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- Tascam Portastudio 464
If anyone can help, thanks. This is a great looking condition 424 mkiii. It looks mint, like barely used.
1. Is it normal to see the input level for track 1 (or any of the 4 tracks) read about 6db lower than the level you see in the L/R display section of the digital panel? I guess the L/R shows the master out...the Left and Right. When I arm a mic on a channel and increase the trim it may read 0...meanwhile in the L/R section of the display it reads like +3 to +6db. Is this normal or should both level indicators show the same level?
2. Following the manual I can't get the "Monitor Level" knob to do anything. The manual suggests it will lower or raise the desired listening level. But nothing happens at all. I can hear what I recorded on each of the 4 tracks by switching all the channels to Tape. Or by leaving them at mic/line and routing the signals to Tape Cue and then using Effect 2/ Tape Cue on the channel. But the manual says the "Monitor Level" controls listening level. But it does nothing. Just wondering if there's a noob thing I'm overlooking which might be known to anyone more experienced.
Naturally, I don't rule out faults here, despite the unit looking mint and everything apparently recording and playing back fine.
Anyway, thanks if you care to chime in!
1. Is it normal to see the input level for track 1 (or any of the 4 tracks) read about 6db lower than the level you see in the L/R display section of the digital panel? I guess the L/R shows the master out...the Left and Right. When I arm a mic on a channel and increase the trim it may read 0...meanwhile in the L/R section of the display it reads like +3 to +6db. Is this normal or should both level indicators show the same level?
2. Following the manual I can't get the "Monitor Level" knob to do anything. The manual suggests it will lower or raise the desired listening level. But nothing happens at all. I can hear what I recorded on each of the 4 tracks by switching all the channels to Tape. Or by leaving them at mic/line and routing the signals to Tape Cue and then using Effect 2/ Tape Cue on the channel. But the manual says the "Monitor Level" controls listening level. But it does nothing. Just wondering if there's a noob thing I'm overlooking which might be known to anyone more experienced.
Naturally, I don't rule out faults here, despite the unit looking mint and everything apparently recording and playing back fine.
Anyway, thanks if you care to chime in!