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+1 on the above! Another long-time-lurker-but-infrequent-poster in the UK -I would love to hear from you on the possibility & cost of postage to UK.

Hi all I recently posted some queries about 488's, and got some really helpful stuff back, so here goes again... I'm looking for a cassette-based 8-track machine. I have two friends with whom i swap tapes, by post - we're currently all using 414/424's. One of my friends has just bought a 488(mki), a...

In case anyone has a similar query in the future, here's the word from Tascam: 'I am not familiar with these products (pre my time at tascam) But I have been informed by our service team that they both use totally different track formats.' So that confirms it, I guess..looks like i'll be keeping the...

Hi - that's much appreciated. I've emailed Tascam, so we'll see what they say.

Thanks to all that helped!

Again, thanks for that - might have to reconsider my options, as my recording time/space is pretty limited, and i don't really want to have to use two different machines, but i do appreciate the advice. I may be able to hang on to the 424, it's just not as practical as i'd hoped! This site appears t...

Thanks for all those - I did consider a PC set-up, but my friends don't have PCs, and don't want the expense and learning curve, so we're definitely stuck with tapes.... Interesting stuff so far - i'm probably going to have to sell the 424 to help fund the 488, so whilst it would be good to keep bot...

Hi All - this is my first post, having lurked around for a while, after buying the Tape Op book...... I'm currently tracking using a 424 mkii, and sharing tapes with two friends using 414/424's - i'm looking to upgrade to a 488 mkii to take advantage of the extra tracks and onboard phantom power, si...