just wondering about your experience with these ... I'm being asked sometimes lately to mix to cassette as the final destination medium, even after the mix hits the 2-track machine. I've also been tasked with "restoring" a few old cassette demos for a friend of mine - nothing too serious, just cleaning them up a little & digitizing.
I've been looking specifically at the old Tascam models, the 112, the 122, and the newer 202 mkII, mkIII, and the current mkV. what's your opinion on these models?
I need a solid record/play deck with easily adjustible azimuth and preferably some form of Dolby or dbx NR, or at least a patch point to insert such hardware. XLR ins & outs are less of an issue since I'm running an entirely unbalanced setup (Neotek console). any advice would be appreciated. thanks!
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I have a 122mkII in the rack. I've never used it for mix down but it gets used for slap back on most mixes I do. For cassette it's pretty great sounding. Three heads, fully adjustable for bias etc, balanced and unbalanced ins and outs. If I had requests to mix to cassette I wouldn't hesitate to use it.
What-ever you end up with be sure you check that the belts are still ok and that the motor is still running at full strength. I had mine serviced and brought back to speck but when I first got it it would make lots of squealing noises (bad belts) and playback would get slow and wobbly towards the end of each side of the cassette (weak motor or motor in need of lubrication).
What-ever you end up with be sure you check that the belts are still ok and that the motor is still running at full strength. I had mine serviced and brought back to speck but when I first got it it would make lots of squealing noises (bad belts) and playback would get slow and wobbly towards the end of each side of the cassette (weak motor or motor in need of lubrication).
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I've rebuilt old Nakamichi 700's and newer tascams like 112's. The best results I ever got out of that medium was those old KABA duplicater decks. Those had no dolby chips in the audio path, just dual opamps. Put good ones in and it's clear.
The problem I had with my 112 was the dolby chips, they squash the audio quality running through them, whether they are used or not.
The problem I had with my 112 was the dolby chips, they squash the audio quality running through them, whether they are used or not.
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I had a Denon 3 head dual motor deck. Was awesome. Cost $150 (used) back in 1995.
It's still going till to this day...my buddy has it.
They do look cheap inside if you open them up.
But the sound quality was great. Very nice metering too.
It's still going till to this day...my buddy has it.
They do look cheap inside if you open them up.
But the sound quality was great. Very nice metering too.
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