Sony Dual Cassette Deck

[AnalogTape1986]

Greetings Everyone,

I have one of those Sony Dual Cassette Decks, its a newer model about 2 years old. Ive used it pretty often. But one thing Ive never tried, and I dont know if there's a point in asking instead of just trying it but... here goes.

If I have say a drum track recorded on a Cassette, can I drop it in the play back deck and play it while recording a new guitar track on the recording deck and get both on the same tape?

[The Ghost of FM]

No sir.

The Sony (TC-WE475?), is a consumer deck not a studio one and not a multi-track one.

To do what you had in mind, you'd need to get a Portastudio which has the ability to overdub, bounce and mix on the same type II cassettes that your current deck works with.

Cheers!

[funkydrummer]

you can record it sound on sound style by placing a small piece of masking tape over the erase head. by recording this way, there is no way to mix levels after you record, so it has to sound the way you want it to going to tape.

[The Ghost of FM]

Originally Posted by funkydrummer

you can record it sound on sound style by placing a small piece of masking tape over the erase head. by recording this way, there is no way to mix levels after you record, so it has to sound the way you want it to going to tape.

Interesting idea!

I don't know if paper based masking tape would offer enough magnetic shielding to negate the erase head's efforts to blank the tape?

Along those same lines of thought, perhaps wiring in an SPST switch to the erase head itself would be less messy on the heads and the recording tape itself.

Cheers!

[arjoll]

Originally Posted by The Ghost of FM

Along those same lines of thought, perhaps wiring in an SPST switch to the erase head itself would be less messy on the heads and the recording tape itself.

Interestingly enough, the Ferrograph had an 'erase link' on the back panel where you could wire (their suggestion) a pot to fade content in and out 'after the event' by changing the current through the erase head. Of course you'd have to note the position on the tape counter (a clock-type thing on those old decks) and then do it blind....