TASCAM MSR-24S short overview
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- This is a short overview concerning the basic functions of a TASCAM MSR 24-S multitrack tape recorder, uploaded due to my ebay offer (April 2014). I recorded a music stereo signal to all 24 tracks (left channel to 12 tracks - 1, 3, 5, etc., right channel to 12 tracks - 2, 4, 6, etc.).
Introduced in 1990, this tape machine is extremely reliable, operates very quiet, is easy to use and requires little maintenance only. The analog sound reproduction is much more convincing than any digital recording - of course. Thanks for interest!
Definitely a beautiful machine. I do have the MSR-16, which I think sounds really good, too. I know some people have given them bad reviews, but I got mine really cheap and repaired it myself. The recordings just jump out at me, as far as I'm concerned. For fun, I recorded something directly into audacity and multi tracked, and I did a separate session with tape of the same song and multi tracked with the same instruments. The tape wins for sure!!! To me the sound is pure. I know it's only 1/2 inch of tape on 16 tracks, but it works flawlessly.
I agree, we have the same one. I also have the controller ✌🤩
You should not hear what other people say about thay "smal" recorder!, some have only that "high end" thinking!, that meen thay meen only the best from the best is Professional! But that is not truth! Thats stupid thinking! It would be the same as if one say to you "you can ONLY hear music on a 30.000€/$ sterio unit (consumer - at home not studio) in a room who was made a perfect Acoustic (approx 2000 - 15.000€/$), and you sit in the sweetspot! Thats high end stupides!!! ...tascam taperecorder can you find worldwide in pro studios, protcast and Movie studios! The big one (like starwars and the tascam 80 8 recorder) tascam and studer stand in so many studios side by side!!! And both were used !!!!!! ...thats the truth!
@@nichtimmer9134 I love my MSR16.
@@pcallas66 and that is good :D thats the way you schould go! Love youre equitment, love youre Instruments and love music ;) ...have some tape decks! Two big 1" 16 track tascam MS 16 (love my MS 16 recorder) and two 8 track! And master, one master is a high end tube tape master recorder on 1/4" from begining 60s! All superb maschines! Tascam atr 80 14track and a multitrack studer is on my buy list! Love to work with tape! A lidl tascam 48 ob i will also buy for mobile recordings ;) and a tascam 388 (mini studio!, reel to reel with mixer in one, nice maschine :) )
...youre one is also a nice tape maschine!, im happy with you :D ...and 16track are enough to record a band with drums ;) ...greetings!
@@pcallas66 sorry, meen +tascam ATR 80+ 2" 24 track (not 14) ...the tascam 48ob is a 8track 1/2" and the tascam 388 is 1/4 8 track!, cool mixer tapemaschine in one! Msr 16 is superb one with highest Technics standard ;) ...a good one! Greetings to a tape liver from a tape lover ;) ...btw. forget that high end freeks, if thay have a studer thay will have a telefunken or otherway, thay know nothing!, i know maschines and know many Ingenieurs thay say that all maschines are good who sound good! And have see many pro studios thay work on thay maschines ;) ...one have tell about big studer and tascam ms 16 who stand side by side and thay both were used! ...all over the eorld studios work with tascam and fostex! I love all, from lidl R8 fostex (1/4" 8track) to big studer/tascam/otari/telefunken/mci/scully and all other 1" or 2" multi track! It give also pro maschines (all can used as professionell recorder) with 32track on 2"! Thay are nice! That looks crazy if you have 32 vu meter in fron of you :D ...telefunken and otari build thay! Studios use all track sizes!, all what thay have or what sound good ;)
I wished I'd never sold mine! Loved it!
You just showed me how to use the edit function other than manually manipulating the reels. Thank you. This one sounds great, by the way.
Equipamento para profissionais que tratam a música com o devido respeito. Equipamento simplesmente encantador!
I used to service Tascam, Teac, Revox, Akai and,Ferrograph when I was still in the UK; But now living in Brazil, there are not so many of these machines around. I'm keeping hold of my TSR-8 though!
Beautiful machine and what a incredible sound.
PS, up until now these machines were flawless and sounded great. we put three songs on the air back in 2000 using this machine and a Tascam 388 for two others,never had a problem. I think my upstairs studio got too hot.....
Be warned, I own a MSR 24 and originally it was a Dolby S machine. The capacitors leak on the Dolby S circuit boards and can be really hard to replace as they are surface mount and there are so many on each board. It's not impossible to fix the problem but it's expensive and would take a highly skilled electronics engineer with the right equipment. I mangaged to purchase the DBX boards out of an older machine and they just slot in and it works fine as a DBX machine now. :)
Hi Mark - you're right of course - leaking capacitors are a general problem with devices older than 25 years - and there's nothing much you can do, except replace them with new ones … thanks for comment!
tomdevices
Hi Tom, when I had the problem with my machine I researched the audio forums online and found that it was a actually down to to TEAC putting cheaper capacitors on the Dolby S boards to cut back on production cost as this was a machine that was aimed at what they called a semi pro market at the time. They could have put better ones on that would have lasted but that would have put the cost up! If you ever start getting any pops, crackles and funny noises it's worth looking at those boards, it happened to me! Thanks from someone who is interested in these machines! :)
MarkThatssound Hi Mark - thanks again for comment - I certainly know about the problems, but what does it take? I sold my Tascam (as did with all my other tape recorders) and I'm prettty shure that has been my last multitrack recorder. In this life ;-)
Cool, I just like folk to know what they're getting into if they buy one as I learned the hard way! No need to worry then, all the best! :)
I have this problem, the machine is in otherwise perfect condition,heads like new.
Did you find any other sources for the dbx cards, I need to get them.
How did you send the audio to all 24 tracks simultaneously?
It sounds fantastic!!!
😢tenho muito desejo de possuir um brinquedo desse...fazia gravações no studio em 1993...oh saudade 😢😢😢
Sim, eu entendo isso bem. Mas é cansativo, precisa de um bom mixer, muitos cabos e ainda mais paciência! Muito obrigado pelo comentário.
thank you
Could anyone let me know how the align parameters work on this deck thanks
TASCAM MSR 24S Short Overview
I didn't used my MSR 16 for a year, about three months ago I demagnetized all my machines. Tonight I was going to multitrack three tracks for an acoustic duo recording. It looked like it was recording but when I played it back there was no recording hence no signal on the meters. I played back an older 16 track recording of my old band and it went through and I was able to re mix. Looks like something went wrong in the record head or circuit board, either way I know it'll be a small fortune to have it fixed plus running it all the way down to Jersey to get it fixed, or Phillie.
Here's the pisser, I have a like new BR20 so I did a mix with acoustic and three vocals. It was pretty good But the girl I recorded with mentioned I played it still a little fast so I said lets see how it sounds if I slow it down a hair. I put it on variable speed to slow it down and something happened to that too. I put it back on fixed speed and it plays too fast, nothing helped. What a night, Two machines to go down the same night just sucks!!! When I put it on variable, it won't go slow enough to play at a normal speed, I lowered the tape speed to see if I could speed it up to par but it wouldn't go fast enough.....I give up.
Go digital, bro'. Get a Zoom Livetrak L-8, L-12 or L-20. You'll be glad you did.
@@pseudomonasaeruginosa4198😑🤦♂️
very good player
Do you plan on selling this by any chance? Or know anywhere where I could get one!
sorry, sold it about three years ago - try on ebay - thanks for interest!
Np man, great video btw!
@tomdevices the price you sold it? i want to have a price reference to buy my own
I'm not quite shure, I think it was about 1.500 Euro.
@@tomdevices I have one I may consider selling, I'm just not sure just yet.
im looking to buy one of these
So after 4 years, did you buy one?
@@KoolDesign 4 months and not yet
grrrrrreat video and nice music , I enjoyed the whole thing...and proud to be a new owner....but mine is without the S...only msr24....u know whats the difference?
Hi David - thanks for comment! The difference: The Tascam MSR 24 S is equipped with the Dolby-S noise reduction system, which is - compared to the DBX noise reduction system of the older machines - more efficient and and sounds very neutral; the DBX tends to "pump", i.e. (unwanted) compression effects are clearly noticeable.
+David Vebaixa The MSR-24 uses DBX noise reduction instead of Dolby S. The Dolby S is supposed to sound better but has a problem that the ICs tend to fail. So the non-S version is likely to be more reliable.
Is ir possible to purchased tape for this machine?
Sir you can have a look on ebay. Aim looking for the 16 track tape 😊
A bunch of Analog Duplicator sites sell them brand new cheap.
What sounds better, dbx or dolby ?
The Dolby-S sounds neutral - the dbx does not, but: unfortunately Tascam bought the dolby units from a different manufactor who used electrolytic capacitors of minor quality. This leads to malfunctions after a working period between 25+ years - one of the reasons, why I sold my beloved Tascam, had issues on three tracks ... thanks for interest David!
@@tomdevices DBX Type I I hear does not have this issue. The MSR 24, some had Dolby S others had DBX Type I.
@@Schleeber Thats true John, the dbx units are way more stable compared to the dolby-s interfaces.
I have one tascam msr 24 dbx with remote control in excellent condition like new,so if someone is interested I will sell it!My email is: binixxx@hotmail.com
@@tomdevices At the same time... Do you really want a reel tape recorder to sound neutral??? I mean, if you want to sound neutral, go for a DAW with Apogee or Prism converters...
I had an opportunity to get a 100% OK MSR-24/dBx and it absolutely sounds great... Maybe is it because I long used a Yamaha MT-3X with dBx in my young days so I feel good with the kind of colour you get from it, let's say that it's a really nice highly likeable ear-candy I'm OK with, as well as using tape saturation on some stuff... Moreover, it's easy to sync it with a DAW with the MTS-30 that can be obtained for cheap...
Actually, I even had surprises with 4 tracks K7 at 9.5cm/s with dBx when I found my old demos in a crate... Had to borrow a still working MT-3X from a friend then... It was the first time I heard these demos thru serious monitoring+console (Dynaudio and Amek Big-series) and my reaction was... WOW! For sure, 4 tracks and K7 have serious limitations, but the sound was so in your face, so warm, so alive that... That was the event that made me decide to go for a reel tape recorder, I first considered to get a 8 tracker, maybe a 16 tracker and sync it with the DAW, but as a MSR-24 in a mint state showed up with a good dozen of tapes for a very nice price, I took the jump... And I love it...
BTW, you can absolutely neither use the dBx, nor the Dolby-S which is a consumer-oriented Dolby... The professional version is Dolby-SR and was available as independent external racks, IIRC, even as sub-modules? I think you could have 4 modules in an 1U rack and use as well as Dolby-SR, as the Dolby-A which was also the "pro" thing while consumer electronics had dolby-B and dolby-C...
On what are mixing the 24 tracks?
I used to mix via Tascam M-2524 console to a Fostex E-2 2-track master machine. Later I mastered directly to digital devices. Thanks for interest!
@@tomdevices thanks man i appreciate it! It sounds great
Anyone who knows how to calibrate these ones?
Someone in gearslutz said tascam msr 24 is bad, it turned out killing any digitital ever coded
Hi Maria - I’m afraid somebody at gearslutz was confused with Donald Trump: He’s bad, not the Tascam … thanks for interest!
tomdevices is donal trump transcript encoded digitally? Haha
Help!! can anyone direct to someone who has this machine please?
I have this machine!
O.m.g you have 666 subs .