Thanks to all who took the time with very helpful detailed posts, it was 100% positive on the deck and I'll prove you right because I did buy it. $499.00 for a 8 track pro level tape machine is a steal and I cannot wait to get it here.
I have a top notch new friend of 6 months, top notch in civility, ethics both character and work ethic. He is also VERY Top Notch in everything music and all that 5 letter word implies, a buttload.
When I met him through one of my guitar player's he was getting off the road and coming home for good to finish off his own personal "Walk Of Life". He has been doing front of house for the last 15 years and for many many well known artist's so his Live Sound reinforcement is top notch.
THEN he has been doing studio engineering, mostly tracking though he knows it all, during the same period and at great studios across the US so he's top notch in the studio including every type of format from analog tape to Pro Tools. To "Sweeten The Pot" he also is a geekslut and can fix anything.
THEN he is one hell of a guitar player and his band is busy as hell and in 2 weeks their locking out 3 days at a great studio to track their 1st record of all originals, damn what can't this man do.
When we met on my porch that night we clicked like we had been best friends all our lives. I love it when that happens, immediate trust. Enough so that I took him to my private personal studio on my land. I'm in the progress of starting a complete rebuilding at this point but I have all my gear in a VERY secure and clean room that I show no one.
All my gear, house, land and studio is paid for so I can be private but for him it was basically what's mine is yours. It's just a given here in what my wife has coined "Our Utopian Separatist Homeland" if a person is trust worthy.
I told him he would always have a place to come and work and for free. He was stunned and immediately offered up all his expertise to help me build, connect and just "Push Play" in my new digs and teach me the task of extreme difficulty, engineering.
Moral of the story is I'm busy as hell on untold projects required, I'm doing it all myself. BUT I'm loving the hell out of it and put in 20 hours a day 7 days a week and wish I could do 22 or 23 hours a day but I sleep a little.
I hate sleep with a passion and always have. It's the biggest waste of time man is bound to. I don't dream when I sleep or if I do I never remember a damn thing. The 20 hours I am up and at'um I day dream like a MF'er and can act on the dream/thought/idea/epiphany right then and do. It's not for everybody but I'll be 60 on 12-30-09 and have done it for the last 40 years so tis no bother, tis a blessing.
I guess all can tell I'm pumped about my new studio and as stated above busy as hell.
That's why I owe you guys big time for your help these last 3 months, I don't have the time to spend checking things out properly so your my source, period, well along with a few other forums which by the way were also 100% positive about the Otari MX 5050 8D.
I'll start a new thread on this question but if your still hanging with me and know the answer please voice your opinion.
The question is I, as well as all others here know there are many many Otari 5050 series tape decks from 1/4" to 2". Does anyone know if the parts that are in common on a tape deck, the transport mechanism, rollers etc. etc. are interchangeable?
Well I know I'll find out here if anywhere in the World. In the last 3 months 15 for 15 from you guys, 100%, great job and keep it up.
Thanks again and "Mi Casa Es Su Casa", regards ,,deda,,
,,deda,, Tim Porter wrote on Sat, 28 November 2009 12:34 |
I am looking for anyone with an opinion on a 1979 OTARI MX 5050 8D 1/2 inch 8 track recorder.
One I have not seen before and nothing on Google about it at all.
I'm thinking parts wise that most parts that wear out on tape deck are the rollers. transport parts etc. and that any Otari 5050 would have the same parts.
If anyone knows anything about I'd love to hear it. I was real curious if it had any crappy Dolby C or B built in or if one could bypass it if it did.
Thanks to all in advance for you help, regards ,,deda,,
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