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Hi guys, wondering if anyone has some suggestions for dealing with this. I am recording drums in my friend's basement using a Tascam 414mkII, and am trying to get these into my DAW for editing. Problem is...you guessed it. My track lengths are off my up to nearly 1/2 a second (I've been importing one track at a time, playing the tape 4 times), and these are 4-5 minute songs. The rough solution seems to be just mixing it on the Tascam and importing a 2-channel mix, but the EQs on the Tascam aren't wonderful; I'd like the ability to edit the tracks individually. So!

1.) Is this degree of wow and flutter normal on a machine like this? Should I be thinking about servicing it or something?

2.) Though I hate doing 'too much' in the computer, are there any Sonar users here who know a quick and easy way to make several tracks the same length via some sort of time stretching (and not the "built in" time stretch function in Sonar, which seems like total guesswork and take an hour to get the results of said guesswork) or otherwise aligning tracks?

Thanks! Now back to the Evolution/ID thread.

OptionBen wrote:Hi guys, wondering if anyone has some suggestions for dealing with this. I am recording drums in my friend's basement using a Tascam 414mkII, and am trying to get these into my DAW for editing. Problem is...you guessed it. My track lengths are off my up to nearly 1/2 a second (I've been importing one track at a time, playing the tape 4 times), and these are 4-5 minute songs. The rough solution seems to be just mixing it on the Tascam and importing a 2-channel mix, but the EQs on the Tascam aren't wonderful; I'd like the ability to edit the tracks individually. So!

1.) Is this degree of wow and flutter normal on a machine like this? Should I be thinking about servicing it or something?

2.) Though I hate doing 'too much' in the computer, are there any Sonar users here who know a quick and easy way to make several tracks the same length via some sort of time stretching (and not the "built in" time stretch function in Sonar, which seems like total guesswork and take an hour to get the results of said guesswork) or otherwise aligning tracks?

Thanks! Now back to the Evolution/ID thread.

Why can't you transfer more than one channel at a time?

I have 2 inputs on my audio interface and no dedicated outputs on the Tascam. I COULD go two channels at a time (L and R stereo out) but I'd run into the same problem, just between two transfers (I'd still have to play the tape twice to get all 4 tracks in).

Your tape deck will never play back at the same speed consistantly