Tascam DA-38 // The Best 8 Channel Multitrack Recorder for the $$$$!!!
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- The Tascam DA-38 8 Channel Recorder gets a lot of flack for being a terrible machine and the hi8 tape is seen as a joke recording format. Well I've been using this machine for seven months now and I'm in Love!!
Let's dive into this sweet piece of hardware!!
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Right on, thanks for the unexpected shout out! I’m glad you’re on the path to dialing in your own recording process. It’s great to know the time and work I put into the videos is informing and inspires others like yourself. Keep recording! Can’t wait to see what you make, those DA-38’s are cool machines. Cheers!
I owned 3 DA 88’s they broke down on a regular basis. I don’t miss them.
Dude. Your channel is great. And informative. You’re doing a good job. Damn.
You may want to consider an Alesis HD24. It’s a standalone 24 track unit. You can get them for $400 and up.
DA-88's ruled the whole studio scene in the mid to late 90's. ADAT's weren't considered professional, so it was either the 2 inch tape machine or the DA-88's. I would love to use these machines again.
adats considered pro or not. Ive made excellent quality recordings on the 16 bit blackface. Creed made their first album on 3 of the blackface machines. Id say pro
This video really sold me on getting one. Simplicity at it's finest. The outputs are great for sending back to your mixer, and you can do a TRUE mixdown, and play around with panning, effects, etc. I might just get one and then a TASCAM DP-02, then transfer the SD card to my computer to burn to a CD or whatever format I chose. Thanks for the great video!
Sounds like a great plan! Thanks for stopping by!
Brother, your video made my day man! I began recording in 1993 on a Tascam 424 cassette multi-track and a few years later moved up to the eight track PortaStudio the 488mkII. Still own both and the sentimentality attached to them is tremendous.
In the late '90's I began working at project studios helping engineer and do session instrumental work (guitar, bass, drums). The studio I worked the most in had Tascam DA-88's and then 38's, and I really honed my digital recording chops on those, great machines.
Of course DAW's began to lower in price and several project studio cats went in that direction, later I got a degree in Recording Technology. The trial & error on the Hi8 Tascam machines helped me grasp the importance of levels in digital, avoiding clipping, etc. Lots of great memories using those bad boys!
I too pined away for the PortaStudio days of a more direct recording environment so I have found an excellent compromise in iOS m u sic Recording. I get the portability of a PortaStudio and the full feature set of a Pro Tools rig. I use an iPad Air 3, Auria Pro & Cubasis DAW's, tons of AudioUnit pluin ins, including the Fab Filter plugs which are incredible.
Thanks again for the great video!
•What Spade Thinks • great to hear from you! That IOS setup sounds killer! That’s the one thing with these hardware machine is that they aren’t very portable like the new stuff! Plus I bet all that solid state gear is completely quiet which would be real nice! Take care my friend and thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for your videos. I used to run a tascam 388 aka the last boss of porta studios but had to sell it due to moving to a house where i wouldnt be able to run even a small home studio but cos of you my band decided to skip going to a local studio and spending 300 per song and we bought a tascam da38 for 160 and some cheap rack compressors and reverbs and we are going to record a full length on it come march. Ill let you know if it holds up lol
Please keep me up to date with your project!! I hope you and your band mates have a great time tracking your album! I hope to try out a Tascam 388 one day- they seem pretty amazing. Thanks for stopping by!
Also...there ARE people who service those. See if you can find them on line somewhere, but I do know that they are servicing these.
The interesting thing about these machines is they won't record higher than 16 bit to tape, but they will pass thru 24 bit to a DAW. Seen someone use these machines as a front-end between a MOTU 2408mk3 into a 2009 Xeon PowerMac (used a PCI424 card) as a connection between an analogue desk of some sort with insert I/O snakes in/out of the console into the DA38s, then out via TDIF to the MOTU and onto the DAW. Could also use it for inserting hardware during a hybrid mix session, and could also slave the DAW to sessions done on DTRS tape using the MOTU as the master clock. Those machines are brilliant. And like you said, only "golden ears" can tell the difference (whole other video).
Happy to find your channel, that review was awesome. Thanks!
Lot of guys used these in Nashville back in the day a real work horse I still have two I couldn't sell them in 06 so I left them with a friend and moved to chile
My name is sam too. Sams always knows best.
I own a Tascam 24-track console... I've had it since 2005 with no regrets...
Great video. We use multiple Fostex D80s, circa the same time period, and they are excellent multitrack recorders. Hardware, is much better than software.
I had a chance to get one and I passed on it. I'll definitely jump the next time. Thanks for a great vid.
Dude.. im back at this video again... and i am listening to you... I literally have EXACTLY every single one of your thoughts exactly. buttons... meters... daw nonsense... solid construction... much love
The warble on your 4 track can be easily fixed with a new belt and cleaning.
Recording on AVID was easy. Recording on DA-38 was fun!
I like the way you talk. It's pretty soothing, actually. I am using a Tascam Dp24 and can relate to the "throwing-$$$-at-a-problem" issue.
I get the craze about the reel to reel 1/4" multi track recorders. Then I saw these ones. I'd honestly rather have 2-3 DA-38's synced up instead. I totally dig the format. 16 bit limitation I can live with.
Pair two or three DA38s with a DM3200 synced to a MOTU Timepiece, you have a killer studio out of the box.
There solid machines, they actually sound better than using protools
Glad your a convert. I did have 5 of those baby's thinned out over the years and now have just the 2. They have a real nice warm sound similar to tape I just love em..
I found an Alesia LX20 at Goodwill Auctions. It should be here tomorrow. Records to SVHS. If that works well I might “upgrade” to one of these with the Hi8 tapes. Great video.
👍 YOU ~ ROCK ! ! 🤛
Love the video. I'm trying to get one. If the mechanisms do go south and you can't find an engineer to fix it... you can still go in and out of it and get use from the quality pre amps. These things are still a bargain when they break! Lovely warm sound for mic recording👍
That’s right bro, I don’t know shit about the hardware but I’m researching and about to have me a nice laid out home studio, and going to continue watching videos like this to learn something. appreciate it keep doing what you like to do man and fuck them haters.👍🏿🤘🏿✌🏿
The big takeaway for any young engineer watching this is: FÜK AVID. Seriously.
ADAT or Reaper + a cheap digital interface is the way to go.
Just found two inside a brand new rack case with two remotes and TDIF cable at a local thrift store for $120 total. I just couldn’t pass it up. They both power up and appear to be in pristine condition. Now I have find some tapes and decide how I will put them to work.
They are very good machines. If used with good ancillaries ...they can produce a magnificent sound . I have a DA-98 which i use for recording my own music .
really liked your attitude
There are very few videos of DA-88 or DA-38 recordings on RUclips, but those seem to have a very distinct sound. Very wide and 3D stereo image, soft, and unique transients. Would you agree?
No latency issues when overdubbing, hands on mixing with real faders. I think you talked me into trying one again! I still have about 10 of these things, I gave up on them due to sync not being reliable enough. One or two did eat tapes, that’s a bad day at the office. Mine all have very low head hours, low like 150-300 hours or so.
Sounds like you have a pretty sweet collection! Can’t beat hands on real buttons and faders and the creativity that comes from forced limitation. Thanks for stopping by!
they left out some sync capabilities from the DA-88's so they could make these units smaller.
Great video! I have two questions. What about something like the Tascam model 12? What's the advantage of the D-38 price-wise, especially if you don't yet have a mixer with direct outputs? Also, have you tried the Zoom R16? The advantage with SD recording is that you can transfer the individual files to PC if you do need to edit out things or compile a vocal track from different takes. Thanks for the good video.
Fckn eh! I picked up an original ADAT machine (S-VHS) this week to replace my problematic 4 track. Cheap as borscht, $120 cdn. Knock on wood, it works perfectly. Will likely get an HD24 in the future, no use for a DAW after experiencing this. I love the robustness and simplicity of the 90's gear.
The MT4x and the MD8 both have individual track outputs. Why didn't you just patch out to your Mackie mixer, so you could patch in hardware, and use the better eq layout?
This was a great watch thanks for this .. where does the tascam da88 come in on all this ?
Alesis Adat good sound LX-20
XT-20 in 20 bits 48khz. But not a reliable format. If the tape snaps of your done and when the Format lamps start flashing for cleaning the heads you're pretty much done too. In 16bit you got to push the levels its not like recording in 24-bits when you can be Lazy whit levels and leave a lot of headroom for dynamic passes. If you Record in 16bit in very low levels and gain up later when mixing the noise floor will get closer and will be audible. So push levels and use light compression If you find it to hard to edge ride whit the faders. Tascam Da-38 and later 76 and 98 is better then Alesis Adat. But what you really want is a Fostex D-160 or Later D2424 LV 24bit 48khz or Alesis HD-24 harddisk recorder but get the old hard disks included. You can pickup a harddisk recorder super cheap 100-300 $ and you don't get all the hassle whit finding S-VHS or Hi8 Digital tapes.
Lets try ! I bought a pair of da38.. waiting for delivery, I think it will be a good shot. Thanks
Nice!
NAILED IT... I have a hard time gettin stuff done with unlimited choices. I could spend 2 hours choosing yogurt. I need some hardware, even if it's digital
You have awesome stuff to work with and you do it very well
Matthew Raycraft thanks bro!!!
The issue with those is that those will die out very quickly. Far more qucikly than cassette or reel to reel. after recordings you should always bounce your music swiftly. Some day it will break. Some day no machine will be left. Some day no one will remember this format. Reel to reel and cassette on the other hand will prevail. Or at least reel to reel... the studio world will use tape machines for maybe 100 years more.
EDIT: Before this digital format, there were a lot of other digital tape format machines. All those machines died out and studios were left with problems. This all happened in a span of a few years. Without DAWs studios would straight go back to analog tape.
Watching it again. What’s up, mate? Long time no see. Anything in the cooking? All the best. Missing your thoughts on your videos.
Good to hear from you! Man, I'm just so busy in daily life I just don't have or make enough time to make more content. Hopefully in the future I'll make more.
@@sammyandthehi8s110 Man, I’m glad you are all right and have found some time in your busy life to reply. I wish you all the best and want to tell you again your videos are very inspiring, and approach towards music making so refreshing. Cheers! And best stuff in your life may keep happening!
@@BluesBrethrenofPolishPeoplesR Thanks for your support it really means a lot!
Great vibrations
Almost nothing sounds better than digital tape
Digital tape😝
Like your vibe my friend
i dont have tape nothing butt i do have tascam dp01. im the same sick of the daw the most im a do anymore with computer is get audio interface with 8 in and 10 out to mix to analog mixer to mix !!! then master on a vcr with hi-fi then back to the computer jsut to have digit copy. if not all that im get the new tascam stand alone mixer model 12,16,or 24. that records all tracks at once to.
Sounds great if you want 8 tracks. But if you plan to use more... An alesis hd 24 is the way to go. Dirt cheap for 24 tracks at once. It uses hard drives not tapes. And.. it is 24 bits. Check it out
Are you really an Ozark Canadian? That Springfield Sound! You playing in the Branson theaters? So, which team are you from?: Maple Leafs? Canucks?
Personally, I have two Yamaha MD8’s and an MD4 (Sony’s version). Great for recording live bands, or demo’ing songs. But Not much else.
Yes- I am Canadian (hailing from Thunder Bay, ON). I live down here in Mountain Home, AR about 2 hrs south of Springfield in the lovely Ozark Mountains.
Go Leafs!
I used to have a MD8! Loved that machine- should of kept it!
@@sammyandthehi8s110 Just saw the Leafs play the Blue Jackets last week! Go Leafs. Indeed!
Man your awesome
As long is reparations team on the back of your Tascam DA 38, you are good to go…
Love it. What did you shoot this on?
Filmed on a Sony Hi8 camcorder. Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Sammy, yep the DA-38 is great but I need a repair shop in Los Angeles, Ca. Any idea where? Thanks, Mike
Hey Mike! Sorry brother I'm out here in the Ozarks and I don't know of any good repair shops. This may sound bad but when one of my machines went out I just got on ebay and bought another one for $150. Might be cheaper than fixing them! Not the perfect format but they sure are fun!
the DA-98 could do 24 bit
is it worth to buy tascam 2424 its about 250$
let me know more about this machine please
nice, but aw man why u want to go back to that old crusty VCR dude when you can get digital for cheap now. U said it yourself it chews up tapes and sucks I dont get it.
I'm a sucker for those big clunky things ha ha. The tactile feel of all that old hardware and the idea that taking a different approach can create new places for creativity. Thanks for stopping by!
@@sammyandthehi8s110 thit is true.
Id be liing if I didn't say Im too a sucker for old tech, I just got my tascam dp01fx today, yet I dont want to get rid of my old stereo hifi VCR becasue I make vaporwave and I transformed the VCR into my analog post-processing buffer to give the music that aesthetic that is hard to emulate, the wow, the flutter, the static, the artifacts you know? Everything definitely still has it's uses in creating music, and the less tools to play with can also be good sometimes
You could look around for a DA-98HR which is the 24 bit upgraded version. To fix one common fault on DTRS decks, see: ruclips.net/video/yPeRDQLl3lk/видео.html
thanks for the video..........not cheap anymore........the tascam model 24 is a better option
Man I had to stop the video, I was laughing so hard how you explain the digital world. Maybe its because we are the same age but ya update your software and well. I ALMOST LOST MIND hahaha..
Someone just updated their Tesla software and got a 9k charge on their Visa. This digital world we live in is not right lol...back to the DAT and Tascam machines lol. I was searching up this video because I have 2 hi8 tapes but no machine to play them.
My next studio build, I'm looking to do it around a Tascam DM3200 with three DA38s or a pair of 38s with an 88 to basically use as a secondary clock device, and use a MOTU 2408mk3 (or a pair of them) as an interface with the DAW (I would be using Digital Performer and Harrison MixBus 32C) and a pair of nearfields for monitoring. Basically just gonna be a mix/post/transfer room. Might get a pair of ADATs and connect them to the MOTU for DAW transfers. Something to do when I don't want to do overtime at work but don't want to lose money either.
hi this deck is bad news the da88 is better i have alot of the models
the solder has gone dry and parts have dropped of on the da38 keep away
the da88 is better will need to change caps
out of all the decks ADAT 2ND gen 16bit decks are better
hi they are OK TILL THE CAPS START DROPPING OF THE PCB'S in side i have had 7 decks that drop caps and you got to be a super tec
best not to buy this model i have 3 working yes you are right nice deck when fixed
Digital recordings😝
vhs??!??
yes
You're 29 yrs old & pretending you're from the analog tape era of 1985. If you're serious about analog you only need to focus on a Revox/ Studer reproducer, if you even know what that is lol
computer recording sucks .a stand alone way better even digital stand al0ne recorders! i test cassette and digital they sound the same butt cassette with Condenser microphones picks ups cassette run sound. case its hard t0 get type 2 cassette and cant find the 0ld cassette rec0rders. that can get scam y better 0ff with digital stand al0ne. then the computer it just d0nt sound the same and it also chops the s0und as it records, butt tascam g0t new mixer 0ut that stand al0ne rec0rd even 12,16,24 track 0nes and yes can record all tracks at one time .even my b0ss micro br 4 track beats a daw hands down and sounds 100 times better vs computer,
My name is sam too. Sams always knows best.