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| 1614.1 | Studio 8 is a decent machine... | CLULES::SPEED | Jessica Rabbit for President | Wed Aug 10 1988 17:27 | 29 |
| Mike,
My band recorded a demo on the Studio 8 and it came out pretty well.
Since I haven't used a Model 38, I can't make a comparison, but
I think your purchase decision should be guided by your primary
use of the machine.
How do you intend to use the machine? If you intend to use the 8 track
to hack around on but not seriously do demos, I would consider the
Studio 8. If you intend to do serious demos or do something in your
basement that is targeted to get airplay, I would spring for the extra
$$ and get the Model 38.
Personally, I find 8 track very limiting for doing recording which is
targeted at getting airplay. It requires an awful lot of work to get
things to sound good. It can be done (see Dave Dreher's submissions on
COMMUSIC V for an example of the type of quality you can get on 8 track
plus virtual synth/drum tracks), but it's not easy. For that reason, I
have not bought an 8 track deck for my band/personal use, but rather
spend the money on recording in a real studio. We do our pre-studio
demos on a 4 track cassette machine and then go do the real thing
in a 24/48 track studio.
When my days of chasing the golden ring are over, I will probably go
for a good 8 track for personal use. If that were my goal, the
Studio 8 would be high on my list.
My two cents,
Derek
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| 1614.2 | some confusion? | SUBSYS::ORIN | AMIGA te amo | Wed Aug 10 1988 19:15 | 42 |
| 1614.3 | | IFTHEN::CAPOZZO | | Wed Aug 10 1988 19:38 | 5 |
| Sorry about that, what I ment was, a Tascam 38 plus a 16x4x2 board
could run me around 4,000. I could pick up a studio 8 with very
little hours on it (I know the person selling it) for 2,100.
Mike___
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| 1614.4 | Tascam 8-track cassette head. | CTHULU::YERAZUNIS | I don't know about apathy or ignorance, and I don't care! | Wed Aug 10 1988 19:58 | 20 |
| I took a close look at the Tascam 8-track cassette; it really does
have eight tiny head gaps in one head...
The head looks like this up close:
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The ||'s are individual head gaps; barely visible. It's a rather
impressive looking tape machine; also it rackmounts.
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| 1614.5 | future planning | SUBSYS::ORIN | AMIGA te amo | Wed Aug 10 1988 19:58 | 8 |
| 1614.6 | staggered head gaps | AITG::WARNER | | Fri Aug 12 1988 18:57 | 3 |
| Judging from note 1614.4, it looks like you wouldn't be able to
bounce from odd-numbered tracks to even-numbered tracks without
sync problems. Did they get around this problem?
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| 1614.7 | It bounces fine. | MIDEVL::YERAZUNIS | VAXstation Repo Man | Fri Aug 12 1988 19:19 | 6 |
| Not a problem. Consider that the same head does reading and writing;
and the same gap always reads the same track, so all that really
matters is that the relative positions of the heads and tracks stay
the same (which they do, being rigidly fastened together)
Does this make sense?
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| 1614.8 | What about FOSTEX? | SUBSYS::GLORIOSO | | Fri Aug 12 1988 21:09 | 12 |
| Have you considered a FOSTEX 8-track? I've had great results with
mine. I've seen used A-8's for as low a $1k. Uses 1/4" tape.
($8.00 not $35.00 per reel) Has built in Dolby C (outboard on the
TASCAM 38)
The newer FOSTEX is the 80 series and goes for around $2k new.
It's the same except that it has LED bar meters and allows connection
to a synchronizer/autolocator and SMPTE device.
Scott.
P.S. The 1/4" format audio specs are very close to those of T38.
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