I am trying to resurrect a Tascam 564. I bought it used/refurbed several years ago, and it's sat around now for the last couple of years unused. Now when I put a 140MB disk in, it looks for TOC, then spits the disk out with an error message "Disk Error." I've tried various new disks without success.
I spoke with Tascam support, and it'll be real expensive to repair (as in more than the value the gadget has for me). I have other equipment for recording (e.g., Presonus Firestudio, Presonus Inspire, Tascam FW-1884, Sonar Producer, Cubase and other stuff). My interest here is that I'd like to use this system for some experimental recording without having to fire up one of my computers... Just want something very, very simple to track four channels. If I can get this going, that'd be great, but otherwise, I'll probably ditch the 564.
Is there a way to clean the laser? The Tascam tech thought this might be the problem but was vague at best on how to go about it, as if it were some state secret or such!
I spoke with Tascam support, and it'll be real expensive to repair (as in more than the value the gadget has for me). I have other equipment for recording (e.g., Presonus Firestudio, Presonus Inspire, Tascam FW-1884, Sonar Producer, Cubase and other stuff). My interest here is that I'd like to use this system for some experimental recording without having to fire up one of my computers... Just want something very, very simple to track four channels. If I can get this going, that'd be great, but otherwise, I'll probably ditch the 564.
Is there a way to clean the laser? The Tascam tech thought this might be the problem but was vague at best on how to go about it, as if it were some state secret or such!