AllenM
Member
Hi, I recorded my song on my 16 track and I mixed it down to my Teac 3340 4 track recorder. Are there any differences in mixing down to a 2 track recorder as opposed to a 4 track recorder?
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The Ghost of FM
Banned
It depends on the track width and speed.
Your 2 track recorder is the 3300, yes? Is that the 1/2 track stereo format @ 15 IPS version or the quarter track @ 7.5 IPS stereo deck?
Cheers!
Your 2 track recorder is the 3300, yes? Is that the 1/2 track stereo format @ 15 IPS version or the quarter track @ 7.5 IPS stereo deck?
Cheers!
jpmorris
Tape Wolf
Well, a 1/4" 4-track format has the same track width as the TSR-8 multitrack, and you typically want to use noise reduction on those.
You can try to push the quality up a bit by ganging tracks (1-2 = L, 3-4 = R) but that can introduce phase-related artifacts and they say the additional hiss caused by the extra head & amplifier stages involved negates the improvement in quality.
If you're trying to economise by having multiple masters in parallel (1,3 = song 1, 2,4 = song 2) I would not recommend that as you will get crosstalk between the songs. (Another reason people use DBX on the TSR-8, it cuts crosstalk down incredibly well)
You can try to push the quality up a bit by ganging tracks (1-2 = L, 3-4 = R) but that can introduce phase-related artifacts and they say the additional hiss caused by the extra head & amplifier stages involved negates the improvement in quality.
If you're trying to economise by having multiple masters in parallel (1,3 = song 1, 2,4 = song 2) I would not recommend that as you will get crosstalk between the songs. (Another reason people use DBX on the TSR-8, it cuts crosstalk down incredibly well)
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lonewhitefly
Active member
What jpmorris said ...
I've actually done this before ... it sounds kind of thin compared to regular 1/4" mixdown.
Yeh use tracks 1 & 3 one side only. that way you can play them (with lots of extra hiss!) on a regular 1/4" in the future if you ever need to!
I've actually done this before ... it sounds kind of thin compared to regular 1/4" mixdown.
Yeh use tracks 1 & 3 one side only. that way you can play them (with lots of extra hiss!) on a regular 1/4" in the future if you ever need to!