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Rodip

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So I wanna take digital tracks and run em through my newly acquired Tascam TSR8 reel to reel back through to digital. I have an Evo 16. I wanna get some tape saturation going for the songs. I love old classic country, rock, pub n punk and old rock n roll.

I am soon to be getting an older analog mixer (Ramsa).

Any hints? I am new to this endeavor.
 
You can try using Slate's VTM (virtual tape machine). Well worth the money for their plugs. I know there are recordists/engineers/producers who do what you want to do, but it seems a bit much with all the really good plugins available. It certainly worth trying rather than monkeying around with a tape machine. Embrace digital.
 
I did this a couple of times, I didn't think the effort was worth the result, but I think it is pretty straight forward. I took the playback master mix to the tape input, took the output to the input, created a playback channel, turned off monitoring, recorded a slap for alignment, recorded. Once completed, I aligned the slaps and used the track to mix back into the mix.

Not sure that is what you are looking for, but it worked for me, but I didn't think the saturation added anything to the mix. IMO.
 
Saturation? like something that automatically makes it better? You know what a dolby 361 is? Its encoding effect is probably the best ' artificial sweetener' on the market. adds an undeniable sparkle to everything. Much more natural than oral exciters and big bottoms from Aphex. Bests Korgs Xciter and Rolands enhancer. I have a couple in my PA rig downstairs for stereo paths...brilliant machines. Only problem is what if you don't like sparkle?

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...lights and meter are dead(except red) still makes the encoding..used to be $100 for the two frames and $20 for a Cat22 cart. Probably a bit more now.
 
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LazerBeakShiek said:
Saturation? like something that automatically makes it better? You know what a dolby 361 is? Its encoding effect is probably the best ' artificial sweetener' on the market. adds an undeniable sparkle to everything. Much more natural than oral exciters and big bottoms from Aphex. Bests Korgs Xciter and Rolands enhancer. I have a couple in my PA rig downstairs for stereo paths...brilliant machines. Only problem is what if you don't like sparkle?

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...lights and meter are dead(except red) still makes the encoding..used to be $100 for the two frames and $20 for a Cat22 cart. Probably a bit more now.
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That looks really cool
 
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