Tascam/TEAC Portastudio
464 with 90 day warranty. Warranty dates from 5 May 2017 and transfers
entirely to new owner. This unit has just been professionally serviced
and restored to
factory spec. Functioning perfectly and cosmetically excellent. Unit
was apparently well cared for and used sparingly before coming to us.
Ships worldwide.
Product Details:
The Tascam 464 is a Portastudio designed to record 4 tracks onto a
standard cassette. It features a built in mixer with three bands of EQ
on each channel, XLR inputs on channels 1-4, and 1/4" inputs for the
other inputs. It can record on up to 4 tracks simultaneously. The
manual is easy to follow, it is very easy to master after running
through the operations a few times. The 464 is probably the most
capable 4 track cassette recorder ever produced. The 464 has a pitch
wheel to change the speed/pitch, two computer controlled memory
locations with auto-punch in, a return to zero locate button, two loops
for effect and auxiliary, an option to record a SMPTE track on track
4, and dbx Type II noise reduction. Two speed modes can be engaged, low
(1.875 ips) and high (3.75 ips). For the best recordings, high quality
Type II cassettes 60 minutes or shorter in length should be used at
high speed. Decent sounding recordings can be made without the dbx, the
use of which will be subjective to the recordist. If you want to try
and eliminate hiss without engaging the dbx, recording at high speed
with the pitch wheel all the way to maximum will help, but will cut
down on recording time. At high speed, a 60 minute tape will provide
approximately 15 minutes of recording time. For a solo recordist with a
small project studio the Tascam 464 is a great machine, capable of
producing some excellent demos across simple, 4 track recordings. As
such, this would be a suitable machine for rap/hip-hop and singer
songwriter/folk music with limited instrumentation. This is an
excellent first machine.