help with tapedecks

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:42 pm

well i got on of those duel tape casstte recorder thing ma bobers....and i want some help lol...some tips on making some ill souding shit...make it dirtier? cleaner? or anything tips lol...also how should i record onto a tape....

blast1 · Post by **blast1** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:09 am

dirtier Noise Reduction off, cleaner Noise reduction on, eq, treble, bass just experiment with it really...

HxC · Post by **HxC** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:01 pm

& you must be out of your head if your levels ain't a little in the red.

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:00 pm

hXc wrote:& you must be out of your head if your levels ain't a little in the red.

turn it up.

HxC · Post by **HxC** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:20 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24_YQgP0cDM

I'm a cassette dude, and although I don't bang whole tracks down to tape these days (I'm a multitracker) I do record INDIVIDUAL tracks out to tape that I think are too clean, & then record them back in (to ProTools), line the track back up with the original , then delete the original- make sense?

I find this great for snare drums that are too mid-rangey & new sounding.

Plus you have another sound generator to sample from- you often find cassettes for free on the street or for MAD cheap at used shops- sampling off tape is choice!

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:30 pm

bam! thats what im saying

modulr · Post by **modulr** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:18 pm

Tip... run the track you want to "dirty up" into the deck, but run the levels kinda hot so you get that tape saturation. Now layer that back over the clean track and adjust the levels til it sounds right. Kinda crispy and dirty.

ghost bazz · Post by **ghost bazz** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:28 pm

damn... good stuff. we got some tape deck masters up in here.

mfox · Post by **mfox** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:01 am

i am lovin this thread.
cassette deck hip hop has not left yet.

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:28 am

hXc wrote:& you must be out of your head if your levels ain't a little in the red.

*turns system up, cues up The Red*