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tapewormz
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Hope someone can help... I have a Tascam 38, which I love. But I have a chronic problem with tracks 1 & 3 on playback. First, the problem. Then what I've tried by way of isolation and troubleshooting--to no avail.
I record on 1 and 3, VU signals indicate good reading. Now, sometimes these tracks play back just fine. Then, I take a break (leave deck, gear,mixer on, or sometimes I shut things down), and then they don't play back anymore (though VU signals show proper movement.
I've tried the following:
1. Switching cords around--basically moving all the cables around to see if I can isolate a bad cable. But same problem: sometimes there's playback, then it "disappears" --VU movement but no sounds. It is NOT THE MIXER CHANNELS, for when I put any other tracks through the mixer, channels 1 & 3 I always get playback.
2. I switch sound cards, moving 1 & 3 to different slots. If the specific cards were suspect, then the new channel assignments would show up there (if 1 or 3 card was bad, and moved to, say, 6 and 8, those channels would not work). But, NO! The same problem persists on channels 1 and 3--sometimes playback and then it's just gone!
I don't know what to do or what to look into next. Anybody have any systematic ways to isolate this. I'd love to have all 8 tracks. I just put mucho money into new heads, new motors, and total overhaul--so all else is like brand new. Help!
I record on 1 and 3, VU signals indicate good reading. Now, sometimes these tracks play back just fine. Then, I take a break (leave deck, gear,mixer on, or sometimes I shut things down), and then they don't play back anymore (though VU signals show proper movement.
I've tried the following:
1. Switching cords around--basically moving all the cables around to see if I can isolate a bad cable. But same problem: sometimes there's playback, then it "disappears" --VU movement but no sounds. It is NOT THE MIXER CHANNELS, for when I put any other tracks through the mixer, channels 1 & 3 I always get playback.
2. I switch sound cards, moving 1 & 3 to different slots. If the specific cards were suspect, then the new channel assignments would show up there (if 1 or 3 card was bad, and moved to, say, 6 and 8, those channels would not work). But, NO! The same problem persists on channels 1 and 3--sometimes playback and then it's just gone!
I don't know what to do or what to look into next. Anybody have any systematic ways to isolate this. I'd love to have all 8 tracks. I just put mucho money into new heads, new motors, and total overhaul--so all else is like brand new. Help!
