Recent content by jamesperrett

And there's your first mistake - believing what you read on the Internet and watch on YouTube (most of which is written by people who have less real knowledge than you do). With a good vocalist I can record with absolutely no effects. You should only use effects when you need to - not because...

It is possible that it was originally designed to be used with BBC standard tapes. There's a good article on tapes used at the BBC, particularly type 200 at https://www.orbem.co.uk/tapes/media.htm I've had quite a few 3M 256 tapes through here over the last few years and they have all been good.

I think Itam machines were made by Industrial Tape Applications who were run by Barry Lambden who started Studiospares. I seem to remember reading that Soundcraft took on the Brenell engineers so there may well be a few things in common between the two makes...

I used to look after a Mini 8. The biggest problem with it was short circuit tantalum capacitors on the audio cards. If you need the heads relapped then Terry Summers is the man to go to in the UK. Forget about trying to use any Ampex/Quantegy tape - it has almost all gone sticky by now. I...

Was it Mobineko by any chance? They specialise in small quantities of replicated CDs and vinyl although I have heard mixed reports about them from UK based users. They have offices worldwide.

I can't help thinking that you will only be satisfied once you start using a 1" machine. There is a certain something about wide format tape.

I get the feeling that Atmos is going to go the same way as all the previous attempts at quadraphonics and then surround sound for music. Lots of marketing hype but very little real interest. Home cinema enthusiasts are really the only people who have embraced immersive audio.

There's an optical tape sensor which you need to cover if you want it to work without keeping the buttons pressed. You'll find it next to the left hand roller.

Looks like an obvious case for a 3D printed replacement.

Assuming you have the Mk1 version of the DR60D, you take the outputs from the Flamma mixer and plug them into the 3.5mm TRS socket for channels 3 and 4 on the Tascam. You will need a 2 x TS jack to 3.5mm TRS cable but these are fairly common. You can then use the mic inputs on channels 1 and 2...

If you care about audio quality then avoid both of them - go for Qobuz instead which offers lossless streaming.

Since the DR-60D is a 4 channel recorder, I would use that for the recording which saves all the hassle of matching things up afterwards. Just take the analogue outputs from the mixer to inputs 3 and 4 on the Tascam. You can then load the files from the Tascam into a DAW. I would suggest using...

Check your clocking - one needs to be a slave to the other. I would suggest having the Octopre as your clock source and have the Clarett set to sync to the clock coming from the Octopre.

While that is almost certainly true of modern devices, I can think of a few older devices where the pre-amps left something to be desired. My old MM mixer has a great sound but you don't want to record anything quiet through it unless you like the sound of frying chips. We also had an MTR mixer...

OK - so it sounds like I'm hearing something odd with the mic. There seems to be very little presence but there is a bit of a resonance around 8-10k which makes the voice sound a bit thin and wispy. Do you have an SM58 lying around? I reckon you might get better results with that. Apart from...