AKAI MG-614

AKAI MG-614

Tough one Susan.

A few ideas...

you might consider donating it to a high school music department, or a church, etc. and take the tax write off.

Also, you might try "that" other place. They have a for sale section.

The problem is, working or not, few would likely want it for the same reason you are looking at getting rid of it.

It was a decent home recording unit in it's time, maybe the best of the "portable" studios when they were "in", but in today's DAW driven world of "3000 tapeless tracks, with 4.3 million different processing plugs available, burn your CD of your final mix in 4.2 seconds" .... it's probably gonna be tough to get rid of.

Short of a collector, or the avenues I mentioned above, I don't know either.

Personally I'd opt for the tax write off.


-Donny

craigslist? There must be somebody with old tapes for that machine, but no machine to play them on. (kind of like me and ADATs)
Oh wait, my mistake I thought you wrer talikng about those AKAI Akai MG14D multitracks that had their own cartridges. Kind of the analog precursor to the adat

Hi all-

A direct donation is absolutely a possibility -- thanks Donny & Frank! I was hoping to find someone who has some 4-track tapes for it already and maybe just a bum unit that can't play them back properly. I have a bunch of 4-track cassettes I recorded on it, but I've already transferred most of the ones I want to keep.

craigslist is also an excellent idea, calaverasgrandes! I don't know why I didn't think of that!

Thanks again-

-Susan

Hi-

Ok, Michael -- let me figure out how to best to do this, and I'll e-mail you with the details. Is the address in your Member Profile/Member Details correct?

Thanks-

-Susan

Hi Susan,

Yes, the email address in my profile is accurate. Please send me a message there and I will send my physical address.

... the easiest way is if you send it USPS through the post office and put a value of $25.00 for customs. I am very, very appreciative and grateful for this and will be more than happy to reimburse you for your time and expense. I can send a postal money order or if you are set up for PayPal I can send the funds to you through there. Please let me know how much and how you would like to do it and whatever else I can do to help.

You have me dancing on air! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sincerely,
Michael

Hi Michael-

ORIGINAL: mfarnsworth

Hi Susan,

I sent email directly to you with my postal address and just wanted to make sure you received it. Please confirm and if you didn't get it due to spam filtering or whatever I can try to send it again.

Many, many thanks ... this is a very exciting prospect.

Sincerely,
Michael

Yes I received it & replied -- not sure why that didn't reach you. I basically just need to find a decent box to ship it in or arrange for someone else to pack and ship it. I'm out of the house about 12 hrs a day now and haven't been near any place that handles this. I'll try to git 'er done in the next few days. Sorry for the delay. I haven't forgotten about it, believe me!

-Susan

Hi Susan,

michael@webtropolis.com

Many, many thanks!

Hi Michael-

I've sent you a couple e-mails since your last, but I haven't heard back. I have to leave now, so please check your e-mail and if you haven't gotten any from me since 1pm US EST post here & let me know.

Thanks-

-Susan

Hello, I was looking for akai mg614 manual may be you could help me ...I relly appreciate
Roberto fro italy

Hi Michael-

I don't have a manual but I still have the unit Susan sent me.

Did I not send you the manual? I'm sure I meant to.

If not (and it's not online) I'll do some digging and if I find it then you two can bid on it!

-Susan

P.S. Seriously, I don't think I've ever thrown out a manual, so if it wasn't included with the unit I sent you my bad and it's here somewhere.