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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

277.0. "Tascam 388/Fostex 8-track" by MOSAIC::SAVAGE () Fri Mar 21 1986 12:33

    Any of you out there own the Tascam 388 or the Fostex 8-track and
    mixer?
    
    If so how about some comments/thoughts.
    
    Dennis Savage

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277.1 Fosetx DSSDEV::SAUTER John Sauter Fri Mar 21 1986 16:23 18

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277.1	Fosetx	DSSDEV::SAUTER	John Sauter	`Fri Mar 21 1986 16:23`	18
	I have a Fostex 8-track and mixer. They are my first 8-track recorder and my first mixer, so I can't compare them to anything. On an absolute scale, I like them both very much. It took me a while to learn how to operate the mixer, but I can now do anything I want. (To be sure, I don't want much. But I have done some unusual things with it, as well as simple things.) I did have trouble with crosstalk from my SMPTE track, but I solved that by feeding the SMPTE track directly from the tape deck to the SBX-80, bypassing the mixer. I also like the 8-track tape. I've got SMPTE on track 8, and I haven't had to re-record it in spite of recording over the other seven tracks several times. The tape counter isn't too repeatable, but when I need repeatability I use the SMPTE readout from the SBX-80 so that isn't a major problem. My only real gripe is that I can't adjust the start time of one track relative to another. I don't get upset about this because I realize that it is an inherent limitation of multi-track tape technology. John Sauter

    I have a Fostex 8-track and mixer.  They are my first 8-track recorder
    and my first mixer, so I can't compare them to anything.  On an
    absolute scale, I like them both very much.  It took me a while
    to learn how to operate the mixer, but I can now do anything I want.
    (To be sure, I don't want much.  But I have done some unusual things
    with it, as well as simple things.)  I did have trouble with crosstalk
    from my SMPTE track, but I solved that by feeding the SMPTE track
    directly from the tape deck to the SBX-80, bypassing the mixer.
    
    I also like the 8-track tape.  I've got SMPTE on track 8, and I
    haven't had to re-record it in spite of recording over the other
    seven tracks several times.  The tape counter isn't too repeatable,
    but when I need repeatability I use the SMPTE readout from the SBX-80
    so that isn't a major problem.  My only real gripe is that I can't
    adjust the start time of one track relative to another.  I don't
    get upset about this because I realize that it is an inherent
    limitation of multi-track tape technology.
        John Sauter