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samuraijackson
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Hello!
New guy here! In a couple of days I'll be the owner of a teac 144 and a m208 mixing board! I'm really excited since it's the first time I'll work without a computer. I think I got pretty good knowledge about recording and mixing technology. I have a really decent DAW and after reading a couple of books I decided that I had to go OTB just for practice reasons you know, see how it was supposed to work back in the day. Moreover I'm an 80s metal freak and I think that my recordings always miss something compared to my fav albums, though usually people say mine sound somehow better. So I decided that I will (try to) record a couple of projects only with the portastudio and the m208 and of course some outboard. Right now I have a 1176 clone and I think I need more channels of dynamic control for trackin drums (maybe a Behr. multicom, but it's cheap and I can use to learn a one thing or two.). Maybe I'll use my old intellifex dsp for reverb and ambiance or maybe I'll search for some old character reverb machine!
The real challenge will be the lack of the editings capabilities compared to a DAW, but maybe this way I'll force my drummer to rely on his skill and play tight! I hate when the other guys keep tellin' me "we can fix it later right?"
My workflow should be like that:
first track stereo drums and bass guitar on channels 1-2
then electric guitar to channels 3-4
then bounce to a master recorder (maybe a stereo r2r) and then print it again on channel 1-2 of the 144 since I think I cannot bounce all the four tracks at the same time with just the portastudio right?
Then add vocals, solos, and the other stuff.
Is this correct or is there a better way? I hope my recordings can sound like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1hZjkL7SLQ
Hopefully the 144 will be in decent condition! I've already ordered a belts replacement kit! Wish me good luck and sorry for the long post!
Let the tape spin!!
New guy here! In a couple of days I'll be the owner of a teac 144 and a m208 mixing board! I'm really excited since it's the first time I'll work without a computer. I think I got pretty good knowledge about recording and mixing technology. I have a really decent DAW and after reading a couple of books I decided that I had to go OTB just for practice reasons you know, see how it was supposed to work back in the day. Moreover I'm an 80s metal freak and I think that my recordings always miss something compared to my fav albums, though usually people say mine sound somehow better. So I decided that I will (try to) record a couple of projects only with the portastudio and the m208 and of course some outboard. Right now I have a 1176 clone and I think I need more channels of dynamic control for trackin drums (maybe a Behr. multicom, but it's cheap and I can use to learn a one thing or two.). Maybe I'll use my old intellifex dsp for reverb and ambiance or maybe I'll search for some old character reverb machine!
The real challenge will be the lack of the editings capabilities compared to a DAW, but maybe this way I'll force my drummer to rely on his skill and play tight! I hate when the other guys keep tellin' me "we can fix it later right?"
My workflow should be like that:
first track stereo drums and bass guitar on channels 1-2
then electric guitar to channels 3-4
then bounce to a master recorder (maybe a stereo r2r) and then print it again on channel 1-2 of the 144 since I think I cannot bounce all the four tracks at the same time with just the portastudio right?
Then add vocals, solos, and the other stuff.
Is this correct or is there a better way? I hope my recordings can sound like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1hZjkL7SLQ
Hopefully the 144 will be in decent condition! I've already ordered a belts replacement kit! Wish me good luck and sorry for the long post!
Let the tape spin!!
