Fascinating Sync Problems

[nowheredog1]

I've been trying to record some old tapes made on the tascam 238 8-track cassete and been experiencing a strange fluttering tremeloish effect on the drums particularly the cymbals ....also it's impossible to record the different drum tracks without getting some serious timing problems/flanging effect...the cheap audio card necessitiates recording each track singularly

my current system

Abit BE-6II
Pentium 3 750 slot 1
Maxtor 30.7GB (audio)
Maxtor 10.2GB (system)
256MB PC 100
Plextor 12x10x32x
ATI Xpert 98 8MB
Win 98 SE
Linksys 10/100 ethernet LAN card
Cakewalk Proaudio 9
Creative Labs Ensoniq sound card
Opcode Midi Translator

I appreciate any ideas and thanks

 

[regebro]

The reason for that effect most likely is because of the flutter from the tape transport. If you then have recorded anything in stereo, a flanging/phasing effect is to be expected.

Can you not record the tracks two and two? Then you could do any stereotracks simoultaneously, and that effect should be minimized.

(Geez, do I sound like some kind of bureaucrat today? Hence, therefore in effect of the forewithstanding party...)