dansouth Posted June 28, 2001 Share Posted June 28, 2001 Yeah, Mike is right. Yamaha makes great stuff. Put them on my list. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif I'll also endorse V-Sound's full line of leather products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpel Posted June 28, 2001 Share Posted June 28, 2001 Originally posted by dansouth@yahoo.com: Yeah, Mike is right. Yamaha makes great stuff. Put them on my list. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Sh*& yeah, mine too. How could I have forgotten? Never owned a Yamaha synth, but I'll still contend, violently if necessary, that their MT2X four-track was for some inexplicable reason the finest sounding four track ever made. No offense to Jeff the T-Guy, whose portas were clearly more feature laden and aimed at a more pro mentality, but I swear, having worked on both extensively, there is just something about those Yamaha four tracks, as if they're roomier in sound, allow more separation and clarity. I don't know enough to speculate why, but I do know some others agree with me on this one. (Not to imply that Jeff is solely responsible for the quality of every extant Tascam unit, but why the hell does my DA-30 eat DAT tapes? What's up with that, Tascam guy? Get over here now (state of NY) and fix this thing ). Magpel Check out the Sweet Clementines CD at bandcamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Originally posted by Magpel: No offense to Jeff the T-Guy, whose portas were clearly more feature laden and aimed at a more pro mentality... No offense taken, my brotha! There's plenty of room for subjective opinions with any piece of gear, be it a mic, some monitors, a synth, a recorder or otherwise. Different strokes for different folks, you know. It would be a boring world otherwise. (Not to imply that Jeff is solely responsible for the quality of every extant Tascam unit, but why the hell does my DA-30 eat DAT tapes? What's up with that, Tascam guy? Get over here now (state of NY) and fix this thing ). No, it's me. I'm solely responsible for everything that happens in life. Your DA-30, the middle east situation, global warming, the California power crisis...all my fault. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif I'm in California. You're over 3000 miles away. I can't fix stuff from here, so take it to a local service center! Shit, I'm a sucky tech anyway...you would not want my sorry ass working on your DAT! The thing shouldn't eat tapes. Had the heads cleaned recently? - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Originally posted by Jeff, TASCAM Guy: I'm solely responsible for everything that happens in life. Jeff So, could I get a current address on you Jeff. I'd like to send you my 464 Portastudio for a general cleaning and maintenance. What's your turnaround time??? steadyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Originally posted by Jeff, TASCAM Guy: No, it's me. I'm solely responsible for everything that happens in life. Your DA-30, the middle east situation, global warming, the California power crisis...all my fault. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Ok - I have some ironing that needs doing, and I don't understand why water spirals down the drain different directions depending on what hemisphere you live in. Can you help with both those things? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif ------------------ www.mp3.com/thirdstoreystory The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 This brings up a good discussion topic - somewhat OT, but I'll mention it anyway. I love my Tascam 244 (circa 1983) and my Tascam DA-38 (circa 1995), but my DA-30 mk II gave me nothing but headaches. Note to Jeff: Please see to it that the entire department is sacked.... First of all, if you wanted to have the counter display a time offset from the beginning of the tape, you had to follow a specific set of complicated instructions EVERY time you recorded something to a tape. - It was so complicated that I had to make a cheat sheet that filled a page and a half of letter sized paper. - If you ever forgot run through this procedure, or if you screwed it up, even once, the tape would never display time offsets again. Instead, it would display worthless counter information, like a cassette deck. After a year or so, the DA-30 mk II starts eating DAT tapes like Hannibal the Canibal eats fava beans. Yummy! The manual say that I have to take the unit to a local TV repair place to be fixed. I ship it off to some shop in Red Bank, NJ. Two months later, they still haven't gotten around looking at it. When it finally comes back - and I have been charged for this repair, by the way - it no longer eats tapes. Good. But now, the relative time feature doesn't work at all, even when I followed the complicated instructions. I decided to live with it figuring that it was still mostly functional, but a couple of months later it started eating tapes again. The only good thing about the DA-30 mk II was the sound it made when I threw it into an empty dumpster. Tascam has made many fine products, some of which I've had the pleasure to own and enjoy. But if someone offers you a Tascam DAT deck, put your hand on your wallet and run away as fast as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Originally posted by valkyriesound: Ugh! You mean to picked ANOTHER girl???? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/eek.gif Who's been so loyal to the US-428? Huh??? HUH??? I'm hurt...really hurt..... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/frown.gif Valky I say we should all boycott Tascam until they publish ads with Valky in them again! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Just kiddin' Jeff! Phil O'Keefe Sound Sanctuary Recording Riverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html pokeefe777@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 I'd have to endorse several companies: Taylor Guitars Fender Guitars Tascam products (good products and customer support) AKG mics Rode Mics Oktava Mics Vintech preamps Joe Meek Presonus Frontier Designs (about the best customer service I've ever seen) Yamaha (In spite of some lack of customer support, I love my AW4416's). Sonic Foundry Software Emagic I'm sure there's others that I'd be willing to add, but I "endorse" these products in the way that matters most - I purchase them and I recommend them to clients and people I converse with online. Phil O'Keefe Sound Sanctuary Recording Riverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html pokeefe777@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Sound Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Originally posted by pokeefe777@msn.com: I say we should all boycott Tascam until they publish ads with Valky in them again! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Valky luvs Phil.... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Valky no luv Jeff! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/frown.gif Valkyrie Sound: http://www.vsoundinc.com Now at TSUTAYA USA: http://www.tsutayausa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpel Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Originally posted by Jeff, TASCAM Guy: I'm in California. You're over 3000 miles away. I can't fix stuff from here, so take it to a local service center! Shit, I'm a sucky tech anyway...you would not want my sorry ass working on your DAT! The thing shouldn't eat tapes. Had the heads cleaned recently? - Jeff Yeah it's been serviced numerous times and seems to always resort to its nasty tape eating habit, which is, I understand, pretty unusual for a DAT...truth is, the only reason I need the thing anymore is to get old projects off of DAT and into the "new media." I never even had much of a DAT habit (how could I, with that voracious tape chewing black faced demon striking fear in my weak, weak artist's heart?) So I'm at piece with its role as an unwieldy paperwight. Anyone wanna buy a DAT. Mint condition, works perfectly... Magpel Check out the Sweet Clementines CD at bandcamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Okay, responses for everyone... steadyb: After stopping myself from telling you to place your 464 into your digestive tract from the wrong direction, I'd say you're a big enough boy to maintain your own multitrack. After all, you've worked for a company that makes those type of things, huh? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Besides, as referenced above, no one wants me working on their stuff. nursers: I am actually quite good at ironing, due to the fact that since my kid was born a couple of years ago, my wife just laughs if I ask her to do my housework. The water spirals in different directions due to the coreolis effect, or something like that. Hey...if I flush the toilet while standing on the equator, does it just go straight down? Gotta check that out someday. dansouth: Damn, man...sounds like you got a stinky bad DAT. There must be some reason we discontinued the DA-30 series awhile ago. Perhaps this is it! DAT, in general is pretty much fading away...this is no big secret. pokeefe: Read the response! I did it for HER!!! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif valky: Come out to Summer NAMM in Nashville with us in a few weeks...I'll get your luv back, I swear. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif magpel: Uh....sorry? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Okay, that's all for now. By the way, who would Jeff endorse, you ask? - TASCAM (duh!!!!!!!! I do it every day.) - Fender - Taylor - Korg - MOTU and Steinberg (I know...conflict...wouldn't happen...but I use and like both) - Neumann - Line 6 - Porsche (I'm lusting for a new turbo Carrera) - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvenx Posted June 30, 2001 Share Posted June 30, 2001 I am assuming endorse means, that I would almost use exclusively and not just get endorse to use the stuff free. apple computers (wouldn't/couldn't use any others,although acid and gigasampler and dialpad.com are cool :-)) taylor guitars (I went shopping for a steel string guitar about six years ago, and really didnt' have taylor in mind, heck I had never even heard about them then, but after playing one, fell in love, recently went into a guitar centre and played about 20 guitars and the only ones that moved me are taylor's) roland (in my studio I also have korg, emu, peavey and in the past have played kurzweil, alesis, akai, but I keep going back to the roland for my favourite sounds) opcode's studio vision pro (if it were alive today) rsp richard sven sound sculptist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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