Tape's a Hard-A$$! Why You Should Start Using a 4 Track! Setup and Demo Recording with Yamaha MT-400
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So here we are in the studio again this week and its the school of hard-knocks pretty much now that I've got everything hooked up the way I want it. The Leslie Speaker (910) is mic'd up with a single Realistic brand dynamic microphone and going straight into the Yamaha MT-400 whereas my Greco Les Paul from 1972 is running through the Mooer GE-300 guitar effects pedal. The drums are coming from my Roland TD-11 Electronic Drums.
Recording to cassette tape has loads of benefits which may not be immediately obvious. The most important being that it forces you to do your best when recording a performance. Why? Well, you're using tape for one, and I don't know about you but I really don't want to screw up a guitar part, flub a drum fill or play a wrong chord on the Hammond organ and have to go back and re-record over that section of tape because over time that tape can and will wear out and eventually the quality of the tape will degrade. This factor plays a huge role in forcing the musician into a place where they MUST do their best and tightest performance. Having to sit there and rewind your tape over and over and over gets extremely annoying and takes A LONG TIME. Therefore, the pressure is on to nail your performance the first time as opposed to recording digital.
Recording to an analog 4-track multitrack cassette tape recorder is an excellent way to put your mix into perspective too because you are limited to only 4 tracks total, You have to choose ONLY the most important elements for your mix and in doing so you find that ultimately, you don't really need 10 or 20 or 300 tracks to say what you want to say. You can also get a powerful and effective mix with using only 3-4 tracks if you try.
So I encourage everyone watching to make purchasing an old 4-track tape recorder on their next spending spree and use it! You will be surprised! If you can't afford one at the moment then hop on to whatever you can use, even if its your phone or Cubase and LIMIT YOURSELF! This is where creativity and spontaneousness come together and help to bring out the best in you as a musician. Tape machines are hard-asses but it's for your own good!
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TAGS: Multitrack Cassette Tape Recorders, Fostex X12, Tascam 688, Hammond organ, Leslie Speaker, Neo Instruments Ventilator II, Strymon Lex, Fender Pinwheel, Lester, Roto-Vibe, Rotary Speaker Effects, Leslie Pedal, Spinning Speaker Effect. Classic Hammond organs, Hammond B3, Organ Effects, UAD Waterfall, Hammond B3X
I would refrain from using deoxit. Instead, use a fader lube which is designed for faders. Cheers.
Yes you are correct I've pinned your comment. I will have to amend this with a new video. Thanks.
@@soundacresstudio what ? de-oxit is used on faders . DeoxIT Fader Lube is a precision lubricant specifically formulated to improve conductivity and lubricate conductive plastic and carbon compound faders, switches and other similar components.
@@peteytwofinger now I’m confused 😕
@@peteytwofinger correct. But you missed the point. What was being talked about was D5 or D100L... don't use it on faders. F5 or F100L for faders only.
See, there's a thing ... I want to hear the "self-indulgent ramblings"! And that 1985 smell, yes. This video is taking me back to the summer of 1982. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. It was so blistering hot that I was not allowed to play outside for more than a week, and I did not have a helicopter mom. Cloistered in my air-conditioned bedroom, I whiled away the hours with an Atari 2600 and a boom box with twin tape decks, which I used to snag my favorite tracks off the airwaves. I had to pester my mother to buy me high bias cassettes. I had just discovered The Who, and can vividly remember the frustration of trying to get the whole of "Eminence Front" without the DJ cutting in before Pete Townshend had finished singing "Dress yourself to kill!" Still one of my favorite songs of all time...
@@AlcoholicAudioEngineer Love this man, such a time, haunting and transportive. I love hearing stories like this. Golden memories like this and priceless. Matt, Thank you for this image!
Hi. Sounds like a live trio that just got together to jam something out in the pm before the club opens. Very cool. I hate recording in a DAW so this gives me an idea. Thanks.
I used to have that thing back in 1999 I still have the four track tapes and I haven't heard them since then and I know there's some songs on there that I could turn into something real
@@MartysMatzoBalls Now is the best time. Man I wish I still had some of mine from that time.
Nice! Reminds me of Pink Floyd. :D I actually sold my Hammond L-122 after FINALLY having found a PERFECT sampled Hammond L-102 (essentially the same organ). I wanted to get rid of my Hammond ten years ago, but the only plugin I could find was a free L-122 plugin and even though I'm sure it's useful to someone, it didn't sound like an actual L-122 at all. Last year, I found a library someone made and it's for free, so I downloaded it, played a chord on my keyboard controller and my jaw dropped onto the floor, haha. "There it is!!" So, I got rid of that massive and heavy machine but kept the Leslie. Even though IK Multimedia's Leslie's damn good, it's still lacking something in my opinion, so what I do now is: I send the L-102 plugin to my Leslie and record it back into my DAW. It's just perfect. :D Oh, I also kept the L-122's spring reverb which someone converted into a little reverb box for me. The plugin does have reverb in built but once again, a digital spring reverb doesn't quite cut it (yet!) and as far as I'm concerned, it's a huge part of the overall Hammond sound as well. The sample library itself...... I can't hear any difference between my (ex)organ and the sampled L-102. He sampled everything. Every drawbar, the percussion, the bass pedals. I think it's on Pianobook.
Would be awesome if you could disclose where we one can download said free L-122 sample library. Cheers!
So beautiful my friend, real music being played and recorded the real way to capture all tonal frequencies unlike digital.
I love your playing, you have just earnt a new subscriber, here’s me hanging around with you for sure 😁😁👍👍
Wow, kudos to you for some outstanding performance skills there on multiple instruments. I really enjoyed that.
Excellent information on this. Scratchy sliders and all. Your sound and jam is classic, while looking effortless as usual.
Thank you Josh, wishing you were here brother. I appreciate that a lot.
If the idea was to sound warm and cozy you got it. I just miss some real drums.
I would totally love to get an acoustic kit in here again. Nothing like a real drum kit.
Good luck finding one.
PLEASE do not use "DeOxit" on the faders. (I'm begging you). Please use Fader Lube.
I can't tell you how many Tascams and Yamahas I've repaired over the past few years that have completely eaten up their faders with DeOxit. You actually have to rebuild them if they get too far gone. Just use Fader Lube, and you'll be good to go.
Thank you so much for this. I will definitely reflect your suggestion in my future videos on the matter. You are 100 percent correct.
ah i wondered if that was a weird thing to do thsnks
It reminds me on the sound of Jan Akkerman and Thijs van Leer FOKUS 👍
I adore Focus. As a matter of fact I bought this Greco Black Beauty because it looks like Jan’s Gibson. Thank you for your comment.
I thought the same thing at 1st actually, and I just listened to In and Out of Focus and Moving Waves in their entirety earlier today!
Dope.
Sounds a bit like Zappa. Sounds good!
Love Frank, yes!
Very pleasant 👍
I appreciate that thank you!
Did you make mistakes? What is that perhaps apocryphal quote about playing a wrong note? Not a sin unless it's played without passion? Ah, just looked it up. “To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” -- Ludwig van Beethoven. I have a deep capacity to appreciate good fuck-ups. Especially since I'm using drum loops these days, I leave the serviceable ones be. I have recordings to share with you from that temple, full of fuck-ups that had to be left in because there were no rehearsals for those two weekend sessions, and no song got more than three takes. Everything was going through a 16-track console to DAT. For years in the aftermath, there were some tracks that I couldn't listen to, because despite the engineer's reassurances, I couldn't abide the mistakes. (Universal was OK with them, but not I.) Anyway, as those recordings have aged, I've made peace with them. I'm still too bashful about the record to remaster and re-release it, though I think it's something I should do before passing on. Anyway, here I am rambling as usual. I enjoyed this video as much as I did the focus on Hammond and Leslie, even more so. It now has me dealing with an urge to go online and scope out four-tracks. But no, not now ... but someday ... maybe once I've subdued current bugbears and ticked that Sho-Bud pedal steel off my bucket list. You are very good with video; the visual texture perfectly matches the sound. I've got more to add, but the missus is calling me into the kitchen.
@@AlcoholicAudioEngineer Absolutely man I listen to so many rock albums and I do try and pick them apart technically but emotionally I can never find fault with them, if I like it then then I just don’t notice anything wrong and I can’t not love what I hear. Matt if you’re willing to share these recordings I’d love to listen.
what camera are you using? are you shooting raw
@@travisraab Thanks for your question. I shoot with a Sony FX30, standard HD with Mitakon 35mm f~0.95
That's cool man. What are you using fo your guitar tone? It's all very warm.
Thank you. It’s all coming from the Mooer GE-300, incredible unit.
@@soundacresstudio brilliant! may I ask which generation? it seems like this piece has had some various versions.
@@petehopkinsmusic Sorry for the delay, I didn't get this notification. Its Generation 1 :)
@@soundacresstudio NO worries ! thanks for following through!
Use 60 minutes tape instead of 120. 120 is the worst. Unless that is the goal
The reason I like 120 minute tapes is becuase when recording in 9.5 speed (high dubbing) it provides more time.