jpmorris
Tape Wolf
This is probably a bit on the weird side, but in case anyone's interested, this is a 22 minute episode of a webcomic-turned-radio-program which I've been working on for some time.
Originally I was doing this digitally, with the odd tape effect thrown in, but at the last minute I decided to switch to analogue for the final version, mostly so I could mix it via the mixing desk instead of in-the-box.
Nearly all the voices were contributed by others over the 'net, so the source material is largely digital (and a huge amount of digital noise reduction was used). Some of the music is all digital, some is a mixture and some of it is all-analogue (recorded to my stock of Zonal 675). 'Made using the wonders of an analogue and digital age' as I believe Radiohead put it.
The final version was recorded 8-track on Quantegy 407 (new old stock from '99) and mixed to Zonal 700. A mixture of digital, punch-in and razorblade editing was used - fun tricks included misusing the cue mode on the Revox to stop the music when the villain is interrupted, and a 5 metre tape loop of dripping sounds in the dungeon.
As I say.. this is fairly weird stuff and probably won't make a great deal of sense without following the comic strip. There are a couple of missing scenes and one alternate scene where a cameo character refused to let me have anyone else voice him (but then didn't provide his own recording).
So for those who are sufficiently interested:
- The Radio Project recording
http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_116.php - The original comic strip
Originally I was doing this digitally, with the odd tape effect thrown in, but at the last minute I decided to switch to analogue for the final version, mostly so I could mix it via the mixing desk instead of in-the-box.
Nearly all the voices were contributed by others over the 'net, so the source material is largely digital (and a huge amount of digital noise reduction was used). Some of the music is all digital, some is a mixture and some of it is all-analogue (recorded to my stock of Zonal 675). 'Made using the wonders of an analogue and digital age' as I believe Radiohead put it.
The final version was recorded 8-track on Quantegy 407 (new old stock from '99) and mixed to Zonal 700. A mixture of digital, punch-in and razorblade editing was used - fun tricks included misusing the cue mode on the Revox to stop the music when the villain is interrupted, and a 5 metre tape loop of dripping sounds in the dungeon.
As I say.. this is fairly weird stuff and probably won't make a great deal of sense without following the comic strip. There are a couple of missing scenes and one alternate scene where a cameo character refused to let me have anyone else voice him (but then didn't provide his own recording).
So for those who are sufficiently interested:
- The Radio Project recording
http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_116.php - The original comic strip
