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troutmask
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Hi,
After years of working in digital and finally becoming frustrated enough with the limitations of the format, I've decided that I want to start working with tape again -- specifically, I've been looking at getting a TASCAM 238 (I know that real tapeheads will grimace at such a prospect [especially since I just talked about the 'limitations' of digital], and in that respect, I have been looking at some R2Rs as well, though my experience with R2R machines is far more limited).
What I'd like to do is this:
Set up a DAW (probably Cubase, since it seems to run far better on my system than Adobe Audition) as an SMPTE master
Track using a 238 as an SMPTE slave
(I'm thinking that if I can work this way, as long as I print the same SMPTE information to each subsequent tape, I can track to different tapes and maintain synchronization without having to bounce tracks or anything like that)
And then, for the mixes, dump the tape tracks into the DAW while maintaining sync on any tapes involved
Is this even feasible? Is it possible to record to a 238 while it is in slave mode? I haven't bought a 238 yet -- it is just the latest gadget to catch my eye, and I wanted to get some feedback from other to see if what I wanted to do was even possible. Exactly what equipment would I need to make this work?
Thanks in advance
After years of working in digital and finally becoming frustrated enough with the limitations of the format, I've decided that I want to start working with tape again -- specifically, I've been looking at getting a TASCAM 238 (I know that real tapeheads will grimace at such a prospect [especially since I just talked about the 'limitations' of digital], and in that respect, I have been looking at some R2Rs as well, though my experience with R2R machines is far more limited).
What I'd like to do is this:
Set up a DAW (probably Cubase, since it seems to run far better on my system than Adobe Audition) as an SMPTE master
Track using a 238 as an SMPTE slave
(I'm thinking that if I can work this way, as long as I print the same SMPTE information to each subsequent tape, I can track to different tapes and maintain synchronization without having to bounce tracks or anything like that)
And then, for the mixes, dump the tape tracks into the DAW while maintaining sync on any tapes involved
Is this even feasible? Is it possible to record to a 238 while it is in slave mode? I haven't bought a 238 yet -- it is just the latest gadget to catch my eye, and I wanted to get some feedback from other to see if what I wanted to do was even possible. Exactly what equipment would I need to make this work?
Thanks in advance