Tascam 688 appreciation link + manual

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Bonus book!

There is a cassette that came with mine that had all the extra scenes on it. I also have the amendment that came with the owner's manual that was very helpful with these extra scenes. I would like to send you the jpegs of the extra book for you wonderful Tascam 688 appreciation link.
 
Holy crap, that's a 688?? I want one of those!!!:eek::p
 
I am still very new to this site and this is the first site I have ever joined. And becuse of this I can not allowed to post URLs to other sites just yet.
 
Dude!

Sweet!............:eek:;)
 

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The Cassette for Tascam 688 & 644

Here is the cover of the cassette that has all the bonus scenes on it. When I get it copied and it works I will let you all know. I am now trying to get my mac to control the Tascam 688 so that all 8 tracks are recorded onto or into "Garageband". I do not think it will work but the guy at the apple store said it would. anyways ENJOY!;)
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Here is the cassette. I hope that if I can post an MP3 of the Scenes and you record them to a cassette that it might work.
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Just for the record, the 688 on the "Appreciation Page" is mine of my 688, which I still have, love and use. Awesome machines!

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A Once Proud&Proficient Tascam 688 owner wants to rise up from the ashes and RECORD

Hi everyone :)
My name is Don (daaaa). I've been having many sleepless nights debating whether 2 go further into debt to my partner Mr. Master (charge) and buy a new, self-contained portastudio-like beast or like the Pheonix, resurrect my once beloved 688? Last night I ened up waisting 2.5 hrs in a Sam Ashe store in New Haven, Ct, tryin 2 get 1 of their 2 salesmen to demo me a good Condencer mic AND to get the
TEAC 2488MKii to work. Neither of which was done as my wife & puppy waited in the car. They frustrated me especially w/ the quote..."your tascam 688 is worthless !" and so is your PC as long as you have Vista as the OS." Yes, the guy's name is "Robbie" & I plan to make him eat his words once I get back home in 2 weeks.
Ok, I walked in there ready to demo & buy the Zoom HD16CD.
As all i have read about it was quite positive.
But, right next to it was the 24-tk Tascam for $599 clearance.
Now i know why they are "dumping" it--it kept freezing & giving error codes upon bootup.
I knew, b-4 going in there that ANY tascam 24 tk was too much as I am currently looking for a GOOD sounding MIC w Good LOW END plus a yamaha DTExplorer drum set to record my OWN drumming as well as providing me w stress release & good therapy.
I, along w my wife who wanted to see it, finally came out of the store at closing time--after 2+ hrs w/ no stinkin' answers except that store stinks (I am being kind here) and the new Tascam isn't far behind.
****I truly need all of your help as I have not multitracked on "Tammy"Tascam688 in over 10years. But i know 'she' works as I've booted her up & played back my musical memories from the 90's when I was gigging 6nights/wk; money was there & I even sold many CDs made on my 688.
So here i sit, hoping someone reads this & hasn't been either bored to tears orthink I'm crazy. Well, I am CRAZY ! lol let's get that outta the way. I'm 58 goin on 24, losing my hearing(had it tested 2 weeks ago) so I'm 'on the clock", so to speak to leave my family w/ something to either laugh at or cherish once my ashes become fertilizer.
1)I'd like to read all your suggestions for medium priced condenser mic w/ balls(baselow end balls :)
2)What's a PRACTICAL WAY to hookup my Tammy-Teac688 to my Intel Quad 2.4GHz w 2TB hard drives???
Oh Yes, It's got a Vista64-bit OS w 8GB RAM.
3)Should i rebuild my "old" 3.4GHz XP pro which was burned out 2 yrs ago ?
4)I'd like to start w a NEW CON. mic-FYI-I do have a Shure Beta SM-58 which i sang thru a Digitech harmonizer that blew folk's minds. Ok that's it for now. I'm beat for I've been on this hell-bent expedition too damn long. I desperately need some answers from REAL PEOPLE WHO CARE & some sleep. :)
aRE THERE any DECENT cHINESE MICS ?
Goodnight, i eagerly await any sort of answers, even agreeing that I'm an insane musician. Butt, you had better include ENTERTAINER in that description, thank you.
Don


Thanks for reading me. u can reply to me directly as well if u'd like dont811 at bellsouth.net
 
P.s. :)

I remember well that Dec. day in 1990 when I payed Ace Music a $2,500 money order for that 688 ! She provided me w/ countless hours of recording. My backgrounds were so clean & after being BBE'd, on the final Mix-provide me w a backup band that made kareoke tapes sound like crap.
What gaul, that guy has to tell me my 688 is USELESS.
I'll just consider the sourse. Hey folks--it's a P.I.F.
Paid In Full !!! Something that24MKii would not have been.
What an ass u r "Robbie." of Sam Ashe !
 
Pay no attention to that sales clown. They're a bunch of morons, usually, trying to get business.

There's a number of people on this board who own and love the 688 and I'm sure they'll chime in but I can tell that you should def resurrect that beast and get another 20 years out of it. It's worth it. You'd have to pay around 5K, in today's money, for that 688 and that's a lot of quality hardware!:)

Honestly, if your current mics are not limiting you, as far as their count, stick to what you have now. Recording techniques and musicianship is far more important.

Your computer is "over qualified" in that it's more than adequate for transferring audio from the 688. I personally would suggest you just go RCA outs into 1/8" mini stereo into your "line in" of your existing sound-card. Again, it's more than adequate. Do all of your mixing outside of your computer and just bring it in for a final two track master into your PC and then to CDR.

If you're still bent on getting a condenser then just look through reviews from http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/cat--Large-Stand-Mount-Condenser-Microphones--2843

:)
 
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