gentlejohn
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OK, I admit, that was never going to make a great joke & I can't come up with a punch-line HOWEVER, apart from my guitar, bass & drums, the three components of this post's title will be the basic ingredients of my minimalist project studio set up as of next week.
Yes, after much deliberation, I have decided to just bite the bullet & commit to buy a vintage Roland Space Echo. As you'll probably know, the secret is well & truly out about these old Roland units and, as a result, they don't come cheap! As such I am now having to move some of my less used personal possessions in order to afford this one luxury (to me!) item. So, yes, very soon I will have a minimalist 'all analogue' project studio at my disposal = cool!
I am now considering how to get the most from my one (and only!) effect in tandem with a TASCAM 388 Studio 8. I am thinking of possible recording/production scenarios (& workarounds!) which I may encounter & how to plan stuff out in advance before hitting the record button.
Off the top of my head here's one example:
Say, on my finished mixed down stereo master of a song, I'll want to have Drums with a big, spacious Echo; Vocals with a nice slap-back Delay and just Reverb on the rest of the track components. If I'm using the Roland Space Echo in the Tascam 388's Effects Loop I won't be able to get such itemised control over what effects are applied to what right? I'm guessing I'm going to have to print 'wet' (uisng the FX unit in line) for some stuff then patch the unit into the Effects Loop when it comes to mix time right?
I'd be very interested to hear how other folks on here might approach things when using just one such Effects Unit on ... well, practically everything from here on in really! How best to use & utilise something like this in tandem with a console like a Tascam 388? I won't get to put theory into practice until the middle of next week so any food-for-thought/tips/insights/advice & knowledge I can gather in the meantime would be greatly appreciated as, when it comes to using a Space Echo, I'm a complete noob - I have no prior practical experience.
Yes, after much deliberation, I have decided to just bite the bullet & commit to buy a vintage Roland Space Echo. As you'll probably know, the secret is well & truly out about these old Roland units and, as a result, they don't come cheap! As such I am now having to move some of my less used personal possessions in order to afford this one luxury (to me!) item. So, yes, very soon I will have a minimalist 'all analogue' project studio at my disposal = cool!
I am now considering how to get the most from my one (and only!) effect in tandem with a TASCAM 388 Studio 8. I am thinking of possible recording/production scenarios (& workarounds!) which I may encounter & how to plan stuff out in advance before hitting the record button.
Off the top of my head here's one example:
Say, on my finished mixed down stereo master of a song, I'll want to have Drums with a big, spacious Echo; Vocals with a nice slap-back Delay and just Reverb on the rest of the track components. If I'm using the Roland Space Echo in the Tascam 388's Effects Loop I won't be able to get such itemised control over what effects are applied to what right? I'm guessing I'm going to have to print 'wet' (uisng the FX unit in line) for some stuff then patch the unit into the Effects Loop when it comes to mix time right?
I'd be very interested to hear how other folks on here might approach things when using just one such Effects Unit on ... well, practically everything from here on in really! How best to use & utilise something like this in tandem with a console like a Tascam 388? I won't get to put theory into practice until the middle of next week so any food-for-thought/tips/insights/advice & knowledge I can gather in the meantime would be greatly appreciated as, when it comes to using a Space Echo, I'm a complete noob - I have no prior practical experience.
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