Hi. I just got my tapes today and decided to try recording for the first time on my tascam 488 mkii. I followed everything well and was able to record on to track one and play it back perfectly. Then when I went to record on track 2it wouldn't work. I then disarmed the track and tried to play the tape but the play button did nothing when i clicked it. I can ff/rewind stop pause rtz but the recording and playing function just stopped after one take. I've heard this could be a belt issue. I'm just looking to see if I'm possibly doing something wrong or if it is indeed a mechanical problem. I turned all the tracks off of line in and back to tape. The tape cue is on in the monitor selection. Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks.
Tascam 488 MkII not playing or recording.
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grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
I used to have the MK1 and it's been a while since I operated one {I sold it at Christmas 2018} but when I used to have difficulties with any of the buttons, I used to get them replaced. In 26 years they needed replacing twice although funnily enough, never the record button.
Only twice did I find that a track wouldn't record properly. The first time, I'd had the 488 for about 4 months. A good head clean sorted that out, which was odd as I used to clean before and after every session. The second time, I remember getting it serviced, which brings me to my question ~ is there anywhere you can get it serviced ? Being a cassette portastudio, you may find that hard nowadays but it's not impossible. Where are you based ?
Only twice did I find that a track wouldn't record properly. The first time, I'd had the 488 for about 4 months. A good head clean sorted that out, which was odd as I used to clean before and after every session. The second time, I remember getting it serviced, which brings me to my question ~ is there anywhere you can get it serviced ? Being a cassette portastudio, you may find that hard nowadays but it's not impossible. Where are you based ?