Tascam 424MkIII Question

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What cassettes are u allowed to use in the tascam 424MkIII?
 
Type II, chromium dioxide position type tapes only.

Normal bias, type I, will heavily distort and type IV, Metal, can not be fully erased.

Cheers! :)
 
The Ghost of FM said:
Type II, chromium dioxide position type tapes only.

Normal bias, type I, will heavily distort and type IV, Metal, can not be fully erased.

Cheers! :)
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Um.. im very lnformed about it. Where do I get them? and how do u find them. What are they? C-90? I need more help.
 
The Ghost of FM said:
Type II, chromium dioxide position type tapes only.

Normal bias, type I, will heavily distort and type IV, Metal, can not be fully erased.

Cheers! :)
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Um.. im not very lnformed about it. Where do I get them? and how do u find them. What are they? C-90? I need more help.
 
The Ghost of FM said:
Type II, chromium dioxide position type tapes only.

Normal bias, type I, will heavily distort and type IV, Metal, can not be fully erased.

Cheers! :)
Click to expand...

Um.. im not very lnformed about it. Where do I get them? and how do u find them. What are they? C-90? I need more help.
 
Greykitkat36 said:
Um.. im not very lnformed about it. Where do I get them? and how do u find them. What are they? C-90? I need more help.
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TV and stereo shops,
Musical instrument shops,
Music stores,
Department stores.

All the above sell type II audio cassettes in 60 or 90 minute lengths.

Cheers! :)
 
The Ghost of FM said:
TV and stereo shops,
Musical instrument shops,
Music stores,
Department stores.

All the above sell type II audio cassettes in 60 or 90 minute lengths.

Cheers! :)
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Thanks. Also, do u know what are the best equipment to mix down to. I mean, is it better to mix down to a VHS, or to a CD Burner?
 
I use a stand-alone CD burner myself and get very good results from it.

Years ago, before CD burners were available, I used to use a Beta hi-fi VCR and while it did make a very good and clean recording, it was a bitch for finding songs on the tape and didn't take well to countless replays before the tape would start to get dropouts or get eaten by the mechanism.

Most modern VCRs don't have manual recording level controls anymore and just use a cheap AGC (automatic gain control) to set recording levels which is not a good approach to work from when you are mastering down to a two track, stereo recording.

Stand-alone CD recorders are reasonably cheap and readily available. Buy one and get on with it.

Cheers! :)
 
I like TDK pro, you can order them on the net(musicians friend.com) I use the sm30, this will give you 7.5 min. recording time on high speed. I have not had any problem with drop out, and it sounds great.
 
Is it possible....

Sorry Grey, not trying to hi-jack your post....

......that there is a characteristic sound differences between Maxell and TDK tape????

I have been listening to and transferring a bunch of old recordings to computer and it seems that the ones I recorded on Maxell (which is the majority of them) have a warm, slightly mushy low end and what sounds like rolled off highs.

Whereas the TDK recordings have less bottom (less weight to them) but better high end definition.

Am I totally imagining this or is this possible?????

It seems to be fairly consistent.

BTW Grey, I usually use(d) the Maxell II's because I could usually find them in bigger bundles (10 packs) for cheaper.

-mike
 
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