famous beagle
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I'd expect nothing less from the man that wrote the book on home recording. literally!
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I'd expect nothing less from the man that wrote the book on home recording. literally!
THANK YOU!!! I love getting the recording process of songs, we're all here doing this because it fascinates us.
Apologies to Findley for hijacking his thread, lol...but this has to be gold to him as well.
So cool how you really used the 246 as another color on the palette. It really added a great texture to the Rhodes and the low end.
I would've guessed a Strat too for the electric; my #1 is my Strat and you're so right slapping that E string with force can make it go out, I really dig that section and how it juxtaposes into that airy acoustic bit.
Thanks again brother, excellent stuff. If you think of it please PM me if you post the completed mastered song on the forum, I'd love to hear it.
Be cool...
I can't fault this recordingI have not done such a test, but this post speaks to something I've noticed too. I've worked with several 4-tracks over the years, and I've always though the quality was great. Most recently, it was a Tascam 246, but before that, I got good results with a 414 mk ii and a 424 mk iii as well.
I've always wondered, quite frankly, how so many people could make 4-tracks sound so bad! I mean ... filled with hiss and tinny and/or really muffled. I'm guessing it's just people that don't know what they're doing? The sad thing is that those machines have gotten a terrible reputation because of it.
Of course, maybe you have better ears than I do, because I always used the dbx on my units (mainly because it said to in the manual), and I never noticed any artifacts or dropouts.
But here's a recent recording I made with the 246. It's not finished yet -- it's just lacking vocals -- but this is already with two external bounces (to and from the computer). So this is a two-track submix now that's on tracks 1 and 2, and the vocals will go on tracks 1 and 2.
To me, this sounds as "clean" as any digital recording I hear on this place (or cleaner, to be honest), yet it still sounds warm and pleasant (to me, anyway).
I think these machines are awesome if you know what you're doing.
I can't fault this recording
I actually put a video up on YouTube recently trying to bounce a track 8 times on my 488mkii. 8 track, not four, but same tape and it still sounds amazing. The difference between gen 1 and gen 8 is more subtle than I would have guessed. If anyone is interested, it’s titled ‘Tascam 488 bounce test’ cause I can’t post links yet ?