Time to break out some gear and make some noise (er, music). Thinking my preferences lean toward some #elektron gear, specifically starting with the Model:Cycles and Model:Samples, and a drum machine, and bass synth, likely #behringer. This is a #nodaw night. I’ll either be recording into my #zoomh8 or hook everything up to my #tascam model 12. #electronicmusic #synthmusic

Test of the random (free) #Tascam recorder from the city Material Reuse center today. The sound of cool water inside of my #aquaponics system (albeit... just growing #goldfish, who are mostly fertilizing #mint. Anyone need mint? It goes nuts in aquaponics, mint julep for everyone!)

Hmm, found this is a bag of Ethernet cords at the city's "ReUse Store". Works, wonder if this is any good. May have to become a podcaster LOL. #Tascam #TR05 #gadget

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the #Tascam DR70-D entry level #sound recorder IS capable of encoding a Start #Timecode into the recordings, when you set it to record in #BWF format!

I’ve had mine for a few years and always been bummed that every clip started at 0:00, which makes syncing with video much harder. Turns out it’s just because I had it set to record in #WAV format rather than BWF!

Still can’t sync timecode with camera, but at least I can make a starter sync map now! #TIL

2/3 The recording chain:
#aston #origin for Dalton's #voice to #bitwig 5 (yeah, it's finally out!) via #audient #evo4 and #lenovo #z16amd. 🤓
And for the Gong, dual #beyerdynamic #m201tg to #tascam #dr100mk3. ☺️

About 50% of the way through my studio reorganization now. The mixer is totally tested & fully operational, including every connected cable. Now working through all the outboard gear & cables, starting with my mics.

#homestudio #homestudiolife #recording #equipment #gear #rebuild #macpro #apogee #Presonus #tascam #logicpro

No sóc gaire d'aquestes coses, però per si algú està interessat.

Venc una #gravadora #Tascam DP-008EX, per canvi d'equip.
https://wallapop.com/item/tascam-dp-008ex-896659026?_pid=wi&_me=s_android

not EQed or anything, straight from the #tascam. Slightly too muddy for my taste but that could just be that the only headphones I have currently are awful lol

After a trip with the #tascam #DR-40x I'm ready to go back to using external mics. Wind protection and handling noise are just so hard to solve reliably with handheld recorders. #fieldrecording #familyrecording

すっかり買う気になっていた TASCAM Portacapture X6 だが、作りがとてもちゃちい、壊れやすそうという評判を見かけるようになって、ちょっと躊躇してる。サウンドハウスかアマゾンでポチるつもりだったけど、こりゃ実物見ないとダメだな。
誰か使ってる人いませんか。

#TASCAM
#X6
#Portacapture
#32bitfloat
#fieldrecorder

I would love to see Focusrite take a swing at a Vocaster 4 to compete against the Rodecaster and Miscast

#podcast #audiomixer #mixer #podcasting #focusrite #rode #tascam

Finally reassembled and fully functional again! Swapping out the flaky particle board end cheeks for some solid wood units will be a project for another day. For now, it’s time to get this thing hooked up and get some synth jams running through it 😎

#tascam #m216 #vintage #analog #mixer #repair #SynthesizerSunday

After cleaning all the sliders and reinstalling the front panel I realized one of the VU meter backlight bulbs wasn’t coming on. It was working beforehand, but since they’re incandescent bulbs, maybe I jostled the filament enough to kill the bulb…

I figured I’d explore options for bulb replacements but wanted to check the bulb type before I ordered anything. Upon removal of the VU pcbs, I found one of the long bulb standoff/pins was actually broken. These meters are borderline unobtainium so a creative repair was in order.

I ended up drilling a small 1/16 hole just beneath the original pin and ran some solid core jumper wire into the meter body. The bulb itself still works so I’m going to leave the original frosted incandescent bulbs in for now.

#tascam #m216 #analog #mixer #repair

While the front panel, knob and slider caps dry, it’s time to clean and lube all the sliders.

These sliders have nice vinyl dust covers on top but there are still some that appear to have had something spilled in them.

I carefully open each one, clean the resistive carbon tracks with some 91% IPA, a swab or two of Deoxit F5, and then clean and grease the frame and wiper body with some synthetic grease.

#tascam #m216 #vintage #analog #mixer #repair

Whenever I get a crusty piece of old gear, I NEED to get it clean before I feel comfortable using it. The front panel has 30+ years of dust, dead skin, sneeze spray, who knows what.

140 knob caps, 140 lock nuts, 22 slider caps and a handful of screws later and the front panel will come off.

Off to the utility sink to get the caps and panel cleaned!

#tascam #m216 #vintage #analog #mixer #repair #faderfriday

First order of business was checking functionality on all channels.

I found buss 2 wasn’t working but would pass a low signal if the slider was all the way up. A quick peek under the hood revealed the slider pcb was pushed out of contact with the wiper, likely due to something being dropped on the front panel. The sliders come off with 2 screws and I could reseat the PCB. All functions checked out after fixing a couple of these. Next step: deep cleaning. 🧼🧽

#tascam #m216 #vintage #analog #mixer #repair #faderfriday

#tascam #208i #audiointerface #mygear

#tascam

#tape #cassette #tascam J'avais vu cette œuvre d'art (https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109684040065174721) et ça m'a rappelé que TASCAM avait annoncé cette cassette en décembre 2021.

J'ai cherché un peu et c'est bien DEUX cassettes 😱 La 424 Studio Master et la 424-S Studio.

Un peu de contrebande plus tard ("Available in the U.S. Only" :troll: ), j'ai une 424-S Studio (https://boitam.eu/@VoronoV/109756966568009284) ... encore un peu plus de contrebande plus tard, j'ai aussi une 424 Master Studio !!
La méga classe 😎

In 2011 when I started podcasting on the road I carried a case weighing 37lbs with mics, mixer, cables, headphones etc etc.

This mornings recording in Gloucestershire I used my new portable studio which zips into a case 27cm * 12cm and weighs 4lbs.

And the quality of the audio is probably better.

#Tascam and #Studiologic ftw