"So Trent bought the building, and moved all of his studio gear into it. Studio A has an 80-input SSL console in it, two Studer 24-tracks, a Digidesign Pro Tools and Macintosh system, and a massive collection of keyboards and guitar pedals. Studio B in the back is equipped with Mackie digital consoles, a bunch of [TASCAM] DA-88s, and a lot of synths."

Hans is well known for having created his own private collection of sampled orchestral instruments, and the core of this library was originally recorded back in 1994 onto eight-track digital Tascam DA88 format.

GC: Do you use ADATs, analog or hard disk for recording?

Mascis: I use analog 24-track 2-inch. I also have some Tascam DA-88s I use occasionally. I limit myself to 31 tracks.

"Two pieces, 'Bottomliner' and 'Under', were started before my computer days, about six years ago, on a DA88," he explains. "For a while I was in this very awkward inbetween land, working partly on DA88 and partly on computer, and this was an awfully clumsy period. I really despise digital tape recording, it's so fragile. So then over the years I went through various versions of Logic, from 4 to 7.1. There's still quite a lot of hate going on for me in working with computers, but I think programs have improved a great deal. The objections I used to make have been taken on board more by programmers. Programs are less menuintensive than they used to be, and Logic is a very evolved program. I also think that plugin instruments today are very much better than the early ones."

"'Cupid's Trick' still remains a mystery to me, tracking-wise. I've found what sounds like the original acoustic guitars and drums on a DA-88 digital tape, but none of the other elements are present."

Right at the intro of the video, behind Tom we can see a lot of gear in a rack. One of those pieces is the Tascam DA-88. At the 0:05 mark, from the top to the bottom, it is the 1st unit.

Kraftwerk used the Tascam DA-88 Digital Recorder as part of their equipment for the 1998 world tour, as detailed in "The Kraftwerk FAQ."

Discussed in this 2014 TASCAM article.

You've been a TASCAM user since the beginning.

Yeah, for me and I would think a lot of us musicians, the TASCAM Portastudio [Model 144 - 1979] was our first introduction to having 4 good analog tracks to record your ideas too. It even got to the point that sometimes when you recorded on this machine it actually wound up on the 2 inch recording of the real record, simply because the performance you did on the 4 track was more authentic and felt better than when you had a chance to practice it and get good. But then you loose the passion and drive that you had in that moment with the 4 track. I loved this machine. Then the 8 track came out sometime in either the late 80's or early 90's, I recorded the whole album of "The Zillatron" and "Bucketheadland" on my then new 688 MidiStudio [1989] with MIDI and sync code. It was truly awesome. Then the DA-88's came out [1993], I made sure I had 24 tracks because I felt like this is going to be my core of recording at my home studio. Being replayed by its big brother the 24-bit DA-78HR. It’s what I have now as back ups for my TASCAM X-48, which works flawlessly with Pro Tools, and any of my other gear. I also have the TASCAM DM-4800 digital board. When TASCAM made their first DAT machines, you'd better believe that I had one and then the next newest one. Now I got the DV-RA1000 DVD Recorder which is amazing. I carry my new DP-008, which is the digital 8 track portable recorder. I have the new DR-05 stereo mic recorder for recording rehearsals and things on the fly.

As you can see, TASCAM gear has been a key for me. Just so you know, all of my old TASCAM gear I still got and it all sits at the ready when and if I need them. That should tell you something about my gear and how it was built to last, they all still work. The people at TASCAM customer support was always there for me and I stayed up on keeping my equipment ready to rock-funk & roll because you never know when that creative bug jumps on you. When you hear the horn blow, you'd better be ready to go your nearest TASCAM dealer and say, Bootsy said y'all can help funk me up!

"The equipment I have is pretty basic. There's an old 16-channel Soundcraft 600 Series desk, two Tascam DA88s and an old tube compressor, a tube limiter and a tube preamp."

The DAT recorder can be seen in 2:25

"The main recordings came directly from my desk on to DATs, with no audience noise. I edited these live pieces into two 45 minute sections. 'Silence & Sequence' and 'Variation on BF' were new studio recordings. My main instruments are six Akai S1000s — two keyboards, four rackmounted with 32MB storage each. I've ordered the new Tascam DA88 8-track digital recorder to replace the DAT system I use.

Used for recording vocals, as mentioned in this June 1, 2001 Remix article.

Hi-Tek records vocals either straight to 2-inch analog tape or to an Alesis ADAT or a Tascam DA-88 digital tape machine. He never records into Pro Tools. “I don't like the computer's flat sound,” he says. “You need to have some type of tape sound. It has to sound like a record.” When working with Hi-Tek, MCs usually get just a few bars of a beat to rhyme over, with perhaps a hook or chorus in place. Then, with the vocals recorded, Hi-Tek will build the remainder of the track around them. He'll even cut up vocal parts in the sampler. “The vocal is just another instrument in the track,” he explains. “So whatever we have to do to make it sound good, we do it.”