Another way to record your music (Everyone should try it, at least once!)

[@stevekirkby6570]

As a 66 year old veteran musician, this makes me smile :)

[@sandwich-breath]

I'm 48 and grew up recording my band's practices on a 4 track recorder. I did it for almost 25 years straight and that experience managed to perfect the art of recording to cassette. I learned a lot of things along the way that I still use recording digitally and often reproduce in my productions. Here's a few worth mentioning: 1. the mistakes are often the most memorable parts of the recording. The unintentional parts and happy accidents add the unique character that people connect with and our favourite music from the past is full of them. 2. balance the volume of the instruments as you record them... it makes it easier to mix and offers a more natural listening experience 3. Commit: make decisions and stick to them. Working with tape forces you to trust your instincts and removes the endless options available when working digitally. I use this mindset when recording into my DAW today.

[@tdtrecordsmusic]

fun, yea my first device was a tascam that used normal tapes. recorded the whole band with that thing

[@jeremysmetana8583]

Nice! I dig it. Once upon a time all we had was cassette. We must have tried every iteration: Tascam, Fostex, Sansui, boom box built-in mics, through the PA, condenser mic straight into the boom box, stereo condenser mic into camcorder (that actually sounded REALLY good), etc... I actually still have a box full of brand new Maxells of that same type you have there, from the early 'nineties. I also have boxes of tapes that probably won't ever be heard properly again, as the long-dead machines they were recorded on did so at varying speeds. I agree - everyone should try this sort of thing. Fun stuff!

[@projectnoel]

By Sansui, you don't by any chance mean the Reverberation unit do you?

[@popfortyfive]

@@projectnoel They’re probably talking about either the Sansui WS-X1 or the rackmount MR-6. Both are 6-track cassette multitrack recorders.

[@projectnoel]

@@popfortyfive fair enough. The only thing I've ever seen from that brand personally is the reverb unit which I own. I probably should look into getting a better tape recording system at some point.

[@popfortyfive]

@@projectnoel those Sansui reverbs are really cool. With the rainbow indicator on the front?

[@projectnoel]

@@popfortyfive yeah, that's the one. It's from the 70's or something.

[@NoirEater]

Is that one of the tapes I gave you?

[@projectnoel]

Yes, that Type 2. I've never used this kind of tape before.

[@NoirEater]

Lately I've just been using Christmas tapes to record stuff lol