Tascam 244 tutorial / Part 3: MIXDOWN / “Do it anyway you wanna” - People’s choice
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2018
- In this tutorial I'm recording a part of the song “Do it anyway you wanna“, by People’s Choice, on a Tascam 244.
Part 1: • Tascam 244 tutorial / ...
Part 2: • Tascam 244 tutorial / ...
Part 3: • Tascam 244 tutorial / ...
Part 1 covers recording of 3 tracks:
Tr. 1 - Drum loop out of Garageband
Tr. 2 - Bass guitar, through a Crate bass amplifier, miked with a Sennheiser e602
Tr. 3 - Electric piano, played live in Garageband
Part 2 shows how to bounce tracks 1+2+3 to track 4.
Part 3 contains recording of 3 extra tracks:
Tr. 1 - Electric guitar, through a Crate bass amp (!), miked with a Sennheiser MD421
Tr. 2 - Grand piano, played live in Garageband
Tr. 3 - B3 Organ, played live in Garageband
Part 3 also shows how to mixdown, with a Lexicon MPX500 reverb connected to the Aux Send.
Great demonstration! I love those old-school VU meters!
David Paul Thanks David! I love them too. Far more precise, and they give you a real natural indication of your levels
Have this recorder for many years in the 80-90s. By far the best multi track machine at that time. I loved it! And to work with real physical knobs is something that i miss with Garageband or other programs. Thanks for bringing this memories back :)
Awesome videos and super helpful. Thank you so much man!!
Thank you for the response ! To be safe i will get the rca to Ts cables.
great tutorial, very helpful... Thanks!!
Puccini Mendoza Thanks for watching, glad you like it...Stay tuned for more 244 videos and other multitrack cassette recorders!
Really great video series. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for watching!
Informative
I own a Tascam 244 and never did much with it mainly because I never bought a drum machine and had no solution for the drum tracks. One of these days I'm going to dust it off and give it another go. Thanks for making it easier.
kennyp54 Thanks for watching! I hope your unit still runs...the rubber belt may be vanished. If so, I have a video on that subject too
@@MultitrackCassetteFans Thank you. I will keep that in mind. It has not been turned on in over 20 years. I later bought a Korg D3200 and that is sitting idle also, LOL. I always thought the tascam sounded surprisingly good and it is fairly simple which would be just perfect now for having some fun. Fortunately I have a good friend in the electronics repair business who should be able to fix any issue providing a suitable part is available. :)
kennyp54 Great, let me know if it works out! The 244 sounds good, it has decent build quality. Whatever you record will always have a certain warmth to it, which is hard to achieve with digital
@@MultitrackCassetteFans Well, I haven't gotten around to it yet but soon I hope, LOL. I will let you know. :)
i think you'll find using prefader aux sends for that 'spacey' effect to be a lot more effective
Got it , Thank you ! I literally got a Tascam 244 less than 3 days ago and am glad I commited and got it ! Works Perfectly ! Utimately, I want to know if you record the final mix into a Daw ? or To know what is the best way to Track out my mixes from the Tascam 244 ! .
Alan Argotti My final mix goes into Garageband on a Macbook, through a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface.
Btw I was answering a question about the roland srv2000, but I discovered it wasn’t in the comments anymore
Great series! Just had my 244 fully serviced and looking to digitize a bunch of my bands original music as I’ve uncovered lots the 4 track tapes we recorded on this machine from the 80’s. I have a Behringer QX1202 USB mixer connected to my M1 MacBook Pro and was thinking of using GarageBand to covert them to digital to stream or burn to CD. Would I run the 244’s Line Outs into 2 individual channels on my mixer, then arm two tracks in GarageBand? What outputs would I use on the 244 then to monitor audio through my monitor speakers? Thanks in advance for your help.
Hi, great tutorials! I was wondering can you set up the mix with effects (like you have the reverb) but individually? I mean, can you send the signal out and back individually and not all together? For instance, if one would like to add echo to a percussion track while adding phaser to a guitar track and reverb to vocals or drums, and manipulate these effects live. I am curious as how Dub music is produced, ie: using the mixing board as part of the live mix when doing the master.. Thanks for posting!
Gmo C Hi and thanks! For individual effects per track, use the insert points. I made a video on these: ua-cam.com/video/VCqU-z5zo0o/v-deo.html
never understood that nice recorder. I wish i have had these videos from you years earlier. Now i need to use the tutorial on how to change the belts 🤓
Åv Esbjørk Thanks for watching! Good luck on the belt replacement, take your time and be careful with the sticky mess. If you have any questions, let me know, maybe I can help
Top Cat Yes, that page is a brilliant explanation
Thank you for your hints. I‘ll change the belts during my next days off and will surely post my progress.
thank you for the insight on the tascam 244. i recently got a hold of one in great condition. and I'm curious to what is the best way to connect the tascam 244 for the audio playback through my mixer then monitors. how do you have the tascam connected in these videos?
Alan Argotti Thanks for watching!
Normally you would use the Line Out left and right, while mixing down your recording, if you want to mix on the 244.
But if you want to mix it on your external mixer, then you have to connect the 4 individual Tape Outs to 4 different channels on your mixer.
(For my videos I use the headphone output, but that’s only because I want to closely mimic a real recording situation.)
Thank you for the suggestions. I found someone that can take a look at it soon. hopefully it is nothing for it Hasnt went crazy since that day . But moreover . As you told you me before about Tracking out your mixes into your focusrite scarlett . Im curious to know if you track out with the 'Line Out' Or 'Tape Out' of the Tascam 244 connected to your focusrite. ?
Alan Argotti I would use the Line Out
Great demonstration! thanks alot to show how to make a mix like the old times. Dennis, i am wondering if standard cassette tapes can be used or you need special ones? I know standards ones have in fact 4 tracks, 2 per side, L & R. This is the case for tascam 244 and if not, special cassette tapes a easy to find? Thanks again.
Alexandrei Savirov Thanks! Yes, you can use the same standard cassettes that were used in regular consumer hifi cassette recorders. The only other important thing is to use 60 or 90 minute tapes, not 120 (too thin/weak), and tascam recorders work best with Type II (or chrome) tape. Type I (or normal) is also possible, but these machines were optimized forType II. Don’t use metal tapes
@@MultitrackCassetteFans Great News!! I am glad to hear that. I will try to get a Tascam 244. Thanks alot.
ok im sold im get this unit. i tell you a nother gear to add to this yes keep mic the amps, butt get a Art Tube MP Studio Mic Preamp it a mic pre or can be used as di for bass and guitar. you can even use sm57 or any kind of mic to bring the nice sweet warm crisp sound and take the hiss even more away more. butt wow love this more than computer recording. this is fast and get the job done.
Truth Finder Yes, I do use an ART preamp, great stuff for little money. I also like to use a cheap MXL large condenser mic hooked up to the ART
How would you go about panning a track from left to right ear?? For example at the end of the stereo mix of Interstellar Overdive by Pink Floyd where the track is panned back and forth from the left ear to right ear and vice versa a few times in a short amount of time and gives off a psychedelic effect.
During mixdown, you can turn the pan knob of any of the 4 tracks left to right and back. I’ve just listened to the Pink Floyd song, and it seems like the whole song is panned back and forth. To do that on the 244, you would have to turn all 4 pan knobs at the same time, which is a bit of a hassle. Instead, you could hook up a little mixer to the 244 “stereo out” and do the panning there
Hey I've got a 246 I want to feed from my audio interface. The interface has balanced line outs. How do I go about sending that balanced line signal into the unbalanced mic in's on the tascam?
PJ Jackson To be honest: I’m not sure, I would just try to connect them to each other. This article might help you:
www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/q-there-better-balanced-unbalanced-cabling-solution
could you do the same recording with a Teac 144?
Once you have finished mixing how do you print it to tape? Do you need a separate tape recorder? Cool videos man! Love the tascam warm sound.
Hi Álvaro, I usually mix down to stereo into my computer. So the final step is digital (unfortunately 😀). You could however mix it down to a stereo cassette recorder, or to a reel-to-reel recorder, but I don’t have any of that. It could be nice though, because mixing down to stereo analog tape gives it some nice extra warmth, and perhaps even some tape saturation
@@MultitrackCassetteFans Well the flavor remains there anyway hahah your videos make me wanna get a tascam mixer so hard!!
Álvaro Then get one 😀 And have fun !!
Would Rca to Trs 1/4 jack be okay to use instead of Ts Mono cable ? Im hooking up my Roland Srv 2000 to my tascam 244. .
Alan Argotti I’m not sure, RCA to TRS...the extra Ring on TRS has no corresponding point in the RCA. I don’t know if that’s harmful for the recorder, or your Roland
Yes, there was nothing connected at the time it was happening. Disconnect and reconnect my headphones to make sure that wasnt the problem. and it wasnt.
i tried using the tascam agian and worked agian just fine. However, Im still worried and cautious about what it might be .
Alan Argotti I’m not an electronics engineer, but I suppose some capacitor is broken. Or an amp IC or transistor. Is the red trim knob all the way down?
Any kind of cool panning effects to demonstrate? Does this machine make a decent stereo image?
DJ Clark Most of my videos are mono, because I record the audio through the mic input of my iphone. But you can make a stereo mix by panning each of the 4 channels to your taste. And if you have a stereo return signal of an effects unit, that will also add some space to your mix.
But IMHO, for a really good stereo image, you would have to have more tracks.
To be honest, I don’t care that much about stereo. A good mono mix carries all the soul and emotion just as good. I’m a big fan of Phil Spector
@@MultitrackCassetteFans Totally understandable. Thanks!
Hello! How are you.? I have a Tascan M30 mixer as a gift from a friend. Until today i can't understand how it work. Thank to your video, im going understanding the differents combinations. Its hard to me, especially for a language. I have to translate the manual to spanish to understand.I don't have an open reel too.Bye sorry for my spanglish.
Nestor Accastelli Yes, a mixer like the M30 works similarly to the mixer in the 244. Try to learn in small steps... “Gracias” for watching! 😀👍
unfortunaly, I started to experience problems with my tascam. There is this static I hear when I am doing nothing to the Tascam. and even worse When I Playback My Mix. I Hear this popping sound that makes the UV meter hit red. This only happens on Track 1 . Any ideas to what it may be ?
Alan Argotti Even when there’s nothing connected?
Great video, thanks. How do you would a Master cassette of this mixdown for duplicate?
Esteban Rodríguez Thanks dor watching! What do you mean exactly with mixdown for duplicate? I think you only need 1 mixdown, either to your computer or to a stereo cassette. Or any other stereo recording device
I mean, you have a final mixdown on the Tascam, but I Don't know if that mixdown it's recorded on the cassette for put it then on a duplication machine as the "master" .
Esteban Rodríguez Ah now I see what you mean...the mixdown is not recorded onto this machine. When you mixdown, the stereo signal on the L+R output of the 244 must be recorded onto a stereo recorder, for example your computer or a “normal” stereo cassette recorder
So for this video, the stereo mixdown was recorded on the camera...you see? Thanks for your question Esteban, I will make a separate video on this topic in the near future!
Thank you!
Is there any way to use mono guitar effects pedal? I tried it but I could only get the effect in the left speaker.
Ben Williams That’s because the recorder “expects” a stereo return signal from your effect unit. Perhaps you can use a splitter cable that splits your mono effect output into 2 identical mono plugs, so you can feed both L and R return inputs
Multitrack Cassette Fans ah ok, thanks for your help