Manchester Music History Akai MG614 Ian Brown Recording of UMB

[@asmith3601]

Awesome to see the machine that was on so many great tunes : ] I had a Tascam MF-P01once and had a great time with my boss delay and DS-1 pedals. Thanks for the great videos, Aziz

[@mrh7754]

Pure Masterpieces created on that piece of kit. Should be in some sort of Manchester Smithsonian 😜👏👏👏👊✌️

[@M.2018-b3f]

Good vid. Nice one. Thank you. ✨

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

More than welcome

[@jodagold5481]

Love these background stories heard good things about that akai .. sometimes being restricted by tech is more of a focus - thanks for sharing

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Cheers bruh. Yep always plusses & minuses to everything but sometimes the best approach is always to ‘get on with it’ no matter what u got but no your gear well.

[@Gareth-Harrison]

Cool piece of history

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Cheers G. Still cleaning lol The concentric pots are the hardest bit. Gotta dig out the original masters next.

[@Gareth-Harrison]

@@AzizIbrahimMusic try some switch cleaner on them

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Gareth Harrison worked a treat. Cheers

[@steelkneel4125]

@@AzizIbrahimMusic Would be amazing to hear the masters of My Star (Sigh)

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

@@steelkneel4125 I'll see what I can do. Depends if KZbin allows me to play snippets or all tracks without the usual copyright issues with label.

[@jamessmiles6803]

That’s a lovely 4 Track. Really good album 2. There is a lot to be said for recording in a more homely relaxed atmosphere. As a pose to a big studio with the clock ticking away and a end line to meet. Gomez bring it on and unfinished Monkey biz were 2 of the best albums in my opinion from the 90s and both recorded on 4 tracks. This is all the rage now a days but back then it was a very rare thing. Innovators. A head of the time.

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Cheers James. Couldn't agree more!

[@MrEarldawkins]

Hi Aziz, i remember hooking up with you in the nineties with inder Goldfinger. Great piece of kit for sure. I have the 12track Akai MG 14D Recorder. Which i believed came out round about the same time as yours. Fab vid. Hope your still vibeing in the studio making new music.

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Wow, great piece of kit. Square one Studios in Bury which the Roses eventually bought, had one of those so I know it well. Thanks bro, yep writing more now. All the best.

[@MrEarldawkins]

@@AzizIbrahimMusic Bless my brother, keep vibeing.

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

The "Rolls Royce" of cassette 4-tracks! No surprise you were able to use stuff off it for the album itself coz they sound grrrrrrrrreat! Mine's my only recorder (fuck computers!). Big cult following for these, and the bigger versions that recorded to Betamax-like cassettes. There's a dedicated Facebook group for Akai MGs, if anyone's interested?

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Yep please do post the link. I worked on the 12 track too for a while at a studio in Bury so know it well.

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

@@AzizIbrahimMusic Just been on there. Looks like it's been run nicely and the MG love is still strong! Group name is Akai MG Series Recorders.

[@Dani-El.]

Hi Aziz, is there any chance you could do a more 'in depth' video on this machine and UMB? I'm sure many fans would love to see/hear you going through the original multitrack tapes. This would be absolute mega grade content. Hope you're well anyway. Long time no see. Cheers, from the other side of town.

[@rrapeez]

Would love to see a video on your EHX collection!

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Defo on the way! I've just posted my first pedal video so have a look. Meanwhile I'll have a look at potential EHX.

[@jodagold5481]

Gosh I had an old ensoniq rack sampler i grafted for nearly a year very similar to the akai .. and it let me down live wise particularly at one gig under Stockport viaducts i plonked on beer crates .. it’s come a long way 😂😂😂

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

As they say ‘shit always happens’. Been in similar situations and fortunately I can always play a tune on the guitar on one string if need be. Yep I remember their range of sampler & others

[@jodagold5481]

@@AzizIbrahimMusic Yep , good times !

[@stuartc1461]

Love these videos Aziz..I'm a big fan of your work and Ians. UMB such a great album, My star and corpses are absolutely top tracks..the guitar work..! Stunning! That Akai desk is a little piece of history! Any chance you still have original tapes? Demos? Top man Aziz

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

I do yes but they’re not demo’s they are the original track upon which we built around. Masters in a sense.

[@robertedwards2527]

Hi Aziz, any chance of that Ice Cold Cube guitar lesson, please 🙏

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Robert Edwards Every chance Rob. Will put it on the list and post. Been playing it a lot this year so the parts are in my head. Ian and I both played bass on it. I programmed the drums but got Simon Moore to overdub some drums. Same guy on the MTV video of ICCube.

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

And if you want to do a deep clean or find there are problems once it's fired back up, there's pics and guides and service manuals on that there FB group too!

[@josyposy1626]

It's amazing to see. Thanks for sharing. I was wondering the other day, for your track Mummy's Boy, how did you work with Reni on it? Did you work with him in a studio or did he simply send you a drum loop? Just curious of how you make the magic. 😊

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Josy Posy Reni’s drums came from an old Roses studio session and I made a breakbeat from it. Shame it wasn’t more but his groove is incredible.

[@ravon1982]

dont know why but I would think Nar Nar song would sound so good on that box.

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

ravon1982 the tape adds sikk compression and higher levels a warmth. Nah Nah we did at Chiswick Reach Studios in London onto 24 track 2 inch 3M machine , through valve desk and compression. Mastered onto half inch tape on a studer

[@harveylee4213]

Aziz, are you gonna start uploading again?

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Hi Harvey, yes I've just uploaded my new instrumental single and more things to come! #thekeyof3

[@harveylee4213]

Aziz Ibrahim Fantastic news! Cheers for the reply and keep up the amazing work

[@jessicawinslet684]

I'm about to buy this for $20 lol does this have microphone compression? LOL I might use this for my podcast

[@AzizIbrahimMusic]

Hi Jessica, if you're talking about the Akai MG614 - no it doesn't have compression to use with plugging in a microphone or any other instrument for that matter. It's a posh 4 track cassette portastudio, although cassette tapes give compression of their own. It does have inserts on the channel so you could put a compressor there. The Channels offer good eq, inserts and auxes plus sub mixing which is good for sending different monitor mixes I suppose, for podcasting. Hope that helps.