Hello, Tascam Forum readers!
I’d like to ask fellow users of the Tascam 2488 MKII a straightforward question: can Tascam Backup/Restore.001 files be imported into a Tascam 2488 MKII other than the one which created them? This would stand to reason that files would be intercompatible of course but I need to be sure.
Why do I want to do this, you might ask. Well, my 2488 MKII has just gone literally bananas! A minute after turning on, it won’t respond to buttons, functions switch on by themselves, lights flash, and windows come up on the screen. Not even the shutdown button works! I’ve been told by Sennheiser France that it might be the motherboard which costs 368 Euros not incl. tax, + a 42-Euro diagnostic fee.
This costs so much that I think the money is better spent on buying the new DP-24. The thing is I need to access all the recordings I’ve done in order to continue with the mixing, etc. I’ve diligently done backups but annoyingly, Tascam have told me that the DP-24 won’t import the Restore files from the 2488 MKII, only Wav files. But I can’t convert individual tracks into Wav because the machine is no longer working!
So, I thought maybe if I could get my hands on a second-hand 2488 MKII or hire one, I could do the necessary conversions and transfers. But this would only work if the Restore files are intercompatible between other 2488MKIIs.
Does anyone know? Could you inform me – thanks a lot!
Astra.
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