Be careful what you wish for...

[Sunguru]

I use to record on a little 4 track and think to myself how limited I was with such equipment. I wished that I had really high end equipment, and one day dreamed of having my own studio. A song would take me anywhere from a few hours to 3 days to record and complete. I used the thing constantly, and had a complete blast in the process.

Now I have high end equipment, with all the bells and whistles, and it seems that one song takes me anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 mos. to complete. I don't even think of starting a project unless I am ready to suffer great pains to complete a given project.

I just find this to be quite amusing. Kind of falls under "Be careful what you wish for..."

 

[NYMorningstar]

I'm sure there are lots here that wish they had your particular problem

 

[Sunguru]

Morningstar,
I do hear what you're saying, and in truth I'm not complaining. My biggest concern way back in the day was tape hiss. Now it's come down to the smallest adjustment/setting that can make such a huge difference in the finished product. Times they have a changed..

 

[Richard Monroe]

Yo Sunguru! Just noting another Mass resident on the board. Come on down and hang sometime. We can do dinner and you can tell me about the suffering caused by your high end gear.-Richie

 

[Armistice]

I know EXACTLY what you mean....

 

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Yo Yo:

All of this seems to say, "Don't kiss a frog because you don't know what you'll get."

I used the 488 by Tascam for a long time; I had two units of the 488 and did some good stuff on those units.

However, the digital world is better, the sound is better, and although there is a bigger learning curve, what else would one do with spare time? Mow the lawn? Wash the car? Tell your female vocalist she is singing flat? Yeow! Karabonga.

Recording is for fun whatever venue you venture upon.

Green Hornet

 

[Sunguru]

Ahh yes the old 488's. A good Unit for sure, had one myself. Loved the Unit, but couldn't stand the fact that it went to standard cassette. I couldn't afford reel to reel back then, and did get a lot of mileage out of it for sure. As to the learning curve going digital, it did take me a while to learn the little things on the software side, but the basics came pretty easy as I'm a computer guy. As to learning how to get the best sound recording to digital, that's something I'm getting better at, but am not satisfied that I'm getting the best out of my gear yet. Having said that, the journey is the payoff, not the destination, so it's been a lot of fun.

 

[Sunguru]

Richard,
I'm a bit far from you, but thanks for the offer. Went to Framingham once to meet this girl for a date, she was pretty cool, however the drive was hell! I'll take a raincheck on dinner, but it's good to see a fellow Mass*#!@ out here. he he

 

[ryanlikestorock]

I bought my first Tascam Porta03 in 1994. For those of you who don't know this unit, it's probably THE most simple multitrack machine ever, recording to standard cassette.
http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/WNAMM96/Tascam/porta-03.html

I remember when I finally got a 424, how excited I was that there was actually EQ built into the recorder. Wow! Now the hi-hats could sound like hi-hats, even after mixdown.

I think like most people, I'm working with a primarily digital setup now. I'm focusing on editing and mastering instead of the recording process and haven't found the learning curve to be too difficult.

Oh, and I should add a MA story in here too. I was on tour with a band last year and we played in a church hall in Framingham. I think I met the best looking girl I've ever met in my life that night. She was dating a total loser drunk punk guy and seemed to be happy with him. Oh, those Americans!

 

[malcolm123]

I had one also back in the day.

I used to strip midi with it and sync it up with cakewalk. Then they came out with midi and audio in one package.

It fell to the side from that point on. It was a good unit though. $1,300 bucks and I used it maybe 4 months or so.


Malcolm

 

[Beltrom]

It fell to the side from that point on. It was a good unit though. $1,300 bucks and I used it maybe 4 months or so.

Guess I should be happy about the 10 years + I got out of my 244. Jumped on the PC audio bandwagon at Pro Audio 4 - until then I just used the PC for midi. Actually it still gets used as a mixer once in a while...