HOW TO MAKE DIY CASSETTE TAPES PT. 1: Why Tapes? | 424recording.com

[@424Recording]

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[@johnwitherspoon7842]

Awesome, I’d like to get my stuff on tape. It’s definitely time consuming but sounds fun and it’s nice to make a physical copy of something

[@424Recording]

You could always go thru one of the duplication companies or start with like 5 copies. Def takes some time but it's one of those things you learn a lot about as you're doing it and get faster at the process as it goes along... hmmm I guess that's like most things? Haha

[@jasonelambeth]

Do it up Jradd!

[@johnwitherspoon7842]

424 Recording yea totally! What duplication company do you recommend? That’s probably what I’m gonna do is start out with 5 or so copies and go from there

[@jasonelambeth]

@@johnwitherspoon7842 I've heard great things about National Audio Company, but they have a minimum order of 50 for dubbing. I've bought my blanks from deltamedia and dubbed them at home. I found a few used tape decks in thrift stores and on eBay and then just run an ipod into them. That might be the way to go if your looking to start out 5 copies.

[@jasonelambeth]

Heck yeh! Psyched to be apart of this series!

[@424Recording]

Captain cassette ova hereeeeee

[@jasonelambeth]

@@424Recording I feel like this is reference to something that I'm totally missing out on...

[@424Recording]

Haha it is now

[@bex--]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for making this as google seemed to think I wanted to make a mix tape.

[@424Recording]

Glad I could help! Enjoy!

[@mccreature]

Thanks for this! I haven't released a cassette since 1995...this is inspiring. Looking forward to more great info!

[@424Recording]

My pleasure, mccreature!

[@Anne-bf2fb]

I used to have a limited run edition of an 8 track by the melvins: live at slims awesome stuff

[@kunaikai]

I love this idea for a series. I’m buying some lathe cut records but they don’t come with a cover so hopefully I can get some ideas from this series on how to make one

[@jasonelambeth]

where are you getting the records done? how many?

[@424Recording]

Cool! Yeah, what Jason said: where and how many? Pt. 3 is all about the art and cases. Honestly, Jason would be the one to ask!

[@jasonelambeth]

@@424Recording I've never done any art stuff for vinyl. It's definitely a pipe dream that's why I popped that question. However, if I were in your shoes and didn't have a ton of copies to make I would look online for a template. Get some large sized card stock, draw or paint your album cover on there, cut them out and put them together with double sided tape or glue. Another option would be to go find some junk records at a thrift store and repurpose the jackets by collaging or painting over them. It would be super diy, but could work. You could even deconstruct an old album cover to use as a template for the cardstock.

[@424Recording]

Sounds like a new vid for your channel, Jason. Top 5 ideas for DIY lathe cut record jackets

[@jasonelambeth]

@@424Recording dude if a benefactor wants to step in and fund a Red Pants LP pressing, I would make a top 10!

[@Anne-bf2fb]

Cool

[@ACURAOCULTA]

Very nice

[@guillaumealtamira7115]

yeeeees. i m totally involved in that process now, drawing, cutting, dubbing, searching, recording etc and..... what-a-joy it is... no pressure, no boss, just fun and a lot lot lot of patience. thx mike! can t wait to get my be cool cow boy blue tape 🙌

[@424Recording]

Aw heck yeah, guil! Make a vid on your channel about it; would love to see what you're working with! There is something very zen about the process but I let Jason do the heavy lifting this time around haha. I think the tapes shipped today! Keep an eye out! Screw bosses 😜

[@guillaumealtamira7115]

@@424Recordingyes i post some photos and little videos on instagram 😉 , also with lots of photos of my cats

[@424Recording]

😂😹

[@guillaumealtamira7115]

@@424Recording it s here, work in progress ! ;)instagram.com/guillaumealtamira/

[@424Recording]

Looking good 😎digging all that hand drawn artwork btw

[@Anne-bf2fb]

I'd love to get my stuff on tape. Why not just use regular cassettes is there any specific reason why you have to order everything separately like the cases and j cards?

[@TigerClawTV]

Very cool video. I preordered that tape as soon as it showed up in the Painted Blonde catalog. I would love to produce my own tapes.

[@424Recording]

Thanks and thanks! Did you receive the tape yet? Curious to hear what you think. Somewhere in this vid and the others in the series is footage of Jason making your tape haha. Full circle. Thanks for watching!

[@TigerClawTV]

@@424Recording Not yet. But I'm away from home for a few more days so for all I know it might be in my box waiting for me.

[@424Recording]

Awesome! Yeah, I think Jason got them out early 🤓

[@MikeFoerster]

I think I have about 25 cassettes that we had professionally made. I was talking with an ex-band member from those cassettes, I said we should give one away with our CD that we were going to release. He hates the songs on that tape so he doesn't want me to give them to anyone. Too bad, because they are just sitting in my studio. I'd rather share them.

[@424Recording]

Put them up somewhere, Mike. That's cool that you have them. You could always redub them, too, if your bandmate hates the songs that much. Cheers, Mike. That's a great point; it's better to have people enjoy that stuff that for it just to sit around. Thanks, Mike!

[@layoramirez4993]

Hey idk if ur alive but id love one lol

[@MikeFoerster]

@@layoramirez4993 I am alive. I would love to give them out but he's a good friend and I promised that I would honour his wishes and never release them.

[@bobbyberetta4206]

I love Jason’s cover design

[@424Recording]

Me, too, man. He crushed it 🙌

[@jasonelambeth]

@@424Recording thanks dudes!

[@424Recording]

😎👍

[@jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171]

I read an article about those good old super heavyweight TDK metal chrome cassettes. I guess there’s some surplus here and there, and they fetch about 50$ or more on eBay for one cassette if they’re new, NBRFOP, and I tell my dad about it. He smiled at me then showed me his stashed hoard of about 120 or so of these exact TDKs! He won’t let me touch them, flipping pack rat. I’m thinking that doing a really artsy, per cassette performance type limited release would be so much fun to do, just the same way that Daniel Johnston would do his album. Just call it ‘my demo tape’ and have a stamp or silkscreen for the insert. Maybe I ought to try something like this, I liked when you said that there’s a sort of nirvana that comes with it. Maybe a sort of ‘mandala’ cassette is a good way to try this?! It would have an end of the tape cut loose so that the tape becomes unplayable after the first time through the one side. Better yet a sort of ‘strike anywhere’ match head mechanism that ensures the tape is rendered unplayable once’s it hits that match head queue (maybe breaking the deck in same try?). This gives me some ideas I would love to try. THANKS FoR SHARING!!!

[@424Recording]

Dang, those sound like some really great ideas. Let me know if you try any of them out!

[@hugiilopez2111]

What's the song in the intro?

[@robbertpeperkamp]

Great stuff man! Looking forward to the other episodes. Gonna do a tape release on my own label this year DIY style instead of the pro dubbed route. Keep up the good work!

[@424Recording]

That's awesome, Robbert. Hope this series helps. You should document your process on your channel. Would enjoy checking that out! Cheers and thanks for watching!

[@robbertpeperkamp]

@@424Recording That's a great idea. Not that good on camera but maybe I just go for it and don't give a #$%% haha. Thanks for the tip. Just got my tascam working and need to experiment with it. Cheers!

[@424Recording]

You could always type up a quick narration/script and read it back VO style with b-roll! It's all part of the process. That's awesome, re: Tascam. Have fun!

[@littvay]

Great series. What's the speaker in between your studio monitors?

[@424Recording]

Hey, thanks, Levi. That's a Behritone. It's a mid range speaker. Kind of crappy on purpose. I mix most of the time through that speaker, in mono, at whisper volume. This is what it's based on www.soundonsound.com/reviews/auratone-5c-super-sound-cube

[@littvay]

That was a cool read. I have always wanted to play with single driver speakers for living room use. The system I have now is quite the opposite. Many diy audiophile / tube amp aficionados swear by such systems. I personally have no experience, but would be nice to get some. I had no idea there is a place for this genre in the world of mix down. Super interesting. Makes sense too. What do you drive these with to get the whisper volume? Don’t tell me the output from the jack (that is only supposed to drive the headphone) is enough.

[@424Recording]

I just used an alternate output on the Apollo. Hooks up like a regular monitor. My mixing has improved 20x since I started using it. Highly recommended!

[@littvay]

I see now it is active (unlike the original)

[@424Recording]

Ohhhhh gotcha

[@frostymcdubkins4170]

love it! good lad, this one

[@424Recording]

Thanks, Frosty!

[@Bloodandiron86]

my band buys a set of 10 blank tapes and when someone orders one, we print them and dub them and send em off! sometimes we will just dub a bunch of them at the beginning of the month instead

[@424Recording]

That's a solid plan. I'll probably do this for the next one

[@dickycrayon7953]

Good video. Thanks

[@424Recording]

Thanks, Dicky!

[@kkknbgnfwgnolyc7416]

you should do the same thing but with cd-s

[@424Recording]

Cool! Thanks for watching!

[@BugzKiller]

For these tapes you guys make.....are they High Bias or Normal tape itself in the cassettes?? And instead of making me a tape this time around, how bout making me a cake??

[@424Recording]

I'll have to brush up on my cake baking skills haha. I believe they're Type I's. Got them from NAC but now they seem to have a different tape stock...

[@BugzKiller]

Mike then the type 1 is normal bias which is mainly used for talking on, etc. I don't think the clarity of music on those tapes would be as good. You can pretty much tell by the shade of the tape...usually Brown is type 1, and high bias is black tape. But at the same time back in the day of studio made tapes from the big record companies (maybe even today) used Type 1...weird. Cost effectiveness I guess overall. My Dad passed away last year and he has boxes and boxes of Type 1 name brand tapes, and he only recorded on most of them Once! I will try them out a few times on the Tascam 4 track to see how they sound after recording something. Thanks for these pod about cassettes as well, Mike...they will be interesting. Keep up the good work as always! @@424Recording

[@424Recording]

Thanks, JPC. Let me know how it works out! Sorry to hear about your dad. I think the ones I got were specifically music grade. Here's what the NAC ones look like: www.nationalaudiocompany.com/audio-cassette-tapes/

[@spacealienjesus709]

What's up, nerd Love the video Keep them coming

[@424Recording]

Thanks, SAJ! More on the way 🤓

[@cefarther3945]

All chatter, so how do you make them?

[@godsmoke7678]

Why can't i watch it

[@424Recording]

Not sure; working on this end

[@godsmoke7678]

@@424Recording Okay because I wanna see it because it seemed interesting

[@424Recording]

Here's the playlist link. Maybe that will work for you: kzbin.info/aero/PLxvSYDmM5dioQg7RWT22IMAYWj8BLdV6w

[@jungstrauma4]

here is another source for blank tapes, for people based in germany: tapemuzik.de/

[@424Recording]

Thanks jungs!

[@jredbigmouf]

This the blue print to change music ! If I sale each cassette with the player ! For like 25 bucks ! U winning !

[@424Recording]

There ya go! Glad to help

[@bobsbits5357]

HI watched your video's i was getting the same on bricklink selling the crazy about the new late thing can be a right pain when i was selling LEGO parts i find out what they are looking for at the time i am very lucky i got hold of pro cassette real time DUBBING set up as the man died of old age i mate gave me some recordings that were done in reading rock they were all mono recording live gig's i would never make cassettes that never sell it's the phones that is killing tapes MD as well easy to hide a recorder up in a jacket in a gig i know alot about cassette can't make video's as i would up set the young new lot out there i have cassette tape filler otari dp2700 decks and pancake 1/8 tape so i can make cassettes to size of the gigs no left over's at all it's easy to use 1/4 full track heads to make real test tapes for 4 track recorders