mixdown question..

[SilentSound]

hey guys.. i'm running a sonar setup 24 bit but don't want to use T-racks to imitate analog.. the thing is, the only analog machine i could possibly use is only 1/4 inch tape.. i really want an over drivish sound on the final mixes.. has anyone ever heard pinkerton by weezer? the album is distorted slightly and beautifully.. i mixed to 1/4 inch tape when i was 15 .. my band pressed tapes from some weird rackmount 8 track cassete machine, yamaha analog board, to 1/4 inch and i listen to the tapes we made(they were mastered on an mci console with brain gain comps or something like that..)and i'm still amazed by what was done with limited gear

i mean.. each track had what 1/32 of an inch then to 1/4 track then to cassette and i really like the quality.. it's really unique


so basically.. do you think it will help, hurt, or really do nothing that T Racks couldn't do for me.. T racks sounds pretty damn close.. but definitely not the same let me know what you think

thanks!

matt

 

[Sennheiser]

I don't know squat about the digital stuff you are using, but if the 1/4" recorder is a half-track then I'd say go for it.

If it's a 1/4" consumer stereo tape deck, you might want to just master or finish your stuff in the computer.

Let me elaborate on that . I re-read that and I'm not sure if that was clear enough.

A half-track machine will have only two tracks, L&R on it. both (obviously) going in the same direction.

A regular 1/4" stereo deck, with have FOUR tracks. Two L&R going in one direction and two going in the other direction. Much narrower track width with the above when you add track separation bands and guard bands on the edges.

 

[sjjohnston]

Most albums, until quite recently, were mixed to 1/4". There's nothing wrong with it.

More recently, people have used 1/2" stereo machines and various digital formats.

As Sennheiser points out, there is a distinction between 1/4" halftrack (a typical mixdown deck) and 1/4" quarter-track (the standard consumer format in the heyday of home reel-to-reel decks ... a fairly limited heyday).

 

[craz]

yeah, but I have an analog (56K) modem