Recent content by Darkhorse

I was wondering. I don't have a lot of money - But i was wanting to know if I could just buy a simple application to clean up old audio recordings. I have an iMac computer, which doesn't really support a new sound card. But I do have a Stand-alone CD burner. Could I burn the Audio. Put the...

Is there any software out there you can download for free and for a mac that would clean up old recordings? - Take care of tape pops and hiss etc...?:cool:

Basically my question is rather simple. A few years ago I had a Tascam porta 464(i think that is what it was called). It was a grey machine with a built in mixing board. Then I decided to move up to an 8-track machine. So I got a Tascam 484. Of course I sold the 4-track. MY BIG MISTAKE - I...

Well sarna - I have no PC to mix to. That would be great, but I have an iMAC - and there is no ports for soundcards. But yes alien, my DBX(noise reduction) on the 8-track thing is turned on. As far as input level, if you could clarify what you mean by that - Do you mean when I'm actually...

I had a question directed towards those of you using a stand alone CDR - I 'got a stand-alone(Philips 775) not too long ago and I love it! But when I mix to the CDR, It seems like I have a lot more hiss than I ever had with a regular tape mix. The sound is good as far as the instruments are...

Thanx Q - Hey does anybody know why I get so much hiss when I try to mix from my 488 Tascam analog 8 track to the CDR 775 - When I mix on my stereo to tape I don't get as much hiss. I would think it would be the other way around. If I get to loud the sound in-level bar on the CDR goes to the...

I had a question - maybe misterQcue can answer conserning the SMCS- can I make a compilation of different stuff on a CD and then make copies of that CD using just the two trays? Or is the only way around it to use an exteranal CD recorder. I heard somewhere also - if you know how and where -...

Yeah - Idon't know if this has happened to anyone else before, but I used to have a Tascam 464 - after a year or two of not demagnaitzing it, it started to pick up radio stations, you would hear a radio being played very faintly on every track-you would especialy hear it at the end of a recoding...

Hey man - I'm having a similar problem with my 488 - Except it happens more in the tape cue for track 1. When I try to turn up the tape cue nob it cuts out like a bad connection is occuring inside somewhere(it sounds like badly connected headphones into a walkman where you have to keep...

I just wanted to tell everybody thanks for all the advice. Most of the theories are pretty good. I sent it through a delay and put it on another track. It seems to have worked for the most part. I still plan to try some of the other ideas. I LOVE THIS SITE!

I have not actually done VHS mixing, but I've heard alot about it. Number one - I would go to the Main page on this site and read up on mixing to VHS. I believe you do want to use A Brand New HI-FI VHS tape. And not some old crappy one. As far as going from the vhs to a cassette - you should...

OK - I don't want to sound like a total idiot, but can somebody explain what a masterlink is and what it does please. By the way - thanx for the info BigKahuna!

Does anybody know the big disadvantage of mixing down onto a cd-r/cd-rw. I've been thinking of getting a stand alone cd-r/cd-rw to mix on from a tascam 488 adio 8-track machine - but I'm always getting different opinions. Unfortunately, I have an imac computer which can't use a sound card...

Would it be stupid/wrong to go to best buy and get a CD recorder/re-writer and mix down from my Tascam analog 8-track to the CD recorder. Would it really help my sound? Would it be worth the money I spend on it? Or would it be wiser to just mix down to a normal audio tape and take it to a...

Hey- I've used one mic on several occasions myself - Keep moving that mic around and see what you get. If your mic pics up too much cymbal move it the other way - if you don't hear enough of this and that - change it. Try to work on getting at least one more mic, and it will probably help you...