I don't normally cross-post but the Tascam forum is a little under-subscribed so here's some questions I put up over there.
Over here
I'm enjoying my new Tascam 34B enormously, but I got a couple of questions.
First up - there seems to be a lot of background noise hiss ( I'm coming over from the digital realm so I'm not sure what's acceptable & what could be a set-up problem) - not just at playback, but at the monitoring stage, even with the mic inputs way down low - in fact even with them turned down completely & just the phones output up.
I'm going into a nice condenser mic, thru a Joe Meek pre & I've tried it with the -20db pad both on & off - but still lotsa hiss.
Any suggestions ? (short of getting an external dolby or dbx unit?)
Secondly, how do you connect all the track outs to an amp?
They're RCA (phono) outs for each separate track, but I only have one RCA in on my amp, so can only do one track at a time. Obviously it seems like some kind of patch bay/mixer is required before the signals get to the amp - any suggestions here?
Sorry if this is all dumb, obvious stuff
Dave.
Over here
I'm enjoying my new Tascam 34B enormously, but I got a couple of questions.
First up - there seems to be a lot of background noise hiss ( I'm coming over from the digital realm so I'm not sure what's acceptable & what could be a set-up problem) - not just at playback, but at the monitoring stage, even with the mic inputs way down low - in fact even with them turned down completely & just the phones output up.
I'm going into a nice condenser mic, thru a Joe Meek pre & I've tried it with the -20db pad both on & off - but still lotsa hiss.
Any suggestions ? (short of getting an external dolby or dbx unit?)
Secondly, how do you connect all the track outs to an amp?
They're RCA (phono) outs for each separate track, but I only have one RCA in on my amp, so can only do one track at a time. Obviously it seems like some kind of patch bay/mixer is required before the signals get to the amp - any suggestions here?
Sorry if this is all dumb, obvious stuff
Dave.