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I just found these guide which seem pretty useful, although more specific advice on which parts to clean would be helpful - as well as specific info for the tascam 38

Cleaning and Demagnetizing

Tascam 388 Maintenance, Repair and FAQ thread

Sounds great man! I'd be interested to know how you tracked this:

Into a daw then into the 388 / straight into the 388

how did you sync everything. Did you use any insert effects in the recording chain?

I was lucky enough to pick up a tascam 38 a while back in near perfect condition! http://p.twimg.com/AqJpYlhCEAAyvce.jpg It seems to be working smoothly: It came with a tape of pink floyd backing tracks that seem to play fine. I have also recorded audio into it and that seems to work too, although t...

Hello, I am looking for some websites that have sample recordings of microphones in action. I know of http://miclisteningroom.org/ I also remember visiting a site a while back which had a black background and a tonne of samples with a male and a female vocalist. I would be very keen to hear samples ...

Thanks very much for the replies already. If i'm trying the emulate the "sound" of boards of canada / Gentlemen Losers / Helios (which is a saturated, 3 dimensional, occasionally crackly sound) would the added width and speed of the 38 be an advantage, or would the 388 be up to the task? Music sampl...

I would like to get a tascam reel-reel deck to integrate with my mac DAW. My idea at the moment is I will record to tape, whilst running the outputs into my fireface 800 and then overdub and mix from the computer like this guy. http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=57536 thus hopefully achi...

I just thought of another question: Would I need a new set of preamps going into the reel-reel machine as well as an audio interface? Currently, I have a fireface 800, would that have enough ins to be able to 4 audio signals, into the ree-reel machine, then take the 8 reel-reel outputs and send them...

I am looking to get either a tascam 34b, 388 or a 38 to integrate with my DAW. I was hoping you guys could help me chose which one by answering some of the questions below. I usually record 3-4 tracks at a time, but ocasionally I go up to 8. With a 34b, I could record 4 tracks through the tape, and ...