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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #375 on: September 14, 2013, 05:46:37 PM »
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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #376 on: September 14, 2013, 06:42:56 PM »
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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #377 on: September 15, 2013, 03:28:05 PM »
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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #378 on: September 15, 2013, 05:42:14 PM »
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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #379 on: September 22, 2013, 01:53:35 AM »
I think we need a new thread (I am not volunteering), but I also have a favor request:

Would anyone be willing to help with trying to recover some files lost due to power being pulled before I pressed stop?  I have no idea when the sound guy pulled my cables, so the recording probably doesn't have anything on it, but I suppose there's a slight chance they forgot until the set was over.

Its Johnny Winter at BB Kings in NY last month.  I had SBD + AKG 63s running.  My cousin's band opened the night (who I obviously had permission to open tape with a board patch), so I just left everything plugged in and recording.  I very much assume they pulled all my cables out at the beginning of set (my gear was setup in the sound booth) , but still I have a foolish hope about these types of things.

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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #380 on: September 22, 2013, 12:14:05 PM »
I think we need a new thread (I am not volunteering), but I also have a favor request:

Would anyone be willing to help with trying to recover some files lost due to power being pulled before I pressed stop?  I have no idea when the sound guy pulled my cables, so the recording probably doesn't have anything on it, but I suppose there's a slight chance they forgot until the set was over.

Its Johnny Winter at BB Kings in NY last month.  I had SBD + AKG 63s running.  My cousin's band opened the night (who I obviously had permission to open tape with a board patch), so I just left everything plugged in and recording.  I very much assume they pulled all my cables out at the beginning of set (my gear was setup in the sound booth) , but still I have a foolish hope about these types of things.
Good luck.  I am at about a 30% success rate over the years.  That would be about 10 or 15 tries.  I have no good advice or recommendations for recovery, sorry.

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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #381 on: October 13, 2013, 06:04:33 PM »
I don't have one but am thinking about getting one if a used one pops up. So I'm wondering when you need to increase levels or adjust them is it possible to adjust them together as stereo tracks. So increase input 1+2 at the same time?

Also when you record multiple tracks at the same time does it make multiple stereo tracks? Or one that has multiple tracks?

And lastly i read the manual it said when doing multi tracks it does 6 tracks. If your doing 4 track can you make it save only the 4 tracks and save the memory of a blank file?

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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #382 on: October 13, 2013, 06:58:49 PM »
I don't have one but am thinking about getting one if a used one pops up. So I'm wondering when you need to increase levels or adjust them is it possible to adjust them together as stereo tracks. So increase input 1+2 at the same time?

Yes, you can gang adjacent channels for both record levels and mix levels.

Also when you record multiple tracks at the same time does it make multiple stereo tracks? Or one that has multiple tracks?

I don't recall all of the options, but I have it set to record multiple mono tracks. 4-track = 4 mono files.

And lastly i read the manual it said when doing multi tracks it does 6 tracks. If your doing 4 track can you make it save only the 4 tracks and save the memory of a blank file?

Tracks are armed individually*, so you can record as many/few tracks as you want. If you want to record 4 tracks, you'll get 4 mono files.

*1-6 are mono tracks, and then 7-8 is a stereo track.

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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #383 on: October 14, 2013, 09:46:42 AM »
You can 'gang' as many adjacent channels as you like for simultaneous adjustment of the recoring level (and also monitor pan and output level), and you can un-gang and re-gang them in different groupings as necessary while recording.  So for instance, you can adjust individual levels on each channel, then gang them as pairs and adjust them that way, then gang them all and adjust all channel gains together simultaneously with one knob.

You can record either individual mono files (1,2,3,4,5,6,st) or stereo file pairing adjacent channels (1-2,3-4,5-6,st).  The "extra" stereo channel is always written as a stereo file, even if you set the machine to record mono files.  It can record either two additional channels via the digital input or a stereo mix of the 6 analog inputs.  While in record/pause, you can choose to arm or disarm any combination of channels or pairs of channels within that framework.
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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #384 on: October 14, 2013, 10:06:10 AM »
I have never been able to get the ganging feature to work when recording is set to mono channels.  Only works (for me) when recording is set to stereo. 

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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #385 on: October 14, 2013, 10:50:20 AM »
Hmmm. Works fine for me, and I usually have it set to write mono files.

The only hitch I find is simply working the buttons in the correct sequence.  The problems I run into usually have to do with trying to see or hunt for the correct channel selections by feel in the dark, and fat fingering the proceedure of holding down the button at the lower end of the range while pressing the one at the higher end of the range, and making sure the range I want doesn't already include another ganged grouping.  I sometimes need to fumble around a few times to get the channel grouping I want ganged or un-ganged.

[edit] I noticed recently it gets somewhat weird if you have M/S enabled for a channel pair, even if M/S decoding is only enabled for playback.  The channel selction seems to consider that pair unbreakable even if writing individual mono files.  I turned off M/S playback decoding and could then once again gang these channels with other adjacent channels in whatever combination I wanted.
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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #386 on: October 17, 2013, 08:45:30 PM »
Alright one more question ( for now) does anyone know the power draw of these in mah?im looking to get the naztech battery if I were I get one of these and would like to know how long that's ping to last, and this is with no phantom power on.

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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #387 on: October 18, 2013, 01:25:14 PM »
Hmmm. Works fine for me, and I usually have it set to write mono files.

The only hitch I find is simply working the buttons in the correct sequence.  The problems I run into usually have to do with trying to see or hunt for the correct channel selections by feel in the dark, and fat fingering the proceedure of holding down the button at the lower end of the range while pressing the one at the higher end of the range, and making sure the range I want doesn't already include another ganged grouping.  I sometimes need to fumble around a few times to get the channel grouping I want ganged or un-ganged.

[edit] I noticed recently it gets somewhat weird if you have M/S enabled for a channel pair, even if M/S decoding is only enabled for playback.  The channel selction seems to consider that pair unbreakable even if writing individual mono files.  I turned off M/S playback decoding and could then once again gang these channels with other adjacent channels in whatever combination I wanted.
NO MS for me and I will try again and verify what firmware.  But when I have run it 24/48 mono with limiters I could never get it to gang two channels.

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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
« Reply #388 on: October 18, 2013, 04:43:39 PM »
NO MS for me and I will try again and verify what firmware.  But when I have run it 24/48 mono with limiters I could never get it to gang two channels.

I run 24/48 mono, but not with the limiters.  Shouldn't matter but who knows?  Curious if it works for you with the limiters off.
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Re: TASCAM DR-680 portable 8-track #5
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