"I wish I could be as positive about the decision to include a drive system which leaves the capstan motor running even when a cassette is not being played. I know this is common amongst mains-powered cassette recorders and I'm sure this is one of Tascam's tried and trusted designs. But on a machine which for anything up to seventy-five percent of its time is likely to be used solely as a mixer, I cannot see the point of having a motor spinning away to no good purpose. Surely a switch could have been included to turn off the tape deck when not in use?"