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every cassette has the same issue. now tell me, i’m thinking of recording vocals over the slowed down instrumental because the slowest setting is the only setting with consistent pitch, and i recorded it at max speed so it doesn’t seem unbearably slow and pitched down. am i at greater risk of...

update: the pitch control basically doesn’t recognize where i am. i’ll set up highest possible, and it’ll lag, and then after a little electronic twitch sound paired with a mechanical “brrr” from the transport, it goes up in pitch a little. on the lowest speed, it’s consistent. anything above...

also when i look up “tascam 244 pitch variation” or “pitch errors”, i don’t see anyone asking about why their unit is changing the pitch on playback. maybe it’s too obvious what the issue is to warrant a thread LOL

my tascam 244 was working fine for weeks, until i started hearing some squeaking from the transport. it didn’t effect anything for another several weeks, until very recently while doing a take of vocals, the pitch just completely dropped and went wuhhhhhh. i was freaked the eff out, and put in a...

essentially. i’m using it as the final place that these tracks will live on. i don’t care about individually isolating anything after it’s onto the computer, all the mixing is being done on the 244. basically, the computer is a mirror. i want reflect the mix on the 244 to the computer, and...

hey all. i’m just about done with my tape project, and i really really appreciate the stereo image of having 2 guitars and a bounced bass and drum track all in different places. but i really really want double tracked vocals, which i just can’t with only 1 remaining track. am i able to fill up...

and here’s actually the raw tape (imagine if the recording was in “cue” mode as opposed to remix mode) audio of that demo and you can hear what the mixer has done to the recording. raw tape

hey all. i’m piecing together what things are gonna look like once i begin the “buying” part of my reel-to-reel set up. i want a tascam 38 reel to reel, and that is decided. but mixer wise, i’m wondering if i want to wait out for an affordable m30, m35, or teac model 5, or if i should look into...

you give very detailed responses that not only answer my questions but direct me towards better things that could suit my needs. i wanna thank you for that because it’s pretty obvious that i’m a newbie at this stuff so someone like you really helps me a lot. with the desk: HA i’d like to see...

i was looking at eventually having both the m-30 and fostex a8 at my disposal. i’m pretty sure the fostex needs a desk. i’ve heard songs made by those 2 machines paired together and it sounds noticeably better than the same artist using a 244 on the same record, it had more fidelity and of...

hey all. i’ve got a sweet tascam 244 that i’m still learning how to use and i’m loving it, but i have my sights set on eventually getting a reel to reel and an analog mixer. the mixer of choice is a tascam m-30. but an m-30 doesn’t HAVE to be hooked up to a reel to reel, right? i’m wanting to...

i love the archaic nature of making my own music. i’ve never been someone who wants to have genius level of “i can do anything and everything the way i want it” when making my music. my music is simplistic in nature, with drums, bass, guitar, vocals that are double tracked and maybe a tambo. i...

i want to do the former, i want to basically record everything that will exist in the final recording on the machine and take that stereo mix straight into a computer without adjusting things outside of the box. i will use effects but i’ll use the send and receive RCA ports inside the machine as...

i already made an album that’s out on most/all streaming services called “stay awhile” by the homekeepers, was all recorded with an iphone mic (like the one you use for camera recording on the camera app) and editing using bandlab. it sounds pretty decent for what it is in my ears, literal...

i know the tascam has a zero return function. can that be set where i want on the tape? like i play the tape until i hear the song end, and i can set a new zero? or do i gotta manually rewind every time and either listen to the song end or memorize the time it ends and go back to it every time.