Frusciante_Fan
New member
Hey guys
I want to say , I would not even consider this big leap into the unknown of reel to reels, if it werent for you guys. So thank you.
I have made some digital recordings over the past couple of years in my home. Mainly just classical guitar , vocals , keyboards and reason 2.5.
but here recently I done some stuff on a tascam 4 track cassette, and was blown away and how "real" it sounded. It made my mics act totally differant, I loved it. So I fugured if I loved it that much and it was only a cassette , then a reel to reel would sound great!! So I'v been reading this forum for a while and im finally going to buy one.
I dont have the cash to go strictly analog, so im still going to have to use an a/d converter?
so first question : do I record to a 4 track reel to reel and then send it through the a/d converter , or do I record on digital and then mix it down to a 2 track R2R? what are the advantages of each way of doing it?
second question : the one thing I didnt like about the cassette recorder is the noise. it was real bad, so can you guys suggest a machine that has a good snr ratio, and maybe the sound differances between tascam and otari machines?
I want to say , I would not even consider this big leap into the unknown of reel to reels, if it werent for you guys. So thank you.
I have made some digital recordings over the past couple of years in my home. Mainly just classical guitar , vocals , keyboards and reason 2.5.
but here recently I done some stuff on a tascam 4 track cassette, and was blown away and how "real" it sounded. It made my mics act totally differant, I loved it. So I fugured if I loved it that much and it was only a cassette , then a reel to reel would sound great!! So I'v been reading this forum for a while and im finally going to buy one.
I dont have the cash to go strictly analog, so im still going to have to use an a/d converter?
so first question : do I record to a 4 track reel to reel and then send it through the a/d converter , or do I record on digital and then mix it down to a 2 track R2R? what are the advantages of each way of doing it?
second question : the one thing I didnt like about the cassette recorder is the noise. it was real bad, so can you guys suggest a machine that has a good snr ratio, and maybe the sound differances between tascam and otari machines?