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hi , my name is Andrew and i'm little confused, lately, i"ve been reading all the tips in a lot of pages, they talk about equalization,mixers , recorders, monitors, etc, i understood all that, but when they speak about mixing i freak out, , well , they explain how i have to mix, but for example ,: i'm the only musician, and my brother is behind the mixer, how i record all the instruments if i'm the only musician? i forgot to say that i have a behringer eurorack mx 2004a, a tape recorder( TEAC),mics and I NOW THAT I NEED MORE THINGS(COMPRESSOR,effects,....etc)but with that how can i do it, please tell me if i need more things, i dont wanna sale my music, it's just for fun so basically what i need? and how i record all the instruments if i'm the only musician? if you know a page that can help me , tell me please! thank you for your time!
 
You need a multitrack tape recorder. What's the make and model of your TEAC tape recorder? It may be a multitrack.

Now to how you record with a multitrack when you're the only musician. Say you have a 4-track tape recorder, you record drums (for example) to Track One, then you play the drums back and record guitar to Track Two, then you play them both back and record bass to Track Three, finally you play all three back and record vocals to Track Four, giving you a whole song. You'd have to read the manual of the multitracker you use to find out how to play back while recording without wiping what you just recorded, as the procedures vary from model to model.

Multitrackers have inbuilt mixers. You mix on the machine, adjusting the volume levels of the different instruments until you like the way the song sounds.

Hope that helps
 
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my TEAC IS A W - 760 R, i don't have the manual , because i bought it in a pawn, and could you explain me what is a track.
 
Hello,

I found a reference to your TEAC describing it as a Dual Tape Recorder. I believe this is what I would call a tape-to-tape tape recorder or a twin tape-deck. This is not the type of recorder usually used for recording music.

Music is usually recorded on a multitrack tape recorder. This type of recorder only records to one side of the tape. If you record drums first, the recorder tapes to the top quarter of the tape. This is Track One. Then you go back and record guitar on the same stretch of tape, but the recorder uses the next quarter of the tape, so you have drums and guitar one on top of the other in a horizontal strip: Track One and Track Two. You can record up to four tracks. Each track is a horizontal strip on the tape, each with a separate instrument recorded to it. On your multitracker you can then change the volume of each instrument until they sound right. This is the basis of mixing.

I'll be amazed if you can make sense of that, but it's the best I can do. I might be able to come up with a better definition of a track when I've had more time to think about it.
 
yep, that's the place to look. Should make more sense than my effort
 
You did fine AT.... I was just providing more info...
 
Thanks. It took ages. 5 seconds after I posted it I remembered the faq. Typical.
 
thank you you for take the time of look for me that,i realize that the best thing that i could do was buy the tascam 488 mk II, now im ready to rock , thanks , i know that any help i'll need, it will be here, so thanks , see you around
 
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