Lofi and Ambient Production Tip | Cross-Format Cassette Processing

[@nansenscat9315]

You are so generous. A very clear, informative video. Super creative and fun as well. I learned a lot watching this, and the music you created here is beautiful. Thank you!

[@BishopEddie5443]

Brilliant! My gear has been collecting dust but you've inspired me to come alive!

[@kengreen6901]

Thank you! This is a gold mine for me. I’m in way over my head, but now there is some light shining onto my cassette decks!

[@aidanduffy5443]

Loads of nice ideas here thanks. I'm messing round with a similar setup lately. The workflow can be frustrating but when you hit a result you like, it's amazing. All that character, charm, saturation etc that we pay for in pedals or other effects these days, there's a world of experimenting with old bits of gear like this instead.

[@brubecktime]

This is great to see! Thanks for sharing so many details on your process. I've been playing with a Fostex 28 and a Norns and it is super rewarding to have hands on controls during jamming. Keep up the awesome work! You have a new subscriber in the Netherlands

[@asiwas]

Fantastic demo, everything sounded amazing.

[@treesurgeon2441]

I can't find a decent tascam tape recorder for a decent price to save my life. Even those sony tape players are getting rare

[@ElectroMagnetic_AmbientMusic]

Nice. I also experiment (or experimented) a lot with tapes and speed. Great for ambient textures.

[@Waroxe]

I love this video!!! 🙃

[@davidevans5921]

Thank you. This is a very clear explanation of something often misunderstood. Including by me, until now. Also, cool sounds!

[@The_Trees]

Awesome video! Ive got a mini tape Sony dictaphone I should try recording with. Thanks for the idea!

[@MordentMordant]

Really enjoyed your video and cool tattoos, specifically the golden ratio tattoo. I loved the sound.

[@ManCalledMif]

Enjoyed this video. Great sounds and techniques

[@drewmorris349]

Awesome video!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Fantastic video

Thanks for your video! Its very inspiring. My Portastodio is on my way from Japan and I cant wait for it))

[@newsamples-y1j]

did your portastudio survive shipping? I've been nervous about ordering one from japan. also because they never seem to claim to be fully tested :|

@@newsamples-y1j mine is in good condition. Sometimes even photos can say a lot, how it was stored. For example if you can see the screws from back and they dont have any rust on, then it was stored good. But you need to count that you will change the rubber bands

[@StefanvanderKlooster]

This is awesome. Any recommendations on cheap portable casette recorders with speed control?

[@ianhively8378]

You can mod pretty much any tape player. If you open it up, there is a tiny pot (twisty thing) that you can solder another pot to). Just search “cassette speed mod” or “cassette player pitch mod” on youtube. Godbless

[@JazzyFunkaHolic]

Great video, thx for sharing 😊

[@timmyholiday]

this was cool man, gonna try this out!

[@rektagon1547]

Awesome, thank you! Good luck :)

[@I.O.M.]

Thanks for the comprehensive video. You never engaged half speed on the sony :)

[@travisraab]

This sounds so great. I have the same portastudio I should try this

[@rektagon1547]

Glad you dig! Definitely give it a shot, these two machines are a dream team combination in my book.

[@travisraab]

@@rektagon1547 so fun

[@robguitarwizard]

Sounds fantastic!

[@rektagon1547]

thanks!!!

[@avantlanuit]

merci de cette démo _ jolis sons et belle musique

[@tapeexperiments]

Love it!

[@klosmexi]

This is an awesome video. Thank you!!

[@WillieFourMilli]

Thank u for this!

[@sick6628]

Hi there, thanks for the insight. Do you offer or would you consider offering a one on one tutorial session (s) I want to learn how to set this up with some support so I can ask questions on the spot. How would I get in touch with you about this ? Thanks !

[@siofcreation]

This is incredible 🙏 Thank you so much

[@JureJerebic]

That speed math gave me a headache, not even thinking about doing this as it'd be a nightmare to sync up with speed and pitch of stuff in the DAW

[@rektagon1547]

Yeah for sure. This technique i think is best used to generate source material for further manipulation inside a daw or as the basis of an ambient/experimental piece!

[@coyoteserranomusic]

TRUMP

[@Xtn1Insecticide]

Are you using dbx on the tascam cause it only works on the stereo outputs out the back or if the tape is played on the tascam, not in another player without it. You might find it’s cleaner or just as clean if you just dub another tape on the other device,using the tascam outputs then just switching the original tape. 👍🏽

[@Idc.350]

U should make a video on how to make ambience lofi textures with cassettes

[@soundinmind]

Great tips bro. Subscribed

[@PerBarfot]

Thanks, enjoyed this one!

[@wbm3085]

For the Sony to record onto are you going into a mic jack?

[@RussSternglassDrums]

This is so cool!

[@bcbudrecords]

Cool tutorial ... thank you !

[@georgewhite1972]

Very Boards of Canada sounding, nice

[@rektagon1547]

thank you! :)

[@TonyBuscemi-pi7if]

came here to say this as well

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Very interesting.

[@bobbypines]

This rules and is super helpful. Thank you

[@rektagon1547]

Glad it was helpful!

[@carlix8035]

Very cool.

[@petehalupka3232]

Sick.

[@eyrarlandculturecenter8027]

Amazing video! Thanks for this! I am using same portastudio + old RCA cassette recorder where I added extra mod for controlling the playback speed. Got a lot of new inspiration after watching it :) In 9 min, when you recording volca samples are you using channel 3 and 4 for stereo signal from volca. Is it a Y cable stereo mini jack -> 2x mono jacks?

[@rektagon1547]

Yes!

[@Mrs_Heyman]

sweet !

[@ACURAOCULTA]

Very good

[@jon5957]

Does it make any difference if the tascam tape recorder is replaced by a digital recorder here? Doesn't the walkman already make the output super lofi on its own?

[@rektagon1547]

Not necessarily. These techniques for achieving different pitch and time effects are only possible with analog equipment as they exploit the differences between the two machines for interesting musical or creative workflow results. If by digital recorder you mean your DAW or computer it wouldn't really make a difference in terms of sound quality. Other "outboard" digital recorders can impart their own color in the quality of their converters or input transformers/preamps (if there are any) but not in the dramatic way tape does, especially a lofi machine like the walkman. I'm using the tascam

[@DroomSpook]

I like it.

[@robguitarwizard]

Boards of Canada!

[@James.5703]

7:24 whoops

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

best

[@infodesk2512]

my uncle's friend crossed signals on these tape loops: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKi2qauvfsqoirs i'm only 17, can I make loops on my phone?

[@MagnitudePerson]

I wonder if Aphex Twin or other braindance artists used this method. probably boards of canada did iirc

[@Nixo66]

Boards most definitely process(ed) sounds and prefered the old ways most interviews they would go on about how much they didn’t like digital stuff. I think they used reel to reel most but the first mixes went out on cassette and there’s definitely touches of it in most songs

[@edgodsall3740]

Tapes were deemed really shit back in the 80’s / 90’s, ha.. now apparently they cool again 😂.. ok 👌