I voted for the porta 05. I learned on a 414mkii and replaced it with a 424mkiii and these days most of my cassette recording is on a Yamaha mt8x (fantastic machine and I don’t even use the built in mixer) and a fostex M80 and an Otari 4 track. Somewhere around the time I bought the 424 I found...
I like using the computer to track and mix largely synth based songs or beats but my own music with guitars and vocals and keys and stuff I learned on 4 tracks and I have had a lot of fulfilment continuing on tape and it's a fun little side hobby alongside being a musician
Thank you! My boss CL-50 describes a limiter setting for recording to tape without peaking. I'm aware of compressor to tape as a technique. Would doing this with a VU meter help since hot levels results in errors instead of just saturation?
funny enough the pumping has seemed to be coaxed away for the most part in my DAW transfer process LOL idk if its reasons limiter doing its job but it sounds alright! I need to get used to the DBX. On the other hand. The mackies VU meters are complete shit! anyone have a link for a reliable...
Thanks for the reply!! it looks like the original stereo bounce on the cassette had the same pumping. I dont recall it being present that noticeably on the otari pre bounce. Does Dolby C pump when pushed? i think it might be a combo of the dbx and dolby being pushed too hard
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l will plan ahead for that. for the time being i might just skip external bouncing and finish vocal stuff on the DAW. Im getting really good results up until the point i leave the otari and honestly bouncing from consumer speed cassette back into the otari isnt that good anyway. Better to...
it looks like i hit the cassette deck pretty hard. normally i mix to it with stereo compression dead in the middle of the VU meters so no weird dolby peaks or anything. but just a clean bounce without compression it can spike a bit. I think i just blew out the mix and im paying for it now. Oh...
So update. The recording session went pretty well. I have encountered a problem towards the end of the process though. Basically all tracks recorded and collasped on the otari sound fine. the problem came during the external bounce to the Tascam 112mkiir. ive noticed stereo bouncing back to the...
so my channel 1 which had the most hiss and a slightly off playback VU meter out of the box but recorded and played clear and full seems to be fine and quieter now. What is really shocking me as someone who previously only used built in DBX or Dolby is how low in level i can record on the otari...