I'll tell you what though, if you were conservative with your levels
and recorded
with adjacent tracks in a logical fashion the Tascam 388 was pretty
damn good.
I still miss the cool all-in one slanted mixer/tape machine interface.
aa
On Apr 26, 2004, at 10:44 AM, John Spencer wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Fostex was the probable market leader of the 8-track 1/4" recorder
> during
> the 1980s (I believe the first was the "A-8"), as it was used to
> compete
> with the 1/2" Tascam versions during the same time period.
>
> A Studer it certainly was not.
>
> --
> John Spencer
> http://www.bridgemediasolutions.com/
>
>
>> From: Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:14:19 -0400
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tascam portable multitrack cassette recorders
>>
>> Speaking of odd formats, has anyone seen an 8 track 1/4" playback
>> head?
>>
>> Steve Smolian
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 8:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tascam portable multitrack cassette recorders
>>
>>
>> Without disagreeing with anything else said below, I'd like to point
>> out that some other manufacturers who have produced machines that will
>> happily (and correctly) play back double-speed four-track cassettes
>> are
>> Yamaha, Marantz, Vestax, and Fostex (although built-in support for the
>> various tape-types and NR varies widely). I don't mean to suggest that
>> this format is or ever was a good choice for original recording or
>> archiving when other options are available, just that the format is
>> not
>> solely Tascam-proprietary. It's certainly strongly associated with
>> Tascam, because they seem to be and have been the most popular
>> machines.
>>
>>> This, however, is essentially a Tascam-specific format and is not
>>> something I would want to archive to. Nor is it really something I
>>> would want to record to--although four-channel field recordings are
>>> much more expensive if you step up from the 414/424.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, if you're giving it to a kid to learn a bit about
>>> recording, it's probably fine.
>>>
>>> I think Steve S. and I are in violent agreement once again -- his
>>> succinct reply captured my initial response as well.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> At 09:20 AM 4/23/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>>>
>>> Tascam is still making portable multi-track cassette recorders--four
>>> models to be exact, one of them apparently a new release. Two of
>>> these
>>> offer 3.75 ips. Does anyone out there have any experience or
>>> knowledge
>>> of these machines? The link is below--you might have trouble finding
>>> the page on the Tascam site if you started from the homepage, as
>>> these
>>> are all to be found on a page labeled "personal creativity."
>>>
>>> http://www.tascam.com/product_list.php?cPath=60&nav=pc_cassette
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ---
>> A. Soroka; [log in to unmask]
>>
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