Re: [ARSCLIST] Tascam portable multitrack cassette recorders

[Dave Meyers <audio101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes!!!

 Tascam made one for there 388 which was a LARGE mixer and reel to reel
recorder built in. it used 7" reels. Very cool unit. The band Primus used
one for there first album!


Dave

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Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 8:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tascam portable multitrack cassette recorders


Speaking of odd formats, has anyone seen an 8 track 1/4" playback head?

Steve Smolian

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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
>
>
>

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