Martin Newell the singer and composer of the Brotherhood of lizards and the Cleaners from Venus is one of the most underrated talents of our times.

Same.. Great song (:

yes, I record my new album on it, very good analog sound, it's easy, you have to record tracks after tracks, eight tracks, then, you have to buy a 8 in, interface audio, and just plug the 8 out of your Tascam in the 8 in of your interface audio, just play on the Tascam, and record in your daw by this way, you can mix in your daw the 8 tracks.

It has 8 inputs at the rear that can be recorded on simultaneously and you shouldn't need any other equipment, but I use an 8 channel mixer for input/output levels and EQ with all inputs and outputs wired in with a cable loom.

@@delatronics3257 ah ok, the mixer also has multiple outputs. That explains all. I only dealt with small mixers that have a main output ))

@@dudedude7849 The mixer you need is called a "Line Mixer" if you need to record all channels at once (I don't personally do that, I record in pairs).

@@delatronics3257 could I ask you what does it mean to record in pairs. Thanks for sharing about line mixer, now I got an idea how its recorded on multichannel tape deck

@@dudedude7849 Stereo channels left and right

There is a belt for play, but the FF and Rew are direct drive from the motor. Tascam Ninja sells belts

Ok amazing, I figured it was the belt Thank you Cheers

Yes you can monitor what is going onto tape as well as direct source.

@@delatronics3257 can you monitor it live? or after you've recorded your signal only?

I used to have a 48OB as well which was a nice machine but with older electronics which were not as refined as the TSR-8, the 48 was also much heavier and had a rock solid build quality. Had a 34 as well at one point which was very nice but used a lot of plastic. Fostex BR8 have very good sound quality thanks to the modern electronics but their 8 track uses 1/4 inch tape and has lower build quality. Having worked on Akai, Teac, Fostex, Tascam, Revox and Ferrograph; I am definitely a fan of Tascam!

not better but we are in the same league, but TSR8 are the last generation , so modern electronic, transport is softer, TSR 8 is my main recorder for my home studio and I like it so much

The hiss is negligible anyway, if the little there is bothers the recordist, maybe they should go digital.

Cause, If you use the DBX, you have to record softly, and without DBX you have to record hotter, then you will have not a lot of hiss, and you have this tape analog sound better than with DBX on, I tried with DBX on and Off, and DBX Off all the way for me, so much warmer and better !! If you want pure and clean sound ( DBX on ) go digital instead If you want tape sound, go DBX off with hot signal, ( +5 VU ) just my opinion Cheers

Yes mono, you need to use two tracks for stereo.

@@delatronics3257 hmm I'm interested in trying one of these... i recorded an ep of mine on a cheaper one ( from a digital source) and the bass just gets too distorted to be desirable... im wondering if a better deck like this one would help

@@YoungNino2017 These are excellent machines (Better than Revox IMHO) but that tape sound is going to be different to digital in a pleasing way (Many main stream bands and artists like Adel are recording onto tape; so that says a lot).

@@delatronics3257 i could hear the difference in that mid-high saturation for sure, but the problem I was having on my cheap sony is it couldn't handle the bass signal cleanly, it was adding tons of distortion even while recording with about 8 db of headroom

@@YoungNino2017 I've serviced many machines but never liked Sony. A cheap machine that is good is the Akai 4000 series but the TSR-8 is obviously on a way higher level. Another good machine is the Fostex R8 or M80 (see my videos), running on 1/4 inch; but they have limitations and are not put together as well, plus they are not a lot cheaper second hand for some reason (they do sound good though).