A Tascam 38 1/2" 8 Track Reel to Reel!! I've wanted a reel to reel multi-track since I was about 17 which is quite a while ago now. I got it for a great price and the previous owner serviced it and kept it in perfect condition. I'm now bidding on a mixer to go with it, only 24 hours to go and I'm the highest bidder so far.
It opens up so many new (well, old actually) possiblities.... I can generate SMPTE timecode in Cubase 4 and stripe the tape. Using this timecode I can sync it to my MPC2000XL and make a tune without my PC at all. This is how I used to work in the early 90's. Atari ST running Cubase providing the music and then sync'ed to a tape machine for the vocals. The whole workflow is different and the sound is great. I can't wait to get going, already I think I will dump stems of my album tracks to the 8 track and mix it down off tape.
The manual that came with the machine is incredible, not only explaining the unit and its operation but it actually include enough schematics and diagrams for me to be able to build a tape machine from scratch.
Hours and hours of ahead for me I think....
Just, checked tape prices though.... $110 a reel!!
