i need help. i recently got a boss dr550 unit and i am having severe problems recording it.
my 4 track (fostex, i think x 15) has never let me down and provides a great sound when i work with it. however, every time i try recording this drum machine, it sounds horrible. initially i tried going direct,
either in the mic inputs or else through the line ins. it sounded ok, but the signal of the drums would occasionally drop out, and it would also affect the other tracks on the cassette the same way. i suspected that the impedence of the dr550 may be too high to run
right in (boss was so thoughtful that they neglected to list the output amount
on the machine or in the instructions) and so i tried recording dr550 into an amp and micing it to eliminate the (probably) overpowering/saturation my tape was getting. no dice. the miced recording still sounds horrible even though while it is being recorded sounds great through headphones. i tried tweaking the levels on the dr. no big differnce. so now i dont know what to do. i dont own an effects pre-amp, but suspect i might need compression or a gate to cool out the levels cuz theyre pretty erratic but dont want to just go buy one and find nothing fixed. after messing w/ this for several months, i smashed a tape on the floor. so please help me. im sorry this message is so long, but im stuck.
my 4 track (fostex, i think x 15) has never let me down and provides a great sound when i work with it. however, every time i try recording this drum machine, it sounds horrible. initially i tried going direct,
either in the mic inputs or else through the line ins. it sounded ok, but the signal of the drums would occasionally drop out, and it would also affect the other tracks on the cassette the same way. i suspected that the impedence of the dr550 may be too high to run
right in (boss was so thoughtful that they neglected to list the output amount
on the machine or in the instructions) and so i tried recording dr550 into an amp and micing it to eliminate the (probably) overpowering/saturation my tape was getting. no dice. the miced recording still sounds horrible even though while it is being recorded sounds great through headphones. i tried tweaking the levels on the dr. no big differnce. so now i dont know what to do. i dont own an effects pre-amp, but suspect i might need compression or a gate to cool out the levels cuz theyre pretty erratic but dont want to just go buy one and find nothing fixed. after messing w/ this for several months, i smashed a tape on the floor. so please help me. im sorry this message is so long, but im stuck.