WillStG wrote:

Paul, the good news is the Tascam users board is back!

http://www.tascamforums.com/

The bad news is you aren't the only one having such problems.


Thank you very much for this great hint.
In fact, I should have been looking for such forums before
purchasing.

Good luck.


Thank you.

Concerning Tascam devices, you can learn a lot in this forum.
Those guys are keen enough to take the screwdriver and look
what is inside the boxes.

Reading about the guy who got his 2488 replaced by Tascam last
week and ran into the same trouble with the new unit makes me
thinking that I should go for another type.

It looks like all those who run into the same problems as I
(error 01 or 02 and/or "MTR busy") are all trying to record
many (5 to 8) tracks at the same time. Perhaps the thing is
ok for "typical home-studio" stereo tracks, but that the
A/D translation on the input and/or the harddisk I/O is not
made for drums or band-recording. However, I am not an expert.

If my dealer allows to trade the 2488 for another (Tascam,
Roland, or whatsoever) unit, I will look for simillar forums
before I make up my mind. A lot of decision making arguments
I did not know as I had no experience at the recording
console. I had focused on simultaneous tracks, ease of use,
number of total real/virtual tracks, but neglected e.g.
extendability, quality of display, mouse or screen connectivity.

For those of you who are interested, I will keep you
posted on how nice my dealer is to me.
I am hoping the best.

Again thank you all for your help. Waiting this long weekend
without doing anything would have been tough. (No, I cannot
share the details of this trouble with my wife ;-))

PC