Purpledrink333
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Newbie. So we have a Tascam Portastudio 414, entire band is newbies when it comes to recording but decided to get this and record our own demo. We play punk and honestly like a high quality low-fi sound, musically stuck in the late 70s/80s so we decided to go analog (also cheap..). Problem is were learning as we go and recorded the drums on the first track as we simultaneously recorded guitar on the second, then later added bass on the third. We still need to record keys, vocals, and group vocals, so we tried our first bounce and pretty much ruined our recordings which came out better than we hoped. Were not sure what we did wrong but after bouncing, while recording keys everything seemed to go wrong, the keys came in and out on odd places from rewinding and rerecording, the volume of the recordings was all over the place, everything just went downhill. Were wondering if we had the main tape cue pressed in or not in which messed it up? Or possibly a track going out or too many rerecording on the same cassette. ..have no clue what could caused this especially when the first three tracks sounded so good, any thoughts appreciated because wed like to continue recording with the 414.
But my real question is I was smart enough at least to send each track to Audacity on my pc so we do have the guitar,bass, and drums all together in sync for each song for our demo but this is unfinished. We've tried to record keys and sync digitally but that was a fail because timing way off and came in and out again, and screw digital...we wanted analog recordings anyways and don't want the headache of having to sync keys and vocals digitally, I would rather live record.
So how do I send these digital recordings through audacity back to my 414 onto one track on a new cassette (so that we don't have to rerecord what were already happy with and already converted digitally). Is it possible to use a 1/8th to 1/4th cord from the computer to the mic line on my Tascam 414? That way we can have three more open tracks and record vocals and keys and finish the demo. Also will I need to change any settings, like the speed in audacity because im assuming im sending files that are in normal speed to a high bias faster four track, will speed be off or when we send it will audacity convert in autmatically?
Backwards, I know but were a mess and lazy lol
But my real question is I was smart enough at least to send each track to Audacity on my pc so we do have the guitar,bass, and drums all together in sync for each song for our demo but this is unfinished. We've tried to record keys and sync digitally but that was a fail because timing way off and came in and out again, and screw digital...we wanted analog recordings anyways and don't want the headache of having to sync keys and vocals digitally, I would rather live record.
So how do I send these digital recordings through audacity back to my 414 onto one track on a new cassette (so that we don't have to rerecord what were already happy with and already converted digitally). Is it possible to use a 1/8th to 1/4th cord from the computer to the mic line on my Tascam 414? That way we can have three more open tracks and record vocals and keys and finish the demo. Also will I need to change any settings, like the speed in audacity because im assuming im sending files that are in normal speed to a high bias faster four track, will speed be off or when we send it will audacity convert in autmatically?
Backwards, I know but were a mess and lazy lol
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