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birddogmusic
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What is the best way to record my 4-track tascam424 mkII to cd?
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The Ghost of FM
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Take the stereo outs from your Portastudio and connect it to a Stand-alone CD recorder which has stereo analog inputs.
The alternative is to take those same outs from your Portastudio and connect that to the line inputs on the sound card of your computer and save it as a wav. file and from there with the appropriate cd burning software, create a music CD with a CD burner drive installed in a spare drive slot.
The computer method is generally cheaper and so to might the sound quality be if you have a budget sound card and supporting software to handle the job.
I use a stand-alone unit myself, as I find it to be sonically superior and easier to use overall.
Cheers!
The alternative is to take those same outs from your Portastudio and connect that to the line inputs on the sound card of your computer and save it as a wav. file and from there with the appropriate cd burning software, create a music CD with a CD burner drive installed in a spare drive slot.
The computer method is generally cheaper and so to might the sound quality be if you have a budget sound card and supporting software to handle the job.
I use a stand-alone unit myself, as I find it to be sonically superior and easier to use overall.
Cheers!
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birddogmusic
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thanks.
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gospelsing
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If your using a stand alone cd recorder which I do you might want to run your line outs to the line in on your cdr and then line out of the cdr to your monitors or what ever to tell the mix your getting .
I use a compressor and 15 dual band EQ between the porto and the cdr to smooth out or add to or take from and set the recordig level. Then when I got all I can get out of it I send it to the cdr .
I use a compressor and 15 dual band EQ between the porto and the cdr to smooth out or add to or take from and set the recordig level. Then when I got all I can get out of it I send it to the cdr .
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Benreturns
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one thing thats always puzzled me...
when i burn to CD from analoge 8 track (tascam 488mkII) will my recordings sound cleaner?? Will the Cd player automatically convert my stuff to a digital standard? 16 bit -whatever? Obviously it will be better mastering to a cassette.
I only ask this becasue once i mastered a track onto a .wav file on my comp (line outs on my old 414mkII to the line in on my soundcard and recorded through 'sound recorder') and when i played it back the recording i made on my 4 track sounded considerably cleaner. Will a CD burner have the same effect?
when i burn to CD from analoge 8 track (tascam 488mkII) will my recordings sound cleaner?? Will the Cd player automatically convert my stuff to a digital standard? 16 bit -whatever? Obviously it will be better mastering to a cassette.
I only ask this becasue once i mastered a track onto a .wav file on my comp (line outs on my old 414mkII to the line in on my soundcard and recorded through 'sound recorder') and when i played it back the recording i made on my 4 track sounded considerably cleaner. Will a CD burner have the same effect?
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The Ghost of FM
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A digital recording shouldn't sound any cleaner or dirtier then the source you put into it if everything is running properly on the computer or on a stand alone CD recorder.
Your four track recordings probably sounded better because you were using a fatter recording track width on the tape compared to an 8 track cassette format which is bound to sound worse due to half the size of track width in the first place.
Cheers!
Your four track recordings probably sounded better because you were using a fatter recording track width on the tape compared to an 8 track cassette format which is bound to sound worse due to half the size of track width in the first place.
Cheers!