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I guess it doesn't let me just post a link, I have to embed a video! I posted this under analog recordings but I'm brave enough to give it its own post here too. This is a film I made which has been screening in festivals for the last year and a half, now I give it to the Internet. I don't...

Well guys, I haven't been that active recently, I suppose that's my fault for not ever completing projects to be able to share them. Recently though, I've delved back into the tape world in a big way. A friend of mine has a Tascam MS16 that he's been holding onto for a while but not using...

Hey guys, give me your opinions here. I've been sitting on this machine for more than three years now (hard to believe), still don't know if it's worth it to me to hang onto it. I got it for cheap from a guy who said it belonged to a friend of his, evidently his friend had been a musician but...

...of cassettes, anyway. I shot this on Fuji Velvia 100 slide film, needed to use up the roll :) (not pictured: the Polaroid C-90 and Audio Pro/BASF 771&799 tapes I've been trying out the last year or so) I've been pretty fortunate to come across some nice bulk lots at thrift stores over...

There's a Tascam 25-2 not too far from me for $250 at the moment, when I saw the ad I jumped on it because it was a picture of a Tascam 42, but obviously the guy selling just found the first picture he could find and didn't bother to take any of his own, which is disappointing because a Tascam...

Hey guys, question for you about noise reduction: Just what are my non-software options after I've already digitized the tape? I decided that the release of my album Lacrimosa is probably too lo-fi even for my ears and am trying to do what I can about that. I transferred my multi tracks to...

Hey guys. I just made a (for me) big purchase yesterday, an Arturia Minibrute analog synth. I picked it up last night, made a cursory check to make sure everything worked, then brought it home. Just playing with it this morning, it was a joy to use, for about an hour, but now it's developed a...

Hey guys. I've run into a bit of a problem here. I read this post, and decided I should get the same model, the Realistic 44-610 pedal instead of shelling out more money for a real Tascam pedal. Probably a mistake, and now I'm paying for it, because I can't seem to find the adapter I need to...

I've decided it'd be a good idea to test out all the currently available type ii cassettes since I want to buy a sizable stockpile for recording myself and other people. The three that I've heard of are: National Audio Company's BASF 799 Super Chrome National Audio Company's BASF 771 Chrome...

I posted this in the N00b section but I want to hear your input as well. I need a passive direct box/DI/something to hook mics up to my Tascam 244. What would you guys recommend? I've been stuck with a crappy input transformer and it doesn't sound particularly good, plus I want something a...

Hey guys, here's what I'm dealing with: I just got a Tascam 4-track portastudio but I've had problems with the input transformers I have access to, they introduce an unwanted harmonic modulation/distortion (or something) in acoustic instruments, so I'm just gonna go for something that has a bit...

I'm not a tech, not by a long shot. I know how to use a screwdriver, open up something and blow the dust out, but not much more. Doing repairs scare me, to the point where I'm very tempted to pay a couple hundred bucks to have a tech do it for me. However, I just learned something: It's not...

I don't quite think it affects me at all, living in Colorado, but I was just browsing and it seems that Canford isn't carrying them anymore. It seems Zonal does have their own eBay store, which I don't know how many tape stocks they were supposed to be making, but some of the tape they sell...

So I'm supposed to write a biography paper on a recording engineer for my intro to sound recording class. The paper's due tomorrow, so I don't think I'll get any helpful hints before then, but I just wondered who you guys would write a paper about, if you were doing the same. I'm kind of...

TASCAM 38 REEL TO REEL I've been wanting a working multitrack and am always on the lookout for a good deal, just wondering if this might be it. It's real close to me, so I'd go down in person and check it out, just wanted to know if it's worth it. What do you guys think?

Greetings fellows. I've had an idea floating around in my head for a while now, and I think it's worth sharing. Back in April, I emailed Michael Fremer who writes for Stereophile and is editor of analogplanet.com about more complete information on various pressing plants. There is some good...

Already posted this in the analog-only forum, but if anyone else is interested, please take the time to listen to my first album. Lacrimosa | Joseph Irvin

You guys are right, this does take more guts, doesn't it? Anyway, here it is, I'm finally putting it out officially. Recorded on Scotch 203 using my Teac A-2340RS tape deck, and I did everything myself (except for a little EQ/mixing on a song or two). I have cassette copies. Please go have...

...in that, I haven't found a good explanation to just how much signal any given tape deck can record. Can anyone help me out here? Here's what I'm having trouble with: digital records between 20Hz and 20kHz and nothing else. My personal tape deck is a Teac A-2340RS, and I think I read...

Hi guys. Apologies if this is the wrong place for this post, but I thought maybe going right to the tape experts would save me the rhetorical "just why aren't you recording on a computer anyway?" questions. I've taken this just about as far as I can on my own, and so far I haven't come across...