CASSETTE MUSIC ONLY

CASSETTE MUSIC ONLY
Share tracks, setups, recording tips, collections etc

I wanna hear what the other insufferable budget analog recording purists are up to

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I've been recording everything on cassette for about three years, shit started poppin' as soon as I bought a compressor and an MPC. Been getting more and more courageous with the self indulgent 8 minute oddyseys

soundcloud.com/pleasecalmdown/never-this-way-1
>dreamwave, acid house, post punk

also picked up this trash album the other day

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Man if only recording to cassette made music interesting instead of hissy and frustrating

what about grouper, guided by voices, bruce springsteen, beck, sebadoh, ween, elliot smith, etc

I use a pair of mics that output very hot and no matter how low I crank the gain the meter on my Tascam always peaks at 6db. Any advice for making sure my recordings don't clip horribly and sound like shit? Should I set the fader volume below the recommended 7-8 range, or will this result in an audible tape hiss? Should I invest in a nice pre-amp to use with the Tascam?

what tascam model do you have

As far as running the hot mics into the tascam, i would definitely lower the faders. I'm not an expert but the signal to noise ratio shouldn't be that bad especially if you're running them that hot, in fact it might even sound better, because you'll be picking up less hiss with the lower recording input.

i mean you should just try it worst case, it doesnt work and you know not to do that anymore

A Tascam 424 mk 3

Will probably take your advice on the faders. Will anything past 0db on the meter distort, and how much of that distortion is a good thing? I definetly want some of it to get the saturation that comes from recording to tape, but I'd rather not over do it and make my stuff unlistenable.

Just when I thought hipsters hit the levelcap, they come up with a cassette tape renaissance.

I have a tascam mkii, and I record almost everything at about 6db. Distortion doesnt become SUPER noticeable until you go a little over that, or maybe my ears are bad. here's an example:
soundcloud.com/pleasecalmdown/you-cant-make-me

Everything on that track is either barely kissing the 6db mark or straight up going over. I dont use the dbx noise reduction though

As far as saturation goes, it's up to taste. I've noticed it sounds very cool on guitars and basses, CAN be okay tastefully on drums and synths, and almost always sounds bad on vocals(unless thats what you're going for)

A slammed tascam preamp is my favorite fuzz sound for guitar, and a properly saturated bass gets that real thicc fundamental note cutting thru