heh-he...
Thanks for the
guiding, Alan. I know too what
six-pack is good for.
>>>>
may I address Alan here? (I know he's not going to read it, but ... you know , in the style of "talking to myself"
)
So here's a note to Alan:
-Hey, Alan, from what I've read here and there, I figured you really would hate to have to splice tape again and have all the band-members having their fingers on something while recording/mixing and you would hate to have no "undo" button under YOUR finger. BUT! Maybe! Only maybe! If you'd do that again, maybe, then people actually would like to listen to your projects again? You may want to try it. Well, if you care, to begin with and have some time for it, since you are so freaking bussy contributing to various "guides" in various publications.
.....
o.k.
shall we break a
six-pack? Yes, we shall:
I got lured in!! 
