Need some help connecting my Tascam m208 to my Teac 3340s

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Hey there. I need some help connecting my mixer to the Reel to reel recorder.
Here are some connections it came with. Another thing, I need to know how to use it. How would I assign 5 channels to record on one track? I need to use about 3-5 microphones/channels on each track 1,2,3,4.
Thanks

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Your mixer has 4 buss outputs which connect to the 4 inputs on your recorder.

The 4 outputs of your recorder go to the 4 line or tape inputs on your mixer, 1 through 4. That will leave channels 5-8 on the mixer to be used as dedicated input channels to feed any of the 4 busses on the mixer, which again feed the inputs of your recorder.

How you get 5 inputs to all feed to one track of tape is to use those 1-4 assignment buttons on the mixer, pushing the #1 button on five mics, as an example, will combine all 5 of those channels into 1, which will feed that mix to the track of tape on your recorder.

It sounds like you don't have the owners manuals for this stuff or if you do, that you haven't read them! Shame on you for that! :p Those books will tell you pretty much everything you need to know about hook ups and routing signals around and it also saves all of us from having to re-type out what was written down in those manuals far less completely.

Cheers! :)
 
AllenM said:
the 4 buss outputs on the mixer are the pgm outs?
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Yes.

Program Outs on the mixer go to record ins on the recorder.

Play Outs on the recorder go to the tape inputs on your mixer.

It's a simple loop that requires 8 RCA to RCA patch cords. If you're missing any cords, make a run down to the local electronics store and grab some.

The rest comes from reading the manuals to know what buttons to press and which knobs to adjust.

Find the manuals and read them if you have them. If you don't, hopefully some one kinder then me will point you at a download link.

Cheers! :)
 
the only cords I have are the ones I posted pictures of... Is that enough?

Well I ran 1 rca cable from PGM out 1 on the mixer to the IMPUT 1 on the back of the reel to reel. Then I connected a rca cable to OUTPUT 1 on the reel to reel
then where do I connect the end of the rca cable so I can hear my self through the headphones
 
Like Ghost said you run the pgm out from the board to the "in" on the back of the 3340. THe "Out" on the back of the 3340 goes to the "Tape in" on the board. YOu need 8 rca-rca cables. There will be a switch on the board to go among mic in, line in, and tape in. You use tape in for mixdown, line or mike in to record.

There are switches that should be labeled like 1-4 meaning PGM 1-4 you assign input channels 1-8 to any of these 1-4 outputs. So e.g. you plug a mike into channel one, press pgm 1 you get signal going out pgm 1 to track 1 on the tape deck.

I'm not all that familiar with your board, but I have several Tascam boards and they follow the same general idea. you should be able to monitor the "program buss" (PGM or some other switch) on the headphones on the board, (that is going to be what is going to tape) or use headphones on teh tape deck itself. There should be an tone switch on the board to set the levels on the deck to match what comes out the board.
 
Ok well I used an rca cable from PGM 1 out to LINE IN L1 on the reel to reel. Then an RCA cable connected to OUTPUT L1 on the deck(where do I connect this to? Line in? Line in on what channel?
 
AllenM said:
Ok well I used an rca cable from PGM 1 out to LINE IN L1 on the reel to reel. Then an RCA cable connected to OUTPUT L1 on the deck(where do I connect this to? Line in? Line in on what channel?
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Connect it to the "TAPE IN" jacks on the back of the mixer. Track 1 of the recorder goes to tape in 1 on the mixer and so on.

Cheers! :)
 
That's why if you start with these connections it's all rca-rca, these connections are all rca on your board. Line level instrument ins or microphones are 1/4" phone & XLR.
 
So from OUTPUT L1 from the deck I would use an rca cable to an rca cable with a 1/4 jack cable to line in?
 
OK! I was doing it right to begin with but the reason I CANT hear anything from the headphones is because I have to PUSH DOWN the monitor knob to hear everything. Is this an easy fix? Its like a loose wire in there or something...
I have to push down the knob a little to hear the sound in my headphones
 
No,


208 "PGM OUT"---------------->3340 "LINE IN"

3340 "OUTPUT"--------------->208 "TAPE IN"

These are all rca jacks looking at the picture. You select on the board what input source you are using. On the board the choices are going to be mic, line, or tape. You'd choose tape when you are listening to what you've already recorded. You use the mic or line inputs for mic or line level input sources. The term "line" simply refers to a line level as opposed to microphone level signal. Note you can't plug a guitar directly into 208 line jack inputs, the impedance of the guitar is too high and hte signal level too low. You could plug a synthesizer, or any other "line level" device in there..

E.g.

Mic into XLR jack 1 ---> select mic in ----> "assign" to program buss 1 (PGM OUT #1) with teh 3340 in record record something.

rewind, switch the 208 to tape in, play back and listen. You have two sets of program outs so you can either use you program bus or your stereo buss for listening to/mixdown to. It is prob better to use the buss out for mixing as you go through one less summing amp. You can probably take that stereo out and send it e.g. to a tape or aux in on that hifi receiver you have in the background for stereo monitoring.

Why don't you post a pic of the front of hte board.
 
I got the connections but I cannot hear anything from the headphone jack. I found out that if I push down the monitor knob I can hear the spund. Ill post a video right now.
 
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