porta's (246, 424mkIII and 488) 1/4" ins - balanced or unbalanced?

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hi everyone,

i really need to know if the effects ins on the 246, 488 and 424 and also the mic lines are balanced or unbalanced...i can get a lexicon alex cheap and its got unbalanced ins and outs...dunno if its safe to get it though...

also, while you're at it...tascam advises to mix down to a 2 track recorder...does this mean that (what i had intended would be something like, lay down 8 tracks on the 488 or 4 on the 424 and then dump those 4 tracks into 1 in the 246, then add 3 more tracks there and that would be it) - in principle lay down as many recorders as i need and bounce - bounce - bounce to each other till the end of the line...but will that tape be readable by normal tape players once its out of the 4 tracker?

any views?


tanx!
 
The Portastudio 4/8-track tape isn't compatible with consumer stereo format.

To get your final mix to a listenable format, you'll dub from the Portastudio to a standard cassette, CDR audio recorder, MD, or the 'puter soundcard. ;)
 
Dave,

tanx man..

always to the rescue :)

tell me something...will any cdr recorder work? what shall i look for in these units? balanced ins? burning speed?

also, how do u burn into a cdr? like one song at the time? wont the unit assume the session is over and close the option of putting more songs in the cd?

i really want to do this on the cheap, will dump from the 246 of course ;)

any sugestions?

thanks again!
 
Most 'stand-alone' CD recorders have the facility to burn one track at a time. You then finalise the disk at the end.
Minidisc is a good format for mastering - you can edit more than on CD.

Orc
 
tanx a lot Orc..

i really needed to know that. never used one of these things before.
tanx!
 
A Reel Person said:
To get your final mix to a listenable format, you'll dub from the Portastudio to a standard cassette, CDR audio recorder, MD, or the 'puter soundcard. ;)
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HA HA. the other way around sounds better always. Dubb from porta-studio is dumb idea like this guy. Get a revox or scully deck real pro to get good sound from.
 
Pls try to stay on topic!

Your assertion that a reel recorder is superior to Portastudios is a moot point.

Thanx again for registering on this board specifically to criticise me!
;)
 
A Reel Person said:
Your assertion that a reel recorder is superior to Portastudios is a moot point.

Thanx again for registering on this board specifically to criticise me!
;)
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It is? wow, you really are a stupid moron.

But.............

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Thank you for the advice.

God bless you & have a nice day. :)
 
A Reel Person said:
To get your final mix to a listenable format, you'll dub from the Portastudio to a standard cassette, CDR audio recorder, MD, or the 'puter soundcard. ;)
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But, Dave, an MD player or a computer is digital. How is this putting it into a "listenable format?"

Please respond as I have heard you rant over and over again that analog is the only "real" system that there is. Why would you not tell the poster to mixdown to a reel to reel? Is a reel to reel "not" a listenable format? Cassete is OK, but MD Dave?


You are a hypocrite.
 
>"HA HA. the other way around sounds better always. Dubb from porta-studio is dumb idea. . . . Get a revox or scully deck real pro to get good sound from.<"


In defense of Dave. . . .I much prefer the cassette format to R-to-R. It's not always feasible to work with R-to-R, especially if one lives in a city where there is no expert technician. R-to-R is incredibly temperamental and requires constant repair and recalibration. Many professional recording studio owners have confirmed this to me.

Recording to cassette, if done right (and with the right equipment), does a fine job of approximating the analog dream of R-to-R. I work with Tascam 424's (various), 488, 112 MkII, and 122 MkIII and I blow away people who do their stuff digitally by their own admission. Is R-to-R better? Probably, assuming thousands of dollars are spent buying, maintaining and calibrating the machine, and external noise reduction is used. Obviously more tape saturation can occur with R-to-R. But there are practical considerations to take into account for HOME RECORDING (the subject of this entire forum). If something goes wrong with a 424 or 112 or 122, put it in the box and ship it to Tascam (I've never had to do this after 15 + years of working with the Tascam cassette stuff). The recordings I make with 424 MkII or MkIII are better than those I made with an old 3340, BTW. The live-to 2-track recordings I make with 112 MkII or 122 MkIII are sweeter than DAT.

Yes, at some point the material has to go to digital to put it out there, hence the idea to dump to CD or MD or DAT for eventual duplication to CD.

Cheers,

Michael Y.
http://www.ambientjazzduo.8m.net
 
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