is my tascam 414 broken?
- Thread starter davocado
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rob aylestone
Moderator
That's not good - you appear to be doing everything OK - does it replay? Turn the tape over so the tracks are reversed and see if what you recorded on 4 plays back on 1?
Slouching Raymond
Well-known member
Interesting that both 1 and 2 both don't work.
Am not familiar with the hardware. but it looks like you recorded on to 4, then played that back, and recorded that on to 1, but the recording didn't stick.
Something on 1 works though, the led bars. So the incoming signal on 1 looks good.
Can you play back a previously recorded 4 track tape? Thereby proving that a recorded tape can be read.
Another experiment I might suggest is inserting a 4 track cassette you don't mind losing, and try to record silence over track 1, and if that works, then do it on track 2.
Another thought - if the record/read selector switch were faulty, it might be reading when you think you are recording.
Am not familiar with the hardware. but it looks like you recorded on to 4, then played that back, and recorded that on to 1, but the recording didn't stick.
Something on 1 works though, the led bars. So the incoming signal on 1 looks good.
Can you play back a previously recorded 4 track tape? Thereby proving that a recorded tape can be read.
Another experiment I might suggest is inserting a 4 track cassette you don't mind losing, and try to record silence over track 1, and if that works, then do it on track 2.
Another thought - if the record/read selector switch were faulty, it might be reading when you think you are recording.
maxoakland
New member
How’d you find your technician?
davocado
New member
i was lucky enough i found one in the city i live (vienna, austria)