The last great multitrack cassette recorder, TEAC Tascam 688 MidiStudio.
Professionally refurbished and rebuilt.
Inspected, tested and 100% functional, but has some issues: Cassette
door is missing, with no effect on functionality. Synch/Scene Data
switch is loose, but completely functional.
Pop-up meter bridge will lie flat or stand up straight, but currently
will not stay in any in-between angle. This may be correctable with an
adjustment. The unit itself requires a minute of 'warm up' before it's
ready to work, but all functions have been tested thoroughly and are
working.
From the user's manual introduction:
The 688 MidiStudio is an 8 channel multitrack cassette recorder, a 20
input mixing system with electronic routing control, and a MIDI Tape
Synchronizer combined into a single workstation. It's the first 8-track
PortaStudio expressly designed to meet the challenge of the MIDI
revolution. Its mixing section is designed in a new way to accommodate
the greater number of line inputs in a typical MIDI studio, up to 20 at
once plus 4 effect returns. Each MIDI channel can access up to 4
effects busses, so you can use a variety of different effects (reverbs,
delays, choruses, etc.) on different inputs. MIDI Tape Synchronization
with Song Position Pointer (same as that used by the TASCAM MTS-30) is
built in, so that the capabilities of MIDI sequencing can be blended
with the advantages of multitrack recording.
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