Tascam 424MKIII to PC?

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Sorry I should post this to the Tascam forum but this should apply to any 4-track recorder. And I know that this issue has been addressed many times but what is one more going to do? :)

Anyways, so I have my 424 and I recorded everything, while I recorded my instruments (for example Drums on Track one)..and I had a good recording. So now I want to add say some reverb to my overheads which is on Ch 1, and yadda yadda.. I got couple channels in my tracks I want to edit seperetly so putting them on my computer would be the best idea. But i've already sorta mixed my song on the four track but I want to do additional editing on my computer. How would I sync up my tracks on the computer? I could play each track seperatly and output it to my computer (annoying and major syncing problems in the end) or I could just take my output of my Tascam and hook it up to my sound card and be done. But then I would only have one track to work with, not what wanted to do.

So i guess my question is, ultimately how am I going to sync up all my tracks? I read in another thread that the PPS-2 would do the trick, http://www.jlcooper.com/pages/pps2.html would that work with Cubase? I also heard getting a soundcard with 4 inputs, most of the ones i saw on ebay (the more better ones) even only had 2..so what should I do here? Sorry for the long post, i'm new and eager to learn
 
The 424 iii has individual Outs for each track, so if you hooked them up to a soundcard/breakout box with four individual inputs and you have software that will record four individual tracks at once, you could do what you want to do (if I've understood you correctly). You'd have to check the soundcard though. Some which look like they have four individual inputs actually have two stereo pairs.

I'm not familiar with the PPS2. It looks like it's a unit for syncing midi devices to the 424.
 
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I think you'd be much better off just dumping everything to the computer and working from there, but of course you need a 4 input sound card.

If you want to sync up computer and 4-track, you'd need to stripe one track of the 4 track with timecode, making it a 3-track (which I assume is a show-stopper). Then, you'd need a sync box (like the cooper box reference above) that reads the timecode and tells the computer to slow down/speed up to match the positioning.

Big hassle, little payoff.

Cheapest approach is to get a 4 input sound card...
 
Todzilla said:
I think you'd be much better off just dumping everything to the computer and working from there, but of course you need a 4 input sound card.

If you want to sync up computer and 4-track, you'd need to stripe one track of the 4 track with timecode, making it a 3-track (which I assume is a show-stopper). Then, you'd need a sync box (like the cooper box reference above) that reads the timecode and tells the computer to slow down/speed up to match the positioning.

Big hassle, little payoff.

Cheapest approach is to get a 4 input sound card...
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Yeah I think i'm just going to go with a sound card. Does it need 4 inputs though? Can't I transfer two tracks at a time? The 4 input ones are kind of pricey. I just did a little research. I'll probably end up buying a Delta 44. I think this will do the job? Any other suggestions?
 
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dietcookie said:
.....I'll probably end up buying a Delta 44. I think this will do the job.....
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Yes, the Delta 44 has 4 inputs.

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I use a 424/Delta44 setup.

It works great.

The problem that I had with doing two traks at a time is that even though I have just recently had the unit serviced and all that....there are slight play speed variations in playback speed wheb doing the two passes....just enough to make aligning them in the computer a real hassle because the drift fluctuates.

The 4 tape outs into the 4 Delta ins is soooo much better...one pass full sync with out time code.

Its the way to go.

-mike
 
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