I would like to apologise in advance if this is not the right place for this thread but you guys know the answer to most things so I thought I'd ask!
I'm still working with old tapes recorded on my Tascam 244 in '89. I have about half a dozen songs on which track 1 has been used to record the sync code from a Roland Tr626 drum machine. A few years back I managed to digitise these recordings after kind advice from jpmorris and other guys here. I managed to sync the Roland to playback from a DAW and recorded the individual drum voices and the sync seemed fine at the time but I find now on one song it has wandered off a little - not by much but enough to be annoying. So I thought I'd have another go using a the Tascam DP-32sd I just bought. I've had loads of help from the Tascam forum on this and after transferring the 244 tracks onto the new recorder I can sync up beautifully with the Roland and finally play the drums in perfect time. But I had an odd problem on the way which falls into both analogue and digital camps.
I had to restore the drum pattern onto the Roland from a "drum store" track I had made at the end of the cassette used on the 244. I used a JVC deck running at normal speed for this all those years ago. I didn't have the DP-32 or Roland in the same location as the old tape so I thought I could just digitise the drum store recording using another digital recorder and load this up onto the DP-32 later for restoring the drum pattern on the Roland. I used the same JVC deck I'd used 30 years ago (and working well) to play back the store code into a Tascam DP-01fx. But when loaded onto the DP-32 I was unable to restore the drum pattern onto the Roland - it just didn't want to know. I tried all sorts of levels but no go. I had to wait until I could bring the original cassette back home to where I have the Roland and record the tone directly on to it for it to be able to restore the drum pattern - incidentally using a different cassette deck for playback.
I'm at a loss work out what was going on here! I'd appreciate any thoughts......
I'm still working with old tapes recorded on my Tascam 244 in '89. I have about half a dozen songs on which track 1 has been used to record the sync code from a Roland Tr626 drum machine. A few years back I managed to digitise these recordings after kind advice from jpmorris and other guys here. I managed to sync the Roland to playback from a DAW and recorded the individual drum voices and the sync seemed fine at the time but I find now on one song it has wandered off a little - not by much but enough to be annoying. So I thought I'd have another go using a the Tascam DP-32sd I just bought. I've had loads of help from the Tascam forum on this and after transferring the 244 tracks onto the new recorder I can sync up beautifully with the Roland and finally play the drums in perfect time. But I had an odd problem on the way which falls into both analogue and digital camps.
I had to restore the drum pattern onto the Roland from a "drum store" track I had made at the end of the cassette used on the 244. I used a JVC deck running at normal speed for this all those years ago. I didn't have the DP-32 or Roland in the same location as the old tape so I thought I could just digitise the drum store recording using another digital recorder and load this up onto the DP-32 later for restoring the drum pattern on the Roland. I used the same JVC deck I'd used 30 years ago (and working well) to play back the store code into a Tascam DP-01fx. But when loaded onto the DP-32 I was unable to restore the drum pattern onto the Roland - it just didn't want to know. I tried all sorts of levels but no go. I had to wait until I could bring the original cassette back home to where I have the Roland and record the tone directly on to it for it to be able to restore the drum pattern - incidentally using a different cassette deck for playback.
I'm at a loss work out what was going on here! I'd appreciate any thoughts......
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