Hey John. How nice to hear that. There is no better way to record music. That said, with the mistakes I made in my voice track today, I did miss not having a mouse to edit out the cock ups. Cheers.
Thanks Petertronic, it does hold a special place in my life. Have a look back when I do the repair at christmas. It will probably go to 'look mum no computer' museum.
I loved working with the Tascam 4 track cassette recorder. Tried to record a few bands in 1996-98, all tapes long gone (tapes lent out, some stolen or worse.. people reusing the mastertapes. Just have a few tapes left of testing, overdubbing etc. I still wish to own one again, more fun to record and overdub.
Makes me so angry when tapes didn't come back I have a cassette tape in my drawer a friend asked me to turn in to mp3. Two years later the cassette in still in my drawer. I'd want my tape back even if I can't play it....
Correction: The button just below the counter can switch the speed between high and normal, but apparently only in stop mode - it's hidden in plain sight.
Great video. I have the Fostex 280 model. Fostex built great machines, and if used correctly you can get impressive sound quality. Ide say keep your machine if you still have it. They are great for warming your digital mixes. Kind regards. Paul.
Hi, thanks for the video!! I just got this unit and experimenting with it, I'm so happy! I was wondering if there is any way to reproduce tape in "normal speed" so that I can listen to the cassettes I have... I've found "Electric Ladyland" by Jimmy Hendrix... and I'd like to knwo if I can actually play this tapes with the Fostex. Thanks a lot !!!
You need a domestic cassette player that runs at 1.87 ips This machine is set to run at higher speed of 3.75 ips for better recording quality. These machines were never designed to play conventional music cassettes Thanks for watching.
I received mine yesterday for a €100 supposed to be good working ... Tape sounds okay but I cant get any good signal from my condenser mic or even guitar. A keyboard signal is coming but very poor. Its also also noisy to start with on the input ..I used my headphones on the phone output. Also with focusrite but I should be working as it is... I wanted to record an hole album on this 😔.. am i forgetting something?
The focusrite is likely putting out +4db on a xlr connector for analogue audio. That is balanced (3 wire) audio The fostex is expecting unbalanced (2 wire) -10db audio so that could be part of the problem. I know of the Focusrite but I don't have one so can't be sure of it's analogue outputs. Your condenser mic almost certainly needs phantom power which the focusrite supplies, if you are trying to connect a condeser mic directly to the Fostex, you'll get nothing. I would connect your ipod touch or headphone socket of your phone and play some music in that way to get the thing going. If you can get a decent recording that way then explore how to connect the focusrite unblanaced. Use a decent tape, clean the heads with some IPA and a cotton bud. To connect a guitar directly to the Fostex will need a DI box, the mic inputs and line inputs are the wrong impedance for a guitar pickup.
@@Super8Rescue thanks ! I think I need to get a passive DI, that probably will do the job on the noise. I'm also exploring to get to use the effects from the DAW directly on tape...for that I also need the focusrite 😉
Hello! How did you change the speed and made music from casette backward? Is there any need to press a special button? Moreover, does this machine has loop/sample section ?
no loop button, it is analogue. if you play a normal cassette in this is will play side two in reverse as all four heads read the tape at the same time.
Nice one, I hope it goes well. I have one for sale, with flight case, psu, mic, mono headphones on a curly lead, manual. As seen in this video, this is for sale. I'd take £100 plus delivery/collection
Thanks for the enquiry Remus but I am sorry the tape machine comes in a large flight case with headphones and psu. To send that to the USA would be very costly.
I'm currently recording a song with my eldest on my Tascam 414 mkii. I absolutely love it. Wouldn't have it any other way.
Hey John. How nice to hear that. There is no better way to record music.
That said, with the mistakes I made in my voice track today, I did miss not having a mouse to edit out the cock ups.
Cheers.
@@Super8Rescue yes and using punch in is way easier said than done
@@johntammaro Punch in was easy if the drummer could play to a click track...
Loved this, I love all tape machines in general but this is a lovely unit, which I hadn't seen/heard before. Can't fault the sound. Please do keep it!
Thanks Petertronic, it does hold a special place in my life.
Have a look back when I do the repair at christmas.
It will probably go to 'look mum no computer' museum.
I loved working with the Tascam 4 track cassette recorder. Tried to record a few bands in 1996-98, all tapes long gone (tapes lent out, some stolen or worse.. people reusing the mastertapes. Just have a few tapes left of testing, overdubbing etc. I still wish to own one again, more fun to record and overdub.
Makes me so angry when tapes didn't come back
I have a cassette tape in my drawer a friend asked me to turn in to mp3.
Two years later the cassette in still in my drawer.
I'd want my tape back even if I can't play it....
That is a nice rig.
It is so sweet to record on tape again.
Headroom. Max Headroom.
Clipping is shit.
Correction: The button just below the counter can switch the speed between high and normal, but apparently only in stop mode - it's hidden in plain sight.
Great video. I have the Fostex 280 model. Fostex built great machines, and if used correctly you can get impressive sound quality. Ide say keep your machine if you still have it. They are great for warming your digital mixes. Kind regards. Paul.
Thanks Paul. Unfortunately I will be unable to keep it as much as I would love to. I have wayyyyyyy too much stuff to sort out before I retire.
Looks brand new
Not many head hours on it for sure. The machines we had at work were for loan to students. It was easier to come in to the recording studio with me.
Thanks you for the class do you have 380
Hi, thanks for the video!! I just got this unit and experimenting with it, I'm so happy! I was wondering if there is any way to reproduce tape in "normal speed" so that I can listen to the cassettes I have... I've found "Electric Ladyland" by Jimmy Hendrix... and I'd like to knwo if I can actually play this tapes with the Fostex. Thanks a lot !!!
You need a domestic cassette player that runs at 1.87 ips
This machine is set to run at higher speed of 3.75 ips for better recording quality.
These machines were never designed to play conventional music cassettes
Thanks for watching.
I received mine yesterday for a €100 supposed to be good working ...
Tape sounds okay but I cant get any good signal from my condenser mic or even guitar. A keyboard signal is coming but very poor. Its also also noisy to start with on the input ..I used my headphones on the phone output. Also with focusrite but I should be working as it is...
I wanted to record an hole album on this 😔.. am i forgetting something?
Great video btw
The focusrite is likely putting out +4db on a xlr connector for analogue audio. That is balanced (3 wire) audio
The fostex is expecting unbalanced (2 wire) -10db audio so that could be part of the problem.
I know of the Focusrite but I don't have one so can't be sure of it's analogue outputs.
Your condenser mic almost certainly needs phantom power which the focusrite supplies, if you are trying to connect a condeser mic directly to the Fostex, you'll get nothing.
I would connect your ipod touch or headphone socket of your phone and play some music in that way to get the thing going.
If you can get a decent recording that way then explore how to connect the focusrite unblanaced.
Use a decent tape, clean the heads with some IPA and a cotton bud.
To connect a guitar directly to the Fostex will need a DI box, the mic inputs and line inputs are the wrong impedance for a guitar pickup.
@@MrHhkrohn cheers
@@Super8Rescue thanks ! I think I need to get a passive DI, that probably will do the job on the noise. I'm also exploring to get to use the effects from the DAW directly on tape...for that I also need the focusrite 😉
Hello! How did you change the speed and made music from casette backward? Is there any need to press a special button?
Moreover, does this machine has loop/sample section ?
no loop button, it is analogue. if you play a normal cassette in this is will play side two in reverse as all four heads read the tape at the same time.
I just got one for £140
Nice one, I hope it goes well.
I have one for sale, with flight case, psu, mic, mono headphones on a curly lead, manual.
As seen in this video, this is for sale.
I'd take £100 plus delivery/collection
Thanks for the enquiry Remus but I am sorry the tape machine comes in a large flight case with headphones and psu. To send that to the USA would be very costly.
@@Super8Rescue Do you still have it and sell it? :)