Recent content by Robertobly

Hello I'm hoping you can help me with a few questions as me and a few pals are planning on setting up our own studio & would like to be able to record at near highest fidelity possible as we're after a real, professional and classic sound e.g. Early Dylan/Nick Drake. Here goes... 1) Using a 2...

Hello, just a quick question. For high fidelity recordings if I was recording on a 1" 8 track machine at 30 ips what speed would you recommend to master at? I'm seeing its much easier to get a mastering machine that does 7.5/15 ips rather than one capable of 30 ips. Perhaps it would be counter...

Hello, I know these are quite possibly hard questions to answer & perhaps a little 'open ended'. However any help would be greatly appreciated & help a young band of brothers onto the next step of recording their music :) 1. Q when does bouncing have a noticeable effect on the quality (ie if...

Hello, I've been listening to a Nick Drake box set called 'Fruit Tree'. Basically it's 3 CD's of mostly home recordings. After a little reading on the web It seems Nick used to borrow his mums reel-to-reel machine to record his ideas/demos. There is a particular recording on the second CD...

Hello again guys/gals. I started up a thread on here recentley concerning myself starting up a recording setup, hybrid analog/digital. So to update anyone thats interested I got a place in a local college to get some engineering basics but turned down the offer in the end as a lot of what they...

Hi, first post! Sorry if it's long & apologies in advance for my primative understanding. I'm looking into recording a small acoustic band using analog equipment, hopefully using a 'reel to reel' multitrack tape recorder. Eventually I want to make CD's & maybe vinyl pressings of the recordings...