It will turn it into a cracked, rock hard hockey puck. Never, ever, ever, ever use alcohol on rubber pinch rollers. If i find a place I will be sure to let this thread know. I'm sure online there is somewhere, just another thing to research. I liked Maxell XLii back in the day of Grateful Dead bootlegs, they were the best for that application, but I can't find them anywhere.
#Fix tascam 424 mkii pro#
Yes I will eventually mix the final thing to either tape>pro tools, or just straight to pro tools. Then i have 3 new tracks open for over dubs. I fatten up the bounce back through a compressor and through a mixing board's (Studiomaster 16x4x2) EQ if needed. Instead of bouncing to tracks on the Tascam, I like making a mix of the four tracks to two track tape, then sending that tape mix back to the four track, often just as a mono one track.
#Fix tascam 424 mkii how to#
I'm researching and figuring out how to use Fine Bias, it's fun to explore this older tech.
Someone donated to me a Denon DRM 700, it's a 3 head machine with Fine Bias. I like mixing down to two track tape (cassette), i just like to keep it old school. I also read that the alcohol would destroy the rubber and I kept my alcohol away from it. You were talking about something that plugs in? An actual electronic device? From my research, i get the feeling that the "demagnetizer" part of this maintenance device isn't the same thing as what someone above was talking about (and what I read about on other threads).
I went to radioshack and bought a cassette head cleaner/demagnetizer. With today's modern software, you could mix down to a stereo track and then add extra tracks on top of that in the computer. Audacity or Reaper would work really well also. I just came out of my board and into the 1/8" line input jack of my computer. Unless you are just a huge cassette fan, I personally would record on the cassette multi-track and mixdown to your computer. i can't recommend a place for cassettes, but I'm sure they're still available somewhere. It's what was recommended in my instruction manual. My deck always sounded much better with the type II tapes. I generally use Maxell XLII tapes, but I haven't bought any in a long time. Mine is a hand held thing and I use it on my reel-to-reel machines too. But I consider it preventative maintenance. I like to have them, but I've only noticed a difference on one old cassette player I had.
#Fix tascam 424 mkii tv#
All the pots/faders get a shot of tv tuner cleaner while apart also. The screw wasn't secure, so it made an intermittent connection. I also traced a sporadic speed problem to a group of ground wires that met with eyelets to a plastic post. I usually give it a thourogh cleaning while apart on give the drive wheel or belt a wipe with rubber rejuvenator. I've also taken apart the recorder a few times. Honestly, it probably doesn't matter, but if I can't get my basic tracks down by the third take I move on to blank tape space. And I use good quality tapes and don't make many passes on them. Usually along with a cleaning whenever I plan to use it for recording. I also clean the pinch roller with the same stuff. I use the standard around the house 70% stuff, but a true head cleaner solution is more pure than that and would be preferable. I usually use a q-tip dampened with isoprophyl alcohol. For routine maintenance I keep it put away when not in use. I've got an old cassette 4 track that was a few years old when I bought it in 1990.