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I can't believe you guys are seriously comparing Steely Dan with Toto ! Steely Dan wrote great pop songs, often from from a pretty skewed perspective lyrically - quite dark & cynical, and were musically adventurous without being self-indulgent. The production sound on something like Aja is very good...

Colds, fevers, shocks, heartache, bereavement, fear ,food & drink, drugs - all can induce alternate states of awareness to lesser or greater extents

All can be useful in a creative sense.

er...why would ya wanna do that?

High grade Thai weed all the way!

From writing to recording through mixing & mastering, it's the only way to fly...

And if you wanna check out the results, have a look at

http://www.truthisacoustic.com/mp3.html & listen to Dave Keegan

www.garageband.com & search for Dave Keegan.

I know what you mean about Box Of Rain
I never heard any tuning probs with that years ago - but when I heard it the other day....man!
And CSN taught them how to sing 3 parts for that album!

I just got me a Tascam 34B and I can't wait to get rolling - Tape is the new Digital!

I just bought a Tascam 34B and I'm pretty excited about getting it up & running. Everything seems fine, but the plastic record head cover is missing. I knew this beforehand though, and got the machine at a knock down price . Anyone have any thoughts on where I might try & source a replacement from? ...

Anyone have any experience of using these machines?
Any help or info would be cool.

Thanks!

Yeah, I guess that's the gamble. Seller says heads are in good condition, but that could mean anything... It's still very cheap, so it may be worthwhile. We'll see. Thanks for the input - btw, are reels easily available these days ( I think it uses 7" reels & it's a 1/4" machine) And do you have to ...

I know Revox are the respected & time-served open reel default, but these Akai models go for much less 2nd hand :) Anyone have any experience with these? Avoid at all costs or a good machine to learn the basics on?....I've had no chance so far to use anything like this, but I'm thinking of recording...

Like this .........?




They crop up fairly frequently on ebay UK.

Cool, thanks.
Are the round ones an earlier model?

What Reslo model was it you have?

Yeah, I guess it's just for that extra colour you sometimes want to reach for. When *nice* mics won't cut it.
If this long grill model stays at a reasonable price, I may bite....

Cheers for the advice Al. I've done a little research on these and opinions vary widly, but most agree that they're not that great. However, I found another Reslo model ( SRI/L) for sale that does look very nice - it's got quite a long grill compared to the ones you normally see, and was maybe a del...