I bought a broken Tascam 246 from a 12-year-old hipster. Join me as we try to diagnose and repair this troubled Vintage Analog Portastudio from the 1980s. This might be the best sounding tape saturation of all time.
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The hipster gentleman I bought this from told me that this tape recorder worked fine, and that the only trouble with this machine was that playback on channels 2 and 4 was inconsistent. I made sure to ask exactly which channels were weird and if he could disclose any other issues just to help me with trouble shooting. He did not respond to my follow up emails after I noticed the machine was not functioning. I didn't even want to return it, I just wanted some more info so I could diagnose it easier.
Maybe it was fine all along and he couldn't figure out how use the monitor section. I admit, the PGM/ Monitor situation is super confusing and non intuitive. It's a lot like my Tascam m30 analog board. But I was able to get both the monitor to work and the PGM outs to work, and on this machine you are able to listen to both of those with the headphone out.
I'm really impressed with the tone of this tape recorder. I'm not sure why this machine would sound different from a 424 or a porta or anything else. But there's something about the tape saturation on this thing that sounds great.
What do you think?
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