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I voted for the porta 05. I learned on a 414mkii and replaced it with a 424mkiii and these days most of my cassette recording is on a Yamaha mt8x (fantastic machine and I don’t even use the built in mixer) and a fostex M80 and an Otari 4 track. Somewhere around the time I bought the 424 I found...

I like using the computer to track and mix largely synth based songs or beats but my own music with guitars and vocals and keys and stuff I learned on 4 tracks and I have had a lot of fulfilment continuing on tape and it's a fun little side hobby alongside being a musician

What's the fun in that?

Thanks for all the helpful replies from a fellow WA tape head!!!!

Ok will do

Thank you! My boss CL-50 describes a limiter setting for recording to tape without peaking. I'm aware of compressor to tape as a technique. Would doing this with a VU meter help since hot levels results in errors instead of just saturation?

funny enough the pumping has seemed to be coaxed away for the most part in my DAW transfer process LOL idk if its reasons limiter doing its job but it sounds alright! I need to get used to the DBX. On the other hand. The mackies VU meters are complete shit! anyone have a link for a reliable...

Thanks for the reply!! it looks like the original stereo bounce on the cassette had the same pumping. I dont recall it being present that noticeably on the otari pre bounce. Does Dolby C pump when pushed? i think it might be a combo of the dbx and dolby being pushed too hard

i wi l will plan ahead for that. for the time being i might just skip external bouncing and finish vocal stuff on the DAW. Im getting really good results up until the point i leave the otari and honestly bouncing from consumer speed cassette back into the otari isnt that good anyway. Better to...

it looks like i hit the cassette deck pretty hard. normally i mix to it with stereo compression dead in the middle of the VU meters so no weird dolby peaks or anything. but just a clean bounce without compression it can spike a bit. I think i just blew out the mix and im paying for it now. Oh...

would that explain why im getting pumping though? this didnt arise until after the dbx was installed and i began attempting external bouncing

everything should be calibrated it was only recently purchased from a company who restores and aligned and calibrated the deck

So update. The recording session went pretty well. I have encountered a problem towards the end of the process though. Basically all tracks recorded and collasped on the otari sound fine. the problem came during the external bounce to the Tascam 112mkiir. ive noticed stereo bouncing back to the...

thanks i will keep this in mind!

so my channel 1 which had the most hiss and a slightly off playback VU meter out of the box but recorded and played clear and full seems to be fine and quieter now. What is really shocking me as someone who previously only used built in DBX or Dolby is how low in level i can record on the otari...

The otari was calibrated 3 months ago it's set up really well. I think I got the dbx working right. I got my record level at 0DB with it on and the playback level balanced on the mixer as best I can. The CR1604 meters are not super useful but it's not wonky and blown out or faint sounding. So im...

so i recorded a stereo bounce from before and finished it up and the hiss is lower so thats good. levels arent all over the place between channels. This will be have to be fine tuned. I need to record fresh on all channels with DBX to really know for sure.

i used a tablet sending a osc at 1k and sort of figured this out. i think the alignment on channel 1 is hotter than the rest and that explains the noise. im doing a rough level balance with the tone and testing record and playback with a drum machine. it wont be perfect but the hiss is gone and...

im testing a drum machine out and the record adjustment seems to affect the otaris meters now? just not with the internal osc?

im having some trouble im all set up and i turn on the internal 1k and set the line input knobs to 0db with DBX in OUT. I begin recording and when i hit IN the tone gets quieter but the meters stay the same no matter how much i touch the rec trimmer. on playback the playback trimmer makes a...