gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
that's my cousin! I'll fix you up next time you're around.
that's my cousin! I'll fix you up next time you're around.
John Willett
Circle Sound Services
Tandberg A3321X, Unisound microphones (very quickly swapped for Beyer M37n) and AKG K60 headphones.
Still have it all (except the Unisounds)
The Cross-field head of the Tandberg gave it excellent noise figures and quality was about equal to the more expensive Revox.
This was the late 1960's / early 1970's.
Still have it all (except the Unisounds)
The Cross-field head of the Tandberg gave it excellent noise figures and quality was about equal to the more expensive Revox.
This was the late 1960's / early 1970's.
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clivus
New member
1)A family friend loaned me a two-track sound on sound open reel deck when I was in high school ( around 1975). Bounced those recordings with a Realistic cassette deck to build up multiple tracks. miserable stuff, but fun!
2)Fostex 4 tracker was my first real recoding rig- around 1984.
2)Fostex 4 tracker was my first real recoding rig- around 1984.
Richard King
New member
An old Ampex consumer reel to reel with sound on sound and sound with sound. It was usable for about 3 bounces before it got too noisy.
Next came a Teac 3340 and a Teac 7300-2T that I used for location recording (along with a couple of Teac Model 2's with modified, balanced, mic inputs):
Then a Tascam 80-8 with DBX. Then I sold everything when I was hired by my equipment supplier (about 1977 or so).
Then in 2009 (after being out of recording for more than 30 years) I finally figured out that I will be a recording engineer when I grow up and got this (a piece at a time):
Next came a Teac 3340 and a Teac 7300-2T that I used for location recording (along with a couple of Teac Model 2's with modified, balanced, mic inputs):
Then a Tascam 80-8 with DBX. Then I sold everything when I was hired by my equipment supplier (about 1977 or so).
Then in 2009 (after being out of recording for more than 30 years) I finally figured out that I will be a recording engineer when I grow up and got this (a piece at a time):
heatmiser
mr. green christmas
We used to record on a boombox in the basement back in the day... I didn't count that though
Ok, yeah, I guess that didn't really count.My first multitrack set up would've been a Fostex X-15 cassette 4-track (bought heavily used at a pawn shop in 1990-91 for about $100.00) along with a $19.95 radio shack omni mic. At the time I was extremely happy with it. Looking back...not so good.
arcadeko
Illuminatius Overlordious
The electronic revolution has been good to musicians
I've spent about $1500 for a home studio that does more than the $50,000 studio I worked in in 1991
I've spent about $1500 for a home studio that does more than the $50,000 studio I worked in in 1991
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Dogbreath
Im an ex-spurt
Not sure if this counts but my first was an old cassette with a built in mic and did some "creative" recordings.
We'd set around and record our burps and farts. Leave it on "pause" and "record" 24/7. I remember waking up hearing some ass flappin and wet burping. We had three ninety minute cassettes full of nothing but.
"click.....buurrrrrp.....click" "click... phbbbbttt...click"
We'd set around and record our burps and farts. Leave it on "pause" and "record" 24/7. I remember waking up hearing some ass flappin and wet burping. We had three ninety minute cassettes full of nothing but.
"click.....buurrrrrp.....click" "click... phbbbbttt...click"
Supercreep
Lizard People
Not sure if this counts but my first was an old cassette with a built in mic and did some "creative" recordings.
We'd set around and record our burps and farts. Leave it on "pause" and "record" 24/7. I remember waking up hearing some ass flappin and wet burping. We had three ninety minute cassettes full of nothing but.
"click.....buurrrrrp.....click" "click... phbbbbttt...click"
Yes, I remember that fondly.
arcadeko
Illuminatius Overlordious
sample that!
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sjjohnston
New member
Audio-Technica Pro4L mic -> transformer -> Tascam Porta-One 4-track.
Cost in today's dollars, adjusted for inflation = $983. Market value today ~ around $100, plus or minus a few dozen.
On the other hand, I could sell the guitar I had then (and still have) for more than I paid for it, even adjusted for inflation.
Cost in today's dollars, adjusted for inflation = $983. Market value today ~ around $100, plus or minus a few dozen.
On the other hand, I could sell the guitar I had then (and still have) for more than I paid for it, even adjusted for inflation.
MG Eddie
New member
Mine was a 4-track Tascam mk2 porta-studio and I still have it!
John Willett
Circle Sound Services
SNAP!
My next machine after the Tandberg was the Teac A7300-2T.
An excellent machine and still going strong.
Richard King
New member
That it was. Also produced for Ampex as the "ATR-700". I used to use it on location jobs as a 4 input mic preamp.
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Wejohn
New member
I am really a newbies I have just purchased the Beringer FCA202 and I think it's an lemmon
I cannot connect it to the computer if I am right in saying it is 6 Pin To 4 Pin which doesn't
fit my computer I assumed it would have came with 6 Pin To USB it came with nothing else not even
power supply also could anyone tell me were in the UK I would get these
I cannot connect it to the computer if I am right in saying it is 6 Pin To 4 Pin which doesn't
fit my computer I assumed it would have came with 6 Pin To USB it came with nothing else not even
power supply also could anyone tell me were in the UK I would get these
grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
Where in the UK are you ?
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sjjohnston
New member
I'll assume you're not joking around (despite the wanton misappropriation of the thread's subject and some other things), though lately an increasing number of posters here seem to have made that assumption when they shouldn't have.
That's a Firewire box ... so it connects to a computer with Firewire, not USB.
Several things you might do, in descending order what I would consider preferability:
- Connect it to your computer's Firewire port, if you have one. They're pretty common in computers of a certain vintage, though both older and more recent computers seem more likely to lack them. Apples always had them until (I'm told) quite recently. It might be labeled "1394" or something similar.
- Get rid of it and get a box that connects via USB.
- Add a Firewire port to your computer.
- I suppose there's such a thing as a box that converts between USB and Firewire. This seems like a dumb solution to me, though.
- Throw the box in the local river.
Re: power. If (as might be the case) the box has a 6-pin Firewire connection, it probably can be powered by your computer via Firewire, in which case you don't need a power supply. That may be why you didn't get one; or maybe it just fell off the back of a truck somwhere along the way.