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I'm so sorry.
After having bought a Tascam 388 before last Christmas, last night me and a bro finally got into the damn thing and did some tests for a recording we're gonna do tonight. The band we're recording tonight really loves as much of a classic sound that's possible to get when it comes to recording, and we all go apeshit for the way Deerhoof records sound, especially the drums. So, I did one 57 in front of the kit and through an old Viking tube pre out of a reel to reel. An AKG 414 in an adjacent concrete room through an ART pre as well. Together on tape it sounds incredible, and long story short the difference between this and Firepod/Cubase setup that we're used to is insanetly noticeable. I was however really surpised at how much of a difference it made when the dbx noise reduction (?) wasn't on during playback. When it's not on, the drums thinned out, but seemed to be compressing wildly in a nice effect kind of way. What exactly is this function for again?