Teac 80-8 - INTRODUCTION; Introduction to the 80-8 and Its Design Philosophy

TABLE OF CONTENTS PAG E
INTRODUCTION ....................... 1
CONTROL IDENTIFICATION .............. 2- 4
THEORY OF OPERATION - MAINTENANCE ... 5-18
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DAILY SETUP 19
GENERAL ADVICE ON MAINTENANCE ...... 19-20
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SERVICE CHART 20-21
CONNECTION AND OPERATION OF THE DX-8 . . 22-23
HOW THE DX-8 WORKS - THEORY ........ 23-24
ENTERING "RECORD" .................. 24-25
SPECIFICATIONS ...................... 25
rhe guarantee of performance that we provide for the
80-8 must have severa1 restrictions. We say that the
recorder will perform properly only if
it is adjusted pre
perly and the guarantee is that such adjustment will be
possible. However, we cannot guarantee your skill in
adjustment or your technical
comprehension of this
manual. Therefore, Basic Daily Setup
is not covered by
the Warranty.
If your attemps at such things as rebias
and record EQ trim are unsuccessful, we must make a
service charge to correct your mistakes.
Recording
is an art as well as a science. A successful
recording is often judged primarily on the quality of
sound as
art. and we obviously cannot guarantee that A
company that makes paint and
brushes for artists cannot
say that
the paintings made with their products will be
well received critically. The art is the province of the
artist
TEAC/TASCAM can make no guarantee that the
80-8 in itself will aswre the quality of the recordings
yw make.
Your skill as a technician and your abilities
as an artist
will be significant factors in the results you achieve.
This tape deck has
a Serial Nurnber
located on the rear panel. Please record
the Model Nurnber and
Serial Nurnber
and retain thern for your records.
Model Nurnber
Serial Nurnber
INTRODUCTION
Introduction to the 80-8 and
Its Design Philosophy
No matter how elaborate a multichannel tape recorder is,
it doesn't do the job without help. A lot of equiprnent is
involved, and a lot of talent as well. The recorder becomes
the keystone in a systern that involves rnicrophones,
mixers, loudspeakers, amplifiers and many sophisticated
electronic devices. Everything contributes
a part to the
system of multichannel recording.
Because of what we
have learned about multichannel
recording systems in the past
8 years, TEAC decided to
concentrate on improving functions in the
80-8 that are
strictly the province of the tape recorder and to
remove
features that we felt were best placed elsewhere in the
system. The cost saved by eliminating features that are
usually duplicated by our mixers, such as headphone amps
and microphone inputs has been used to improve the
overall quality of the recorder. The result,
a better and
more flexible
recorderfreproducer for the system of
multitrack recording. This
logica1 growth now reflects the
needs of the studio
style or, if you will, the professional
recordist.
It has long been our contention that professionalism is
defined by people and what results they achieve. It's not
something that automatically happens when you buy
a
tape machine with a lot of tracks, or a very high price. It's
what you do with the equipment and how well you do it
that makes the point.
In designing the
80-8, we believe we have been guided by
the multi-channel system as
it truly is. We are sure our
recorder/reproducer can deliver the performance neces-
sary to achieve solid results.
If you would Iike to comrnent on our design philosophy,
please
feel free to contact us. Criticism .and comrnent
from our owners has helped us improve our products and
our business. We welcorne
al1 feedback.
Please send in the warranty card. Although
it is not
absolutely necessary to insure warranty protection, it will
allow us to learn some things about who you are and what
you do with tape. From
time to time we mail out
literature and information of interest to the multichannel
recordist. Let us know where you are and
we'll keep in
touch.
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