Ghosts from Studios past

Tone Laborer · 4th June 2008, 08:21 PM

Relics from bygone days. What do you all do with them? Things that have broke or outlived their usefulness in the ever evolving digital studio.

I have the Tascam cornor. A DA-30mkII and a DA38 live there, both need service that's not worth paying for. I've already repaired the DAT once. It worked for another 9 months then started eating tapes again. In any event, neither machine is really needed anymore with a computer system.

In a closet lives a Fostex A8.(needs work) My first recorder.

I can't see selling any of these. Either no market or the price isn't worth dealing with.

Should I just bite the bullet and dumpster them?

Cosmic Closet · 6th June 2008, 12:49 AM

Well, if you have the space, you have the beginnings of a little museum (cue wife screaming in horror)

, but if not, you could perhaps give parts to someone who might still be fighting the good fight with those machines.

'The first recorder' is a powerful piece of nostalgia; I would keep it if I had gone the Fostex route.

But I would say, if the Tascams can't be of use to someone, dispose of them properly (recycling if possible) and just remember the music you made on them on your way to today.

Claus.

GILFOIL · 6th June 2008, 04:42 AM

i wish people would give me the old gear they don't want.

i love tinkering with dated junk.

Led · 6th June 2008, 04:58 AM

Rent them out to film companies doing supernatural horror movies so they can use it as a prop and call it a "trans-spectral gurgenometer" or something like that.

narcoman · 10th June 2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Tone Laborer

Relics from bygone days. What do you all do with them? Things that have broke or outlived their usefulness in the ever evolving digital studio.

I have the Tascam cornor. A DA-30mkII and a DA38 live there, both need service that's not worth paying for. I've already repaired the DAT once. It worked for another 9 months then started eating tapes again. In any event, neither machine is really needed anymore with a computer system.

In a closet lives a Fostex A8.(needs work) My first recorder.

I can't see selling any of these. Either no market or the price isn't worth dealing with.

Should I just bite the bullet and dumpster them?

ah the luxury of the west.... surely even $10 is better than dumping it?

Tone Laborer · 10th June 2008, 06:43 PM

No one's offered $10, narcoman. I used the machines for quite a few years, but they're no longer viable in todays studio. The decadent west is beyond my control.

It cost closer to $50 the last time I shipped the DAT.

If someone is serious about wanting to try their luck repairing these machines and wants to at least make it worth my time to ship, please PM me.

What I'm asking is---what did you old guys that have come through the evolution of the digital studio do with your DATS, DA38s, DA88s, ADATS, TDIF cards, ELCO cables, Controllers, Wackie Mixers, SPX90s, etc. Not to mention all the computers.

Obviously, I would rather not throw them away, otherwise they wouldn't have sat idle all these years, but it's time for a spring cleaning (now that it's summer).

Tone Laborer · 10th June 2008, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Led

Rent them out to film companies doing supernatural horror movies so they can use it as a prop and call it a "trans-spectral gurgenometer" or something like that.

Maybe Fletcher needs one for another of his "Sh#t on a Stick" demonstrations.

newfuturevintage · 10th June 2008, 08:22 PM

if the DA 30 / 38 will go into record/pause they could be kept around for use as utility DA converters.

dannygold · 11th June 2008, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by newfuturevintage

if the DA 30 / 38 will go into record/pause they could be kept around for use as utility DA converters.

Yeah, my friend who has really good ears and a decent set of converters in his RME said the other day he missed this DA38 converters.

Tone Laborer · 14th June 2008, 07:56 PM

Nostalgia for the old 16bit converters? I guess it would have to be.

The converters were good in both those machines. I always thought the 38 sounded rounder than ADATs and I was using both at the time. But I didn't experience Tascams claims about reliable tape transports.

That's a good idea, though.

My plan has been to clean the 38, pick up another cheap, stick them in a 6sp rack for a mobile rig. But more urgent needs come first.

superjc · 14th June 2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Led

Rent them out to film companies doing supernatural horror movies so they can use it as a prop and call it a "trans-spectral gurgenometer" or something like that.

hahaha... I saw a Radio Shack/Gemini DJ 19" DJ mixer mounted in a rack in some move recently (Undercover Brother?) I forget... I have an old dat machine someone gave me years ago, it eats tapes.. I want to take it to the mountains and shoot at it with my sniper rifle or something else to that effect.

esaias · 14th June 2008, 09:15 PM

POS Mackie 24-8 :(

3x Fostex R-8

Fostex D-10, was still in use as DA recently.

I hooked up the R-8's a little while ago to transfer the some old ADATS to computer. For a second a I felt "the OTB". I kind of miss that. It was ADATS but they still made me like my mac less.

-Tomi

raal · 18th June 2008, 09:07 AM

i have 2 X AKAI Adams that i'm ashamed to say how much i payed for.... anyway they're in the garage with a slew of other things, some of which, again i'm ashamed to admit are in their boxes, new. if i were in the states, ebay would be the perfect place....

no one will buy that stuff in mexico. when you find an answer to your dilemma please PM me.

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4th June 2008, 08:21 PM	#1
Tone Laborer Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin,Tx Posts: 809	Ghosts from Studios past Relics from bygone days. What do you all do with them? Things that have broke or outlived their usefulness in the ever evolving digital studio. I have the Tascam cornor. A DA-30mkII and a DA38 live there, both need service that's not worth paying for. I've already repaired the DAT once. It worked for another 9 months then started eating tapes again. In any event, neither machine is really needed anymore with a computer system. In a closet lives a Fostex A8.(needs work) My first recorder. I can't see selling any of these. Either no market or the price isn't worth dealing with. Should I just bite the bullet and dumpster them?

6th June 2008, 12:49 AM	#2
Cosmic Closet Gear maniac Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 183	Well, if you have the space, you have the beginnings of a little museum (cue wife screaming in horror) , but if not, you could perhaps give parts to someone who might still be fighting the good fight with those machines. 'The first recorder' is a powerful piece of nostalgia; I would keep it if I had gone the Fostex route. But I would say, if the Tascams can't be of use to someone, dispose of them properly (recycling if possible) and just remember the music you made on them on your way to today. Claus. __________________ CC

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Led Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,772	Rent them out to film companies doing supernatural horror movies so they can use it as a prop and call it a "trans-spectral gurgenometer" or something like that. __________________ "My voice has a built in extortion box" - recent vocalist I recorded...

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10th June 2008, 06:43 PM	#6
Tone Laborer Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin,Tx Posts: 809	No one's offered $10, narcoman. I used the machines for quite a few years, but they're no longer viable in todays studio. The decadent west is beyond my control. It cost closer to $50 the last time I shipped the DAT. If someone is serious about wanting to try their luck repairing these machines and wants to at least make it worth my time to ship, please PM me. What I'm asking is---what did you old guys that have come through the evolution of the digital studio do with your DATS, DA38s, DA88s, ADATS, TDIF cards, ELCO cables, Controllers, Wackie Mixers, SPX90s, etc. Not to mention all the computers. Obviously, I would rather not throw them away, otherwise they wouldn't have sat idle all these years, but it's time for a spring cleaning (now that it's summer).

10th June 2008, 08:22 PM	#8
newfuturevintage Gear nut Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 123	if the DA 30 / 38 will go into record/pause they could be kept around for use as utility DA converters.

14th June 2008, 07:56 PM	#10
Tone Laborer Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin,Tx Posts: 809	Nostalgia for the old 16bit converters? I guess it would have to be. The converters were good in both those machines. I always thought the 38 sounded rounder than ADATs and I was using both at the time. But I didn't experience Tascams claims about reliable tape transports. That's a good idea, though. My plan has been to clean the 38, pick up another cheap, stick them in a 6sp rack for a mobile rig. But more urgent needs come first.

14th June 2008, 09:15 PM	#12
esaias Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 343	POS Mackie 24-8 :( 3x Fostex R-8 Fostex D-10, was still in use as DA recently. I hooked up the R-8's a little while ago to transfer the some old ADATS to computer. For a second a I felt "the OTB". I kind of miss that. It was ADATS but they still made me like my mac less. -Tomi

18th June 2008, 09:07 AM	#13
raal Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: mexico Posts: 3,409	i have 2 X AKAI Adams that i'm ashamed to say how much i payed for.... anyway they're in the garage with a slew of other things, some of which, again i'm ashamed to admit are in their boxes, new. if i were in the states, ebay would be the perfect place.... no one will buy that stuff in mexico. when you find an answer to your dilemma please PM me.