What would you guys call lo-fi?

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Beck said:
You know when I was a teen my first guitar overdrive device was a Panasonic cassette recorder. I discovered it by accident. I DI’d my guitar into the recorder to record something and I plugged the headphone out into my guitar amp. The automatic level circuit in the cassette recorder acted like a compressor and with the amp created the sweetest overdrive and sustain you ever heard. I wish I still had it. I was listening to some old tapes not too long ago and man there is no other way I’ve found to get that sound.

It was a Panasonic slim-line of some kind. I had an Epiphone Les Paul and a Roland keyboard amp. It was a combination I've never been able to replicate... one of those happy accidents that we mad scientist musical geniuses stumble upon now and then in the laboratory. :)
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That's a helluva story, Beck.

When I played in a metal band, the other guitar player claimed he had found the ultimate tone in this rig where he plugged in each guitar amp he had into a Dean Markley amp. That Dean Markley made amplifiers was news to me, but he said he found the most incredible tone. Then, after about 30 seconds or so the whole thing caught fire.

I don't know that he is a musical genius, but he certainly is like a mad scientist.

-MD
 
This is what I call lo-fi:
 

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sweetbeats said:
This is what I call lo-fi:
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No silly . . . that's Lo Fi Love:D

I truly don't have an answer. Most of what people call lo fi I really find quite pleasing. They call the White Stripes lo fi, I don't really think so but I dunno. So I guess there really is no good answer to that question.
 
Beck said:
You know when I was a teen my first guitar overdrive device was a Panasonic cassette recorder. I discovered it by accident. I DI’d my guitar into the recorder to record something and I plugged the headphone out into my guitar amp. The automatic level circuit in the cassette recorder acted like a compressor and with the amp created the sweetest overdrive and sustain you ever heard. I wish I still had it. I was listening to some old tapes not too long ago and man there is no other way I’ve found to get that sound.

It was a Panasonic slim-line of some kind. I had an Epiphone Les Paul and a Roland keyboard amp. It was a combination I've never been able to replicate... one of those happy accidents that we mad scientist musical geniuses stumble upon now and then in the laboratory. :)
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some of the rolling stones stuff like "street fighting man" were recorded in a similar manner through a cassette recorder (i believe the acoustic guitar parts and maybe some drum parts)
 
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Well Ive got a cassette portastudio and that was the first thing I recorded on with a behringer mixer!:eek: anyway I tried to upload a take on autumn leaves that I did but the porta will crap out becuase of the amount of bass I use on the guitar (the main and only instrument) so I thought I might post something that was done on one and released on a full length album, the rest was recored on a tascam 38, once again this track isnt me but its cool to listen to to see what you can do with 4 tracks and a mackie board, a few 57! :eek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXsHTdUKDGg
 
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