LurkerOfEmotion
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Greetings,
I own two "Tascam 424 MKIII Portastudio 4-track" machines. Till this day I only needed 4 tracks (I used ping-pong techniques to have 2 guitars, 1 bass and 2 mic drums + vocals).
This works fine, but I need more tracks and more flexibility. Till this day this was to record demos/rehearsals and not much more. I want to record in my studio an album 100% analog.
So I had this idea of recording drums on machine A (and probably the bass - I usually use the kick and the bass on the track to use it well with the compressor and all) and on machine B the guitars and vocals (I do layers most of the time or use keyboards to do landscapes).
From what I've read I think this is possible using a Tascam MTC-30 MIDI Sequencer (I never used a MIDI sequencer - only read about it).
My idea is the following: Machine A and B (the TASCAM 4-tracks) are sync with the MIDI sequencer and I 'export' them to a EXTERNAL 16 track Mixer that I have and then export from the mixer to my TASCAM MK II 112 Single Cassette Recorder (the MASTER).
My first question is : IS THIS POSSIBLE ? Because I don't have any money to buy a 8 track right now (and not for a long time) and I have two 4-tracks...it's very frustrating ......
My second question is: How exactly does a MIDI Sequencer works. To Record my tracks I just play drums first (hearing a metronome) and then base my bass/guitars and whatever on the drums tempo.
From what I've read it does transform a MIDI signal (guessing it should be a MIDI metronome) into a FSK signal so it can be heard/recorded on a track and then you will follow it.
My third question is: What MIDI Sequencer to buy ? Please something cheap, reliable and analog
I never tried this, but I'm predicting lots of headaches with 'out of tempo' tracks.
Please give me some light. I'm a bit desperate. Bear in mind I don't want any digital solution. The quest is to make a 100% ANALOG record. I've an DBX 119 Compressor a BOSS RX-100 (Reverb)+Analog delay(nothing special).....I really want to make this happen and run from that digital sound (I can do this but with the 4-track limitations....I need 8-tracks to do what I want now)
PS: Sorry for the bad english. I'm not very used to write in international forums. Please don't hesitate in correcting some crushing teeth mistakes..hehe
I own two "Tascam 424 MKIII Portastudio 4-track" machines. Till this day I only needed 4 tracks (I used ping-pong techniques to have 2 guitars, 1 bass and 2 mic drums + vocals).
This works fine, but I need more tracks and more flexibility. Till this day this was to record demos/rehearsals and not much more. I want to record in my studio an album 100% analog.
So I had this idea of recording drums on machine A (and probably the bass - I usually use the kick and the bass on the track to use it well with the compressor and all) and on machine B the guitars and vocals (I do layers most of the time or use keyboards to do landscapes).
From what I've read I think this is possible using a Tascam MTC-30 MIDI Sequencer (I never used a MIDI sequencer - only read about it).
My idea is the following: Machine A and B (the TASCAM 4-tracks) are sync with the MIDI sequencer and I 'export' them to a EXTERNAL 16 track Mixer that I have and then export from the mixer to my TASCAM MK II 112 Single Cassette Recorder (the MASTER).
My first question is : IS THIS POSSIBLE ? Because I don't have any money to buy a 8 track right now (and not for a long time) and I have two 4-tracks...it's very frustrating ......
My second question is: How exactly does a MIDI Sequencer works. To Record my tracks I just play drums first (hearing a metronome) and then base my bass/guitars and whatever on the drums tempo.
From what I've read it does transform a MIDI signal (guessing it should be a MIDI metronome) into a FSK signal so it can be heard/recorded on a track and then you will follow it.
My third question is: What MIDI Sequencer to buy ? Please something cheap, reliable and analog
I never tried this, but I'm predicting lots of headaches with 'out of tempo' tracks.
Please give me some light. I'm a bit desperate. Bear in mind I don't want any digital solution. The quest is to make a 100% ANALOG record. I've an DBX 119 Compressor a BOSS RX-100 (Reverb)+Analog delay(nothing special).....I really want to make this happen and run from that digital sound (I can do this but with the 4-track limitations....I need 8-tracks to do what I want now)
PS: Sorry for the bad english. I'm not very used to write in international forums. Please don't hesitate in correcting some crushing teeth mistakes..hehe