Re: [ARSCLIST] Tascam portable multitrack cassette recorders

[Aaron Luis Levinson <aaron.levinson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> > <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:14:19 -0400
> > To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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: "ajs6f@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <ajs6f@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 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; ajs6f@xxxxxxxxxxxx