Reel to reel...

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What are you fucking nuts?
Go digital and drop the analog B.S.

Get yourself an 8 bit NF4 Rostex mini minny moe recorder and your set for life.
 
Dude, I don't know what YOUR problem is, but I am just a guy looking for answers here. You are stalking me! I don't WANT digital, I want reel to reel, and that is that. Screw off!
 
Hey this is a good thread....I'm going to give it 5 stars....

You know - if we keep this up I might get a post count like some of those guys who managed to pass me even though they are here only for 2 months.....
 
i'm with you. and i'll post twice to everything you and sonusman post. even if it's to say- i'm wit you, man.;)
 
Look for Studer (Revox) - (as if you didn't already know the answer - are you serious, or what? )

Check out eBay - it's amazing how inexpensive used reel-reel tape machines have become in the past couple of years...

- Wil
 
Ironically, I think that's probably about the best, most relevant question I've read around here in quite some time.

I guess you could always check in on the mic forum and see if there are any more good < $200 microphone polls.
 
From what I've heard some people like the sound of analog stuff over digital. I may experiment with that once I get my setup under way, you know, route through something analog and back to give it that analog sound. Reel To Reel's can be expensive too, but I'm sure you can find someone on ebay who's selling one at an incredibly low price.
 
If you're talking 2" (16-track or 24-track) Otaris are going insanely cheap right now. I have never recorded to one (only to a Studer) but I've used an Otari for playback/mix and the sound was fantastic. A Studer is slightly better, but the price difference is also very large.

If you're talking 1" or 1/2" or any of the other formats, there are a lot of options out there.
 
Fostex 4-track is a reel to reel too, right? The small reels are inside the plastic to protect them, right? I hear it sounds as good as a Studer 2" 24 track.

Keijo

:D
 
uhm

just refreshing you with the topic of this thread,
i think its the best reel to reel, not the cheapest.
 
just refreshing you with the topic of this thread,
i think its the best reel to reel, not the cheapest.
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All right then! Studer A827!

For a minute there I thought this was still "homerecording.com," so I offered what I thought was an awesome machine at a price that even some of us homewreckers could afford. For me, an Otari would be the "best" machine, since I could afford it and it sounds awesome. But now I see the light, it is probably better for us to talk about all the things we could never afford!
 
I own a Fostex Model 80 which is 8 track 1/4" with a sound that I couldn't expect better !

It's sound is just GREAT !!! Warm and accurate.

Got it for 500$ and definatly recommend it.
 
OK, here's my question - what's the best brand of duct tape to use with your reel-to-reel?

:D
 
the sonusman who cried "moderator"

The question is, how will we know when he really has a question? I guess we'll have to use our superior intellects to devise the post intent... always dangerous when you;re talking about a bunch of musicians...
 
Basslord1124 said:
From what I've heard some people like the sound of analog stuff over digital. I may experiment with that once I get my setup under way, you know, route through something analog and back to give it that analog sound. Reel To Reel's can be expensive too, but I'm sure you can find someone on ebay who's selling one at an incredibly low price.
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The deal is that if you are recording only one or two tracks at a time, then all you really need is 1/4" reels. And these can be had for cheap. Record your tracks first on to the reels, then from there to your DAW through a quality sound card.

To me, the results are a definite and noticeable step up from tracking straight to the DAW. I've noticed that my analog-recorded tracks are much more "plugin friendly." Hard to describe, but it makes my plugins sound better. Plugin eq's sound more musical, for one. But the biggest difference is that the software compressors like the RCL sound punchier and more natural.

Maybe I'm just imagining things, or that I grew up listening to magnetic particles running across tape heads.
 
um.. it that you grew up listening to magnetic particles running across tape heads.;) Our kids will think all tape sounds like shit.

btw.. ed NEVER has *real* questions!!! So we know it a joke, or sarcasm, by the question Mark at the end!

xoox
 
Yea, I kinda' noticed Ed's been on a rampage lately. Goin' all over the place posting like a silly jackass. :)

I just thought it was ironic that he was just acting like Ed, but it still wound up being much more interesting and relevant to me than all those: "What sound card should I buy?" posts.
 
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