Hey fellas.
I've been looking around this forum (and elsewhere) but still can't get clear enough answers to my questions.
1st one....
I've had my eye on the 424 MKII for week or so, but since the 414 MKII seems to be a little more on the cheaper side I wanted some thoughts on the quality.
Are there any REAL quality differences? I'm after a WARM fat sound to my audio. I've read there isn't much difference between the two. I don't care much for the functionality differences as they both have what I need in terms of that.
Secondly....
(This goes for both models)
Would I able to use the Tascam as a straight mixer in my audio chain? I mean without recording to tape. If so, this will be good as I can just replace my current (pooey) one and use this as my hardware EQ.
Thirdly...
The mixer/EQ on both the 414/424 - are these known to give a warm quality sounding output? I know this is a vague question, but any thoughts from exp. users would be great.
And lastly....
Any recommendations to which tapes to use for a punchy compression-type (saturation)? Or just experiment..?
Appreciate the feedback in advance.
I've been looking around this forum (and elsewhere) but still can't get clear enough answers to my questions.
1st one....
I've had my eye on the 424 MKII for week or so, but since the 414 MKII seems to be a little more on the cheaper side I wanted some thoughts on the quality.
Are there any REAL quality differences? I'm after a WARM fat sound to my audio. I've read there isn't much difference between the two. I don't care much for the functionality differences as they both have what I need in terms of that.
Secondly....
(This goes for both models)
Would I able to use the Tascam as a straight mixer in my audio chain? I mean without recording to tape. If so, this will be good as I can just replace my current (pooey) one and use this as my hardware EQ.
Thirdly...
The mixer/EQ on both the 414/424 - are these known to give a warm quality sounding output? I know this is a vague question, but any thoughts from exp. users would be great.
And lastly....
Any recommendations to which tapes to use for a punchy compression-type (saturation)? Or just experiment..?
Appreciate the feedback in advance.