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WTB: Tascam 4 Track Portastudio 414
Doing a bit of an old school collaboration with a mate in Sweden, and for some reason it seemed a good idea to get an old cassette 4 Track each and do it by post. So if anybody has an old Tascam 414 gathering dust mice in the back of a cupboard (or anything similar that would do the job).....
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Still looking though so give me a shout if you find it, ta
Trade offers invited. A nice pedal would be cool.
@Gizmo My only worry is that if we have different models (as we're swapping tapes by post) - would it work?
Must admit I know nothing about the things other than long distant memories of recording into one. Compatibility never really raised it's head
@Cacofonix I haven't got any pedals to trade unfortunately, as I don't use them. Would you consider flogging it for pedal vouchers with the queen's mush on them?
Well i had a quick look about the web and could only find this post about compatibility between tascam multitracks,might be worth firing tascam a quick email to see what they have to say about moving tapes between models,might open up your options a little bit,almost forgot heres the thread on HR.com
http://homerecording.com/bbs/user-forums-brand/tascam-user-forum/tascam-424-mkii-compatabilty-125894/
A band I was in years ago we used to have a few different Tascam units between us for songwriting and sharing, it worked OK with the above caveats.
@Gizmo have you got a price in mind?
Don't know for certain, but as the 4-Track splits the audio across the tape, it stands to reason the 8 track will do the same. Prolly won't matter if you record tracks 1,3,6 and 8 but there might be some overspill.
There's a speed control to control pitch, IIRC. I used mine for precisely this. My mate had one so I scoured Ebay to get compatible. Worked ok.
Edit: See this. P8 is your friend. You'd need to record on 1, 2, 7 and 8.
http://tascam.com/content/downloads/products/317/Porta_414mkII_manual.pdf
Still available, say £30 plus postage? I need to check it's still working, been a couple of years since it moved.
http://www.torridheatstudios.com/ftp/share/pictures/Tascam Cassette 4-tracks/Tascam Porta One.jpg
It's not for sale until I copy up all my old stuff to digital format (one can't rush these things) but it's bringing back warm fuzzy memories. Mine is still in the original packaging, the box is faded, beat to all feck and held together with gaffers tape but it's original.
Good luck Jooky.
Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
I've gone a bit misty eyed just thinking about the bad old days.
After many iterations of Tascam Portastudios I got a Fostex R8 and loved it. needing room for 2nd child in a flat meant tata to it.
Great thing though and leagues above Portastudios and in price too so not shock there.
Tascam/TEAC and Fostex etc deserve a hallowed place in music though allowing bands to get (mostly) decent multi track recordings down.
Bouncing tracks down was always a compromise, frustrating at times and fun all at once.