| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
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I'm in the process of upgrading my trusty Porta 1 to an 8 track
cassette format machine. I'm a little confused by note 2226,
which (though very informative) seems to talk about the 644, 688
and the 488.
Just so I have my facts straight, could someone help in completing
(and perhaps adding to) this table?
model 488 688 644 424
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input channels 8 (1) 10 (2) 8 (3) 4
tracks 8 8 4 4
busses 4 4 4 4
speeds A A ? ABC
MIDI No Yes ? No
outputs 4 4
meters LCD LED ? LCD
list $ 1599 3299 ? 549
sell $ 1187 2470 ? 450
A = 3 3/4 ips B = 1 7/8 ips C = 15/16 ips
Notes
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(1) Only 2 channels have gain trim.
(2) Dual linkable inputs allow total of 20 input channels.
(3) Dual linkable inputs allow total of 16 input channels.
Comments
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688: Stores 99 signal routing "scenes".
/ravi
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2697.1 | you can never have enough tracks... | EZ2GET::STEWART | Balanced on the biggest wave | Thu Aug 15 1991 18:15 | 9 |
Ravi - the 644 is the four track version of the 688. It only has 4
tracks and it lacks the meter bridge, but otherwise the capabilities
are supposed to be the same. The 688 has individual track outputs as
well as a stereo pair - don't know about the 644. The 688 also has
more effects sends, I think. Maybe one of the other 688 users can
remember what's on the back panel. Oh yeah, the 688 (and probably the
644) allow the drive to sync to an external master.
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| 2697.2 | Big mistake (if you ask me) | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Just say /NOOPT | Fri Aug 16 1991 16:26 | 6 |
> The 688 has individual track outputs as well as a stereo pair -
> don't know about the 644.
The 644 does, but the 488 does NOT and that's one of the biggest
reasons stopping me from buying one (having no money for it is another
but...).
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| 2697.3 | DNEAST::BOTTOM_DAVID | UNIX is cool... | Tue Aug 20 1991 07:36 | 4 | |
Well that's to be expected, the 488 is a very scaled down version of the 688. Looked a bit cheezy to me as well, but maybe that's 'cuz I have the 688.. dbii | |||||