424mkIII ping pong to Masterlink(?)

[clevodrummer]

I was discussing the following scenario with friends of mine who own a solid recording studio.

I scored an Alesis Masterlink which is an amazing piece of equip INMHO. I am considering dumping 4 tracks from my 424 to it and bouncing it back to stereo channels and adding 4 more tracks. My friend told me I should have spent the Masterlink money on a better quality source of recording, as I was going to be "polishing a turd" with this idea.

Obviously he is not crazy about the portastudio. Anyway, I figured if I recorded on to the Masterlink at about -10db and bounced it back, it should work just fine. I mean isnt that what the adats were used for?

any thoughts on this?

also, i scored a free alesis 3630 compressor. With my tape decks, i really dont need to compress anything, but Im using it for a noise gate . Im going to chain it between my mixer and the masterlink when I mix down for the noise gate function. I wonder if it will void out tape hiss?

speaking of tape hiss, why is it considered such an evil thing nowadays. Who really gives a shit if you hear some tape hiss? doesnt a compressor, philisophicallyoliollilly kill a musicians dynamics?

is everything supposed to sound the same nowadays? what happened to good radio?

hows come i cant find a Girard turntable at any resale shops?

clevo

 

[andyhix]

I was discussing the following scenario with friends of mine who own a solid recording studio.

I scored an Alesis Masterlink which is an amazing piece of equip INMHO. I am considering dumping 4 tracks from my 424 to it and bouncing it back to stereo channels and adding 4 more tracks. My friend told me I should have spent the Masterlink money on a better quality source of recording, as I was going to be "polishing a turd" with this idea.

Obviously he is not crazy about the portastudio. Anyway, I figured if I recorded on to the Masterlink at about -10db and bounced it back, it should work just fine. I mean isnt that what the adats were used for?

any thoughts on this?

also, i scored a free alesis 3630 compressor. With my tape decks, i really dont need to compress anything, but Im using it for a noise gate . Im going to chain it between my mixer and the masterlink when I mix down for the noise gate function. I wonder if it will void out tape hiss?

speaking of tape hiss, why is it considered such an evil thing nowadays. Who really gives a shit if you hear some tape hiss? doesnt a compressor, philisophicallyoliollilly kill a musicians dynamics?

is everything supposed to sound the same nowadays? what happened to good radio?

hows come i cant find a Girard turntable at any resale shops?

clevo

Don't rule out the compressor as a good tool to help your mixes. It can make your vocals sit in the mix much better, add punch to your bass, add sustain to your guitar, etc. LOTS of uses within the mix, other than just to squish living shit out of the mix.

doesnt a compressor, philisophicallyoliollilly kill a musicians dynamics?

Only when it's misused. When used properly, it should just make it sound like the musician has better control of his dynamics. That said, there will be lots of times where you won't need any compression. Only use it where you need it.

Throw it on your master bus at mixdown to get ya a few more db's of headroom. You can make it so the final product doesn't sound a bit different, but is a bit louder. Again, go to far, and it will sound like smeared crap.

I have no idea about your other questions.