Recording to Cassette Tape in 2024?! | Tascam 488 MkII
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- In this video I figure out how this vintage recording process works, and have a whole lot of fun while doing so.
Let me know what you think in the comments ❤️
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That performance was incredible! I’m truly happy for you. I can’t wait to get mine. Luv the tune as well.
That could be my old one. I left a little sticker on the bottom. It was a small white one towards the very back.
loved the video man! hope you can get into more analogue recording :))
Thank you! That's the plan once I find a replacement for this faulty machine 😭 Really appreciate you watching, subscribe to stay up to date!
Man, I recorded so much stuff on units like this back in the day.
It's so much fun man, hope I could help bring back some good memories!
nice i love the guitars in the background❤
Thank you! They're my precious babies right there
Great video. I really enjoyed this. I have often thought about getting a 4 track cassette recorder for this reason. I am also a Logic guy and have always recorded using a DAW.
I really like the song by the way. Good work.
Thank you so much man! I definitely would recommend it, even just for refreshing the process and creating in a more focused way. The song really comes first over all else recording this way
Aren't old Tascam units awesome? I have an old 424 porta for analog recording and a 414 porta for tape looping and yeah keeping em,along with all my other Tascam stuff lol.Long live cassettes!🗽🛸📼
So awesome, and super fun too! Currently waiting on a good condition 424 to come up myself, very excited to carry on exploring the workflow!
Would have loved one of these back in the day.
It’s never too late!
Check the tape heads and give them a cleaning with isomeric alcohol. As far as the non working tracks it might just need contact cleaning , like a car battery terminal when the posts gets erosion .
I gave the tape heads a clean before returning this machine and still nothing unfortunately. Thanks for the tips though, will definitely keep them in mind moving forward!
I have about 40 high end maxxell cassettes if you're interested. They were only used once with a tascam midistudio 688 8 track in the 90s and then played again last year when I ripped them to disk. HMU if you're interested. They're in mint condition.
This sounds great, I'm currently looking for a new recorded as this one did end up being faulty, but I'll keep this in mind!
Type II high bias?
@@jeebsa4m3 yes
@@jeebsa4m3Maxell XLII S
bummer that tracks 5-8 weren't working! I
've never used these 8-track portastudios...maybe one day I'll get a 388.
Enjoy the magic and discovery!
insert points on the front? this is how you can add compression to a track if needed (it's rare to need, most common to use with vocals, tho)
The 388 is the dream! Gutted that I had to send this back but looking to get a 4-track instead for the smaller size. Thanks for the compression tip too, would be nice to get some tighter vocal/drum processing
@@zaktaylor Look into a Tascam 424 mkiii.
@@oinkooink That definitely looks like the one! Will also save me from re-learning the workflow as it looks like the little brother of the 488
Hey, thanks for this! I've been considering purchasing this model and am wondering anyone: Is it possible to bounce one track to an open track while adding effects (from the aux) being tweaked in real time, and also listen to the other tracks in the song that are not being bounced? This would be needed for my use case and I could not find the answer in the manual. Also curious if the 688 operates the same or differently in this regard. Thanks in advance!
Thanks for watching! I'm too early in the journey to know the answer to this unfortunately but am also curious to know the answer. Hopefully someone who knows can jump in and enlighten us!
Really enjoyed your video and sorry to hear your 488 mkII had 3 dead tracks! Are you going to get another analog machine to replace it?
Thank you for watching! I was absolutely gutted at the issues with it, but I'm current looking to downsize to a 424 to replace it as the size of the 488 was a little too big for my current setup anyway. Do you have any other recommendations for 4 track machines with two effect sends?
@@zaktaylor You could have a look at the Yamaha MT4X. I have the 8 track version and love it (both have 2 aux sends). I’ve not had much luck with the 424mkiii’s myself, I’ve bought 3 of them in the past and they all occasionally made strange popping and clicking noises whilst recording.
Tetrakan could probably have fixed it.
Haha no surprise...buying these old machines it's basically a deadset certainty there'll be faults/ issues. There's always something.
100% man, I'm watching eBay like a hawk recently so hopefully something that at least has all functional tracks comes up!