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Opinions on Tascam M-30 Mixer?
« on: July 18, 2015, 09:57:22 PM »
I have a chance to pick up a vintage Tascam M-30 mixer.
I've searched the forum here and haven't had any luck finding info on these. Google reveals a handful of info and opinions, but I'd be very interested (and appreciative) to hear from TS members any experience/thoughts/opinions you have with this unit.

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Re: Opinions on Tascam M-30 Mixer?
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2015, 11:14:01 PM »

We had one of these for recording with a band I was in way back when. In the 80s they were highly regarded as flexible home recording desks. There are lots of buss mix options and the preamps are nothing special but plenty usable and I think it had sweeps on two of the EQs. We had some kind of funky wiring setup that allowed the use of the four mix busses to feed an 8 track reel to reel. The thing that makes it kind of outdated is the use of RCA jacks for everything except the mic inputs. No phantom power either IIRC. Sounded pretty good for a home studio setup back then with just dynamic mics and no outboard gear. VU meters  8). We used it for tracking and then the other direction to mix down to two track.

What do you plan to use it for?

Also, I wouldn't pay much for one of these. <$100
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Re: Opinions on Tascam M-30 Mixer?
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2015, 10:18:26 PM »
To be quite honest, it would probably end up being a very large and heavy paperweight ::)

I was just curious about it because it was offered to me - I picked up 4 Tascam PE-120 mics dirt cheap and they had the mixer too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252023110091

I think $20 each was a good deal on these. I won the one mic and inquired about what else they had - turns out 3 more identical  ;D

Thats a lot of Primo caps - these are Nakamichi clones according to what I've read here.
Mics: CA-14(cards & omnis) and CA-11(cards & omnis) ; AT853's(cards, hypers, mini shotguns); Busman BSC-1 (cards, hypers, omnis)
Nakamichi CM300's (CP-1,2,3,4) Nakamichi CM700's (cards, omnis)
Tascam PE-120's (cards, omnis) Countryman B2D
DPA 4061's DPA 4022's; DPA 4080; AKG 480 ck61 and ck63; Naiant AKG Active Cables
Preamps: CA-9100; Naiant Tinybox (12v/48v + PIP 8V); Naiant Littlebox;
DPA MPS6030; Sound Device Mix Pre-D
Decks: Mixpre 10T and 6; Roland R-07; Marantz PMD620; Sony PCM M10; Edirol R-4; Zoom H6; Marantz PMD-661; Sound Devices 722

 

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