8 tracks are a pain in the ass

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:17 am

so about..... 5 months ago or more i posted a thread about how tracys guitar was sounding like dick when it was recorded.
at first i thought it was a bad cable, then i thought the amp had problems.
then my attention went towards the 8-track but at that point we had stopped trying to record.
SOOOOOO....... flash forward to now, i tried to track a couple of my tunes and i found out that track 3 is fuct.
it doesn't record worth a shit and when it does it sounds like muddled asshole.
i sprayed it with some compressed air and what not but that didn't do anything for it.
does anyone have any ideas?
its a tape style tascam porta-studio mkIII.
does tascam have good customer service or will i get butt fucked like ibanez or the post office?

theseglossyeyes · Post by **theseglossyeyes** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:02 am

bend over

Post by **Doog** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:14 am

Try a headcleaner tape.

ElCapitan · Post by **ElCapitan** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:19 pm

i know how you feel, track 4 of my 4-track has stopped working, although only after I opened it up to reconnect the tape spinner thingy. a head cleaner tape is a good idea though.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:36 pm

4 track? 8 track? TAPES?

hello this is the 90s calling, we want our old hissy recording tech back.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:42 pm

aphasiac wrote:4 track? 8 track? TAPES?

hello this is the 90s calling, we want our old hissy recording tech back.

The 90's would be more likely to take up issue with you stealing all it's women, I'd think.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:08 pm

Burn.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:33 pm

heh, that was actually quite a good quip.

made me giggle anyway.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:41 am

i like the sound of tape better than digital,
the whole compressed digital thing really irritates me, im not even sure how i get a decent sound out of my cyber twin, altho in its defense it does have tubes and a solid state circut.
so tape cleaner?
really? i'll give it a shot, i think i still have one of those things around somewhere.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:10 am

paul_ wrote:
aphasiac wrote:4 track? 8 track? TAPES?

hello this is the 90s calling, we want our old hissy recording tech back.
The 90's would be more likely to take up issue with you stealing all it's women, I'd think.

ZIIIIIIIING!