
Tascam DTRS DA-88
The Tascam DA-88 is a dedicated eight-track digital recorder using Hi8 tape. It occupies four rack units. It has XLR and RCA inputs. It uses large VU meters. Its audio quality remains acceptable today.

The Tascam DA-88 is a dedicated eight-track digital recorder using Hi8 tape. It occupies four rack units. It has XLR and RCA inputs. It uses large VU meters. Its audio quality remains acceptable today.

The Tascam Portastudio 144 is a four-track analog cassette recorder. It was used by adolescents for home multitrack recording in 1981. It lacked dBX noise reduction but functioned effectively. It enabled users to record and mix music at home, creating a personal musical environment.

The Tascam Portastudio 244 is a 1984 four-track cassette recorder. It gives immediate, portable multitrack recording with EQ, gain, and switchable input impedance per track. DBX noise reduction works. Analog saturation stays musical. But signal degrades horribly at each bounce. Cassette transport is fragile. Preamps sound thin and harsh. No phantom power. Unbalanced inputs only. It was bought in Paris in 1984 for nearly 5,000 francs.

The Tascam Portastudio 246 is an analog multitrack-studio. No technical specifications exist for it. It belongs to the category of Analog Multitrack-studios.

The Tascam Portastudio 424 is a cassette-based four-track recorder and mixer. It uses type II (CrO2) tape. It has two inputs — XLR and 1/4 inch — and supports tape speeds of 9.5, 4.75, and 2375 cm/s. dbx type II noise reduction is permanent. Each input has gain, three-band EQ, and panning. It has main stereo outputs and a headphone jack.