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arjanitor
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I was wondering...
With my computer, the only thing that limited the number of tracks was the beefiness of my computer. In theory, I could have an infinite number of tracks with no quality loss.
But lately, I've been wanting to use something a little more protable, and I'm also wanting to get my hands dirty with some analog equipment. So, here's my question....
Being that there is a finite amount of room on the width of a cassette tape, does audio quality start to degrade simply by trying to cram too many tracks onto the tape? The way I understand it, the only way to get more tracks on a tape is to narrow the alotted width that each track can occupy on the tape. Am I correct here? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but my understanding of analog recording is "elementary" at best.
I was looking at a TASCAM 488 MKII. It's not too expensive, and seems like it would work well for me. But there's just something about cramming 8 tracks on a strip of cassette tape that seems unnatural...like it just shouldn't be.
Am I crazy?
With my computer, the only thing that limited the number of tracks was the beefiness of my computer. In theory, I could have an infinite number of tracks with no quality loss.
But lately, I've been wanting to use something a little more protable, and I'm also wanting to get my hands dirty with some analog equipment. So, here's my question....
Being that there is a finite amount of room on the width of a cassette tape, does audio quality start to degrade simply by trying to cram too many tracks onto the tape? The way I understand it, the only way to get more tracks on a tape is to narrow the alotted width that each track can occupy on the tape. Am I correct here? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but my understanding of analog recording is "elementary" at best.
I was looking at a TASCAM 488 MKII. It's not too expensive, and seems like it would work well for me. But there's just something about cramming 8 tracks on a strip of cassette tape that seems unnatural...like it just shouldn't be.
Am I crazy?