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I'm looking for an affordable 388 or another entry-level 8-track reel-to-reel with an eight or sixteen channel mixer. I am experienced recording with outboard gear on cassette multitrackers and looking to upgrade. not interested in sync capabilities with a computer, MIDI etc... ideally I am looking ...

& I definitely want an 8 track, not a 4 track !

donny -- I'm really looking for a portastudio. can't afford a mixer + a minty half inch machine + the cost of half inch tape.

I wish. $500-900 is common

anything I should watch out for in picking up a used 388 with ostensibly no issues for $800? any components easy to check on that commonly fail and prove expensive or difficult to repair? I have done my research, just trying to get input from knowledgeable people before I make a huge investment into...

in any case, although as I have said the hiss on the "quiet track" does typically sound degraded and different in the EQ, the loss of level applies to all frequencies equally, not just the bass.

interesting, but no, it does not matter whether the recording is bass heavy or treble heavy with this issue. I am talking about significantly more dropoff in level on one problem track of the recorder. it doesn't matter what the sound being recorded is -- the issue is pretty clear to understand, I'm...

have opened it up. nothing wrong with the connection. surprised nobody around here has had this experience on a portastudio-style machine. I think I mentioned this already but I recently got a friend a tascam portastudio NEW in the box and track 1 was not recording properly on any tape -- quiet trac...

i'm not talking mics here.... i'm talking identical line level input (a monosynth on "hold") recording on track 1 via the same input, track 2 via the same input, track 3 via the same input, track 4 via the same input, and so on, and the problem track always remains the same... this has happened on m...

I'm now dealing with the 4th cassette multitracker close to me afflicted with the deadly quiet track disease... what gives? I'm demagnetizing, cleaning the heads thoroughly, but it doesn't make any difference... anyone successfully cure a tape machine of "quiet track?" I mean: you record signal at +...

duh, thanks! I live in southern Vermont and can drive to pick up.

I'm a long term perennially broke home recorder looking to upgrade from cassette 8 track to reel to reel. if you have a 388 or comparable desktop 8 track please contact me. also in the running for a cheap and decent stereo parametric equalizer (<$200). I'd rather give you guys my money than some eba...