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How about Audacity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMVUAMT7vmQ

If you don't need to re-export a video file once you've completed your overdubs, this should work for your purposes, and you'd have the option of exporting each of your passes as a separate audio file.

Jack

I use the Muteomatic plugin from Sound Radix for this purpose: https://www.soundradix.com/products/muteomatic/ It's a free plugin. I dedicate a mic and preamp specifically for talkback from the live room, and when I hit Play in PT, Muteomatic automatically mutes the input, then brings it back when I...

I don't have firsthand experience with the Tascam MTS-30, but looking at the description of your setup, wouldn't the Yamaha RX8 need to be connected to MIDI Out from the MTS-30, rather than MIDI In?

-Jack

You will not be able to play other tape widths on this machine – it is made to use 1/2". Trying a 1/4" tape will not work because the track widths are different.

Are you in the USA? If so, what part? I'd be glad to give you some recommendations on a technician to have a look at it.

-Jack

markjazzbassist wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:42 am

https://www.tascamninja.com/
great place for parts

I checked the Tascam Ninja site before calling Tascam, but didn't see any of these there (unless the OP was buying the full PCB that included them).

-Jack

The service manual lists the part as a SOCKET CONNECTOR 3024-2AH, with TEAC/Tascam part number 5122373000. This part also appears in the Tascam 122mkII and the Tascam 112. I was doubtful that TEAC would still have any in their parts inventory, but I just called them and they confirmed that it has be...

It's unlikely that it's a generic, readily-available part, but I could be wrong. 3D printing is an option.

Which particular PCB are we looking at in this image? Have you looked in the service manual to see what they call this part?

-Jack

I've gotten Tape Op email as recently as May 18th of this year. Emails from Tape Op the magazine would be separate from Tape Op's message board. I just tried a password recovery myself, and didn't receive an email, either. (Luckily I do still know my login.) I'll try reporting this thread to the mo...

Wow, I just remembered that I had one of these about 15 or 16 years ago – one of my first Pro Tools setups. I'd completely forgotten about it until this post jogged my memory!

You're sure that the problem isn't with two of the individual cables on the breakout connector?

Bear in mind that I'm merely someone who has worked on these machines before, and not someone who has actively used one, so take what I have to say from that perspective: I understand the draw of the Tascam 388 – it's a gorgeous piece of studio furniture, regardless of how it sounds. But in my exper...

You had contacted me about this machine before you picked it up from storage — glad to hear it's operational! I don't know of anyone in the Bay Area / northern California working on cassette multi-track machines, but I'll be watching this thread in case some info turns up. Being that the Yamaha MT-4...

I have a Tascam 244 recorder on the way, and I'm looking to source the rubber I'll need to refurbish it, specifically the pinch roller tire. If anybody knows of a reliable seller, I'd appreciate the recommendation. Hey Ryan, I run a business repairing multitrack cassette recorders and would be glad...

Curious to hear from those having experience with 246 and 424 (MK I, II, or III) portastudios. Already have the 424, but have GAS for a 246 and wonder if I should pursue that. I saw your post and initially wasn't going to answer because I didn't think I had anything especially technical to share, b...

Unfortunately I’m not near a computer, so I can’t look this up in more detail… But in my experience using and working on 4-track cassette machines, the Effect Return is not routed in such a way that it can be recorded via internal bouncing. The Effect Return will be audible via the Stereo outputs fo...

Matt, I acquired a service manual for the Fostex 280 directly from Fostex, and the block diagram was all that was there - no schematic. I don't believe Fostex provided any more detail than that, circuit-wise. Without having a 280 open in front of me, I can't be of much specific help, but do keep in ...