multitrackers errrr

i read that he used to use a cassette multitrack. i think a 6 track... can this be confirmed ?

all his old stuff was supposedly created with one, like classics era.. i would like to try using one sometime i think

he also uses a tank

Anchio Arch io Son Pittore is back

i wager he's used a mixer at one point or another.

and a 303, maybe two

shut up you wanks. this really is a different approach as opposed to an mpc or software program

it's kinda punk too, err garage rock, limiting but the limits it has can make for interesting outcomes..

i just kinda wanted to know how many channels it was, i think 6. expand your mind brothas

  Super lurker ultra V12 said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitrack_recording

Thanks.

Has anyone used an anlaog tascam one and also a digital tascam? if so, pros and cons would be cool

i prefer tape 4tracks to digi. its just a matter of personal preference because i started with 4track tape recorders. i like the hiss. i like how you can flipthe tape over and record backwards parts, i like pause buttons. i like how the muddier sound disguises how shit soem of the music is. i like tapes. i like tape inlays. get a 3nd hand tascam 424 mk 2

this week ive been reunited with the tascam 4 track, juno 6 and a Korg MonoPoly that i havent touched for 10 years. its a pretty emo time or me

  LUDD said:

i prefer tape 4tracks to digi. its just a matter of personal preference because i started with 4track tape recorders. i like the hiss. i like how you can flipthe tape over and record backwards parts, i like pause buttons. i like how the muddier sound disguises how shit soem of the music is. i like tapes. i like tape inlays. get a tascam 424 mk 2

i saw a tascam 488 mkII on ebay... it has like 8 tracks

the one you mentioned only has 4 tracks... does that mean only 4 instruments?

  YEK said:

  LUDD said:

i prefer tape 4tracks to digi. its just a matter of personal preference because i started with 4track tape recorders. i like the hiss. i like how you can flipthe tape over and record backwards parts, i like pause buttons. i like how the muddier sound disguises how shit soem of the music is. i like tapes. i like tape inlays. get a tascam 424 mk 2

 

i saw a tascam 488 mkII on ebay... it has like 8 tracks

 

the one you mentioned only has 4 tracks... does that mean only 4 instruments?

4 tracks means the recording head reads the tape in 4 tracks (2 on each side of the cassette) so a maximum of 4 parts can be recorded at once . however 2 or 3 recorded channels can be bounced down on to the 1 remaining track thus freeing up another 2 or 3 . this process can be extended on ad infinitum probably, but at the expense of sound deterioration from each generation copy. also the 4 track inputs (+2) non specific inputs can all be mapped to record onto the same channel or same 2 stereo channels. so you can really record 6 things at once even though you only have 4 tracks of tape

the tascam you memntioned is i believe an 8 track... so see above but with twice the number of available tracks.

moved at request of poster.

had i have noticed this thread was incorrectly posted, i would never have responded so altruistically (sp?)

i'm sorry for any confusion i may have contributed to

YEK. immediately destroy and return those rare and valuable MP3s i PM'd you

you have broughty shane upon yourself and the whole community

what was wrong wit der thread? just curious

  LUDD said:

had i have noticed this thread was incorrectly posted, i would never have responded so altruistically (sp?)

 

i'm sorry for any confusion i may have contributed to

 

YEK. immediately destroy and return those rare and valuable MP3s i PM'd you

 

you have broughty shane upon yourself and the whole community

what the fuckare you getting at man? i hope your joking. i just told him to move it into ekt because i'd get more people involved in the discussion.

wow that post backfired spectacularly

crap drunk post

sorry

i have an 8 track digital fostex multitrack - had a couple of multitracks now and much much prefer using them to recording on a computer. much better sound quality too imo. really nice way to work - record your drums into a track, bassline into another then lead synth and so on, then when you run out of tracks, bounce them all down to a stereo track with effects and eq and start building up the sounds again on the freed up tracks!

  BCM said:

much better sound quality too imo.

That's surely bunkem though, unless your soundcard is particularly rubbish. Especially as that Tascam 8-track is limited to 44.1/16bits

maybe on paper, a good soundcard will have superior sampling resolution or whatever, but I've used both computers and hardware recorders and i know what i prefer....computer recordings always sound like computer recordings - a bit thin maybe - anything recorded on actual hardware usually sounds warmer and fuller...whether it's a digital recorder, tape or some other kind, hardware always sounds best to me.

How would recording digitally on a digital fostex sound "warmer" than recording digitally on a digital computer?

I dunno, they just do - probably something to do with the digital recorder being designed solely for that one purpose - all the circuitry and processors are configured to do just that one job... In a computer, they are designed and configured to do lots of different tasks... I don't want to get in argument about it, just what i have found in my experience.... If you like using software and computers, great. Me, i prefer hardware and think it sounds better.

it is entirely plausible

certain tracks of mine would sound awful had i recorded them on computer

but they sound brilliant (to me) recorded on tape (even though the recording quality, dynamic range, noise interfererence is much worse)

but then i suppose it would be virtually impossible to have made that stuff on a computer anyway

yeah, i love tape too - thought about getting a cheap 4 track for a bit of recording variation for a while - i love tape hiss! i also love the fact that tapes have screws in them. brilliant.

this wek i have been reunited with some really old tapes of my stuff from like 10-15 years ago

i'm currently ripping it all to my computer

it's super fun

i just found a rocking and rolling no-fi cover of the clothes show theme that appears to be called jeff banks

i have little to no memory of doing that

lol wicked - would be cool to hear some of your old stuff! fuck knows what happened to all my old tapes and Mini Discs....wish I still had them....