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Melchizedek666
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Hello,
I am new to the forum, and I have a question for you guys.
I was in a music store the other day, and the recording/audio sound tech mentioned an interesting idea to me. I told him that I had just recently purchased a Tascam 38 8 track, [to remaster some old sticky shed syndrome recordings I made in the early eighties - but that's another story... heh heh heh! Thank you, Nesco]! Anyhow, as I was talking to this guy [a very seemingly knowledgeable guy] about the deck, he mentioned that I could us the Tascam 38 as an effects processor, by placing it in the signal path between my MOTU 1296, and the computer [I use Cubase VST 32 5.2 in OS 9 - which works just fine with the "true tape" realism for me, and frankly; I don't want another 2 year learning curve on an OS X computer]!
Now... I know that a lot of you are going to tell me that this info is "old hat", and that there are tons of articles on this forum about it, but here is the difference in what this guy said, compared to the numerous articles I have read on the web. He told me that I did not even need to dump the analog info onto tape, before I ran it into the computer. He said that all I have to do, is engage the record button [and subsequently, the record head] on the Tascam [holding it in place with scotch tape, I guess], while the signal was passing through it, and that I would get the warmth of the sound of the analog deck, without even using recording tape at all!
I had never heard this concept! All I had ever heard was that sound engineers were dumping their mixes to "tape" for analog warmth, and then back into the computer for mastering and editing.
Essentially... this guys said I would be getting the "tone" of the Tascam, without the hassles of the tape cost, scarcity, and volatility - not to mention, the the time consuming job of having to bounce the music back and forth from analog to digital, and vice-versa!
I know that in the years I recorded on a Tascam 38 [in the eighties], the guitar and drum sounds I got on the analog deck was superior to the digital I am getting from these guitar amp simulators, and since I still have a plethora of old vacuum tube amps; I figured I could get the best of both worlds from my gear!
Please give me your opinions, since you guys are the experts. Please be cordial, I am not good at reacting to trolls. Thanks, Bill
I am new to the forum, and I have a question for you guys.
I was in a music store the other day, and the recording/audio sound tech mentioned an interesting idea to me. I told him that I had just recently purchased a Tascam 38 8 track, [to remaster some old sticky shed syndrome recordings I made in the early eighties - but that's another story... heh heh heh! Thank you, Nesco]! Anyhow, as I was talking to this guy [a very seemingly knowledgeable guy] about the deck, he mentioned that I could us the Tascam 38 as an effects processor, by placing it in the signal path between my MOTU 1296, and the computer [I use Cubase VST 32 5.2 in OS 9 - which works just fine with the "true tape" realism for me, and frankly; I don't want another 2 year learning curve on an OS X computer]!
Now... I know that a lot of you are going to tell me that this info is "old hat", and that there are tons of articles on this forum about it, but here is the difference in what this guy said, compared to the numerous articles I have read on the web. He told me that I did not even need to dump the analog info onto tape, before I ran it into the computer. He said that all I have to do, is engage the record button [and subsequently, the record head] on the Tascam [holding it in place with scotch tape, I guess], while the signal was passing through it, and that I would get the warmth of the sound of the analog deck, without even using recording tape at all!
I had never heard this concept! All I had ever heard was that sound engineers were dumping their mixes to "tape" for analog warmth, and then back into the computer for mastering and editing.
Essentially... this guys said I would be getting the "tone" of the Tascam, without the hassles of the tape cost, scarcity, and volatility - not to mention, the the time consuming job of having to bounce the music back and forth from analog to digital, and vice-versa!
I know that in the years I recorded on a Tascam 38 [in the eighties], the guitar and drum sounds I got on the analog deck was superior to the digital I am getting from these guitar amp simulators, and since I still have a plethora of old vacuum tube amps; I figured I could get the best of both worlds from my gear!
Please give me your opinions, since you guys are the experts. Please be cordial, I am not good at reacting to trolls. Thanks, Bill