blumediaprojekt
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I'm working mostly in experimental electronic music and oddly enough, through the years I've found the computer to get so much in the way that the concept of taking it entirely out of my composition chain has become inspiring to say the least.
I don't have a whole hell of a lot of space right now to add equipment so even though I would love to immediately jump on a tascam MS-16 1" machine, I am almost forced to consider the 1/2" 16 track alternatives from fostex and tascam. I've been looking at the E16, G16, MSR-16....
My biggest question is out of concern. To the best of my knowledge, the track width on a 16 track 1/2" machine is equivalent to a standard consumer cassette. This worries me a bit. Am I wrong here? Is the track width actually not the same? So this question is mainly about general "sound quality".
My second question has to do with bass response. What sort of thunder can I expect from this format? I've noticed that some of these machines have the ability to run at 30ips. How much of a negative effect would this have on the bass response?
My last question. Does anyone have anything they'd be willing to share that's been recorded on this format or something similar, such as 1/4" 8 track? I'd love to hear anything.
thanks so much in advance to everyone,
adam
I don't have a whole hell of a lot of space right now to add equipment so even though I would love to immediately jump on a tascam MS-16 1" machine, I am almost forced to consider the 1/2" 16 track alternatives from fostex and tascam. I've been looking at the E16, G16, MSR-16....
My biggest question is out of concern. To the best of my knowledge, the track width on a 16 track 1/2" machine is equivalent to a standard consumer cassette. This worries me a bit. Am I wrong here? Is the track width actually not the same? So this question is mainly about general "sound quality".
My second question has to do with bass response. What sort of thunder can I expect from this format? I've noticed that some of these machines have the ability to run at 30ips. How much of a negative effect would this have on the bass response?
My last question. Does anyone have anything they'd be willing to share that's been recorded on this format or something similar, such as 1/4" 8 track? I'd love to hear anything.
thanks so much in advance to everyone,
adam