My TEAC A3340S masterpiece tape deck.

[KaatheSnake]

Hi all,
I just got a NIB TEAC A3340S made in 1976. I just had the machine checked over by Sam Palermo, and he said the heads had never been used, the motors were in top notch shape, the machine was up to date on calibration and head alignment, the capacitors had very recently been replaced, and the mechanical side of things was great. All the machine needed was some oil on the motors, a few minor mechanical adjustments, and it was good to go! The machine sounds amazing at 15 IPS, and is an amazing multitrack recorder. The heads were tested for frequency response, and here's how they rated: 20 Hz-24kHz at 15 IPS, and 25 Hz-20kHz at 7 1/2 IPS. The machine is amazing. I also own an Ampex 300 3 track tube recorder that's big as a fridge, too. The TEAC A3340S has lots of hiss at 15 IPS, but I found a way to reduce hiss by finding the "sweet spot" in volume between my audio interface (Focusrite Scarlett 2i2,) and my tape deck. The machine sounds amazing, and does a great job of reproducing the recordings that were just made.
Thank you,
Ryan

 

[lovinthehd]

I wanted a 3340 a long time ago just as a home audio component (for capturing fm and vinyl ), but never bought one as that was back in my pre-digital setup. What do you record?

 

[KaatheSnake]

I wanted a 3340 a long time ago just as a home audio component (for capturing fm and vinyl ), but never bought one as that was back in my pre-digital setup. What do you record?

Country bands, some of my folk rock tunes I wrote, etc. Beautiful machine. It's the Big Kahuna of 4 track decks.

 

[KaatheSnake]

I wanted a 3340 a long time ago just as a home audio component (for capturing fm and vinyl ), but never bought one as that was back in my pre-digital setup. What do you record?

Here's a song I wrote a while back. The recording quality was poor, as I knew nothing about recording then. Anyway, what genre would you say this is?

 

[lovinthehd]

You sound very young....how old are you now? Nice tune! I'd probably simply call it "folk". Got tons more talent than me....I'm just a listener. Keep it up!

 

[KaatheSnake]

You sound very young....how old are you now? Nice tune! I'd probably simply call it "folk". Got tons more talent than me....I'm just a listener. Keep it up!

I'm 13 now, I was 12 then. My voice has become more rounded off into a high baritone, as you can hear in this cover:

 

[KaatheSnake]

You sound very young....how old are you now? Nice tune! I'd probably simply call it "folk". Got tons more talent than me....I'm just a listener. Keep it up!

Thank you for the compliment.

 

[lovinthehd]

I'm 13 now, I was 12 then. My voice has become more rounded off into a high baritone, as you can hear in this cover:

You think it's done changing?

 

[KaatheSnake]

You think it's done changing?

No, will probably get much deeper as I get older. Why would think that? I'm only 13. Got many more years of puberty to go.

 

[lovinthehd]

Seems once you turn the corner you're mostly there. Since you're recording yourself you'll probably know more about that than most of us did....

 

[KaatheSnake]

Seems once you turn the corner you're mostly there. Since you're recording yourself you'll probably know more about that than most of us did....

Yeah, it'll be cool to do a face morph of me aging.