Tascam 414 tutorial / Matador - Garland Jeffreys / Part 1: RECORDING
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2018
- In this tutorial I'm recording a part of the song "Matador", by Garland Jeffreys, on a Tascam 414.
Part 1: • Tascam 414 tutorial / ...
Part 2: • Tascam 414 tutorial / ...
Part 3: • Tascam 414 tutorial / ...
Part 1 covers recording of 4 tracks:
Tr. 1 - Drum loop out of Garageband
Tr. 2 - Acoustic guitar, with an old Sennheiser MD421
Tr. 3 - Bass guitar, DI
Tr. 4 - Lead vocal, with the MD421
Part 2 contains a simple mixdown, with a Lexicon MPX500 reverb connected to the Effect Send 1.
Part 3 is an example of how to bounce tracks 1+2+3 to track 4.
So much help, thank you very much your my go to Tascam guy now.
Good work. Old school!
MaIe Code Thanks for watching 👍
Love your videos. I just got this exact same machine and in great condition. Loving it! I was just wondering if you have any tips for recording 808 drums. I’m recording a Korg Volca Beats and find it very tricky to record those deep kick drums. It sounds great in the monitors but often sounds horrible when recorded.
So far, the best workaround I’ve found is to record it quite low (not even hitting zero DB), with a slight bass cut. Then after it is recorded, I have to bring the fader up almost all the way up to get the desired volume and if I then crank the bass EQ, it gets the deep tone I was originally hearing when monitoring the drum machine before recording.
Anyway, I thought maybe there is a better way. I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences.
Hello, great tutorial! I have a Tascam 414 mk1, and am really enjoying using it. I've only been using dynamic mics with an impedance converter (SM57 knockoff with a Shure A85F), as the mk1 lacks an XLR port. I'd love to use condenser mics with my Tascam, but from what I understand this is not as simple as plugging it into a 1/4" input on one of the 4 channels. How would you go about using a condenser mic with this kind of tape machine?
Thank you for sharing this
It's possible to erase an old tap recording over it?
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can you run me through how you record the drum track from your DAW into track 1 of the Tascam? What is the routing? Do you need to run a cable out of an audio interface?
Hi! whenever i plug my microphone in to my 414 and go to record, theres a very loud 60 cycle hum, If I use a pre amp such as the ART studio V3 and plug into the tascam with a 1/4 cable instead of directly with my XLR will that fix the issue (when i plug my guitar directly in theres no hum) ? love the videos btw I'm only starting to get into cassette recording so youve been very helpful, thanks!
instead of directly with my xlr and an adapter is what i meant my bad
Great stuff! What power supply do you use for the 414?
ps-p414
Very Nice tutorial! I have the same one but I get a lot of hiss in the background, especially with the trim on mic line. Do you know anything I can do to minimize the white noise? Thanks!
throutube Thanks for watching!
Always try to record your signal as loud as possible onto the tape, to have an optimal signal-to-noise ratio. If you experience extreme hiss, there might be a problem with the preamp. You could try recording through any of the 4 inputs to see if there is any difference in the amount of hiss
Make sure the whole signal chain is as clean as possible!
and then hit the tape with your preamp quite loud.
i also think it could be a good idea to give your signal some high shelf eq when you record it if needed, so you wont have to boost it in mixing where you would end up boosting the hiss, too.
First part sounds like a recent pop song called ‘the a team’ the original artist should sue that band. Great vid btw and thx for the info
Thank you Dennis - i just bought one off ebay...and thought id use ur videos as my manual 🙂
For some reason input 2 has really low volume when i plug in the guitar, as opposed to the other inputs. The light up bars arent visible when i strum the guitar. I even turned all knobs up / yet i can barely hear anything through the monitor.. any idea what might be faulty? It s really low. I can barely hear it even when the monitor knob is turned all the way up
phonebox13 Perhaps your i put has been blown up. Did you take all necessary steps for recording via input 2? Like switching to “guitar”, panning to the right buss etc
Multitrack Cassette Fans yes, I even made the Settings identical to track one. But nonetheless it was still very low. I opened up the device to check if there's any loose contacts that might need some re-soldering, but everything seemed fine.
phonebox13 Then it seems like there’s something wrong with that channel. Perhaps there is a capacitor that needs replacement, but that goes beyond my knowledge. I would ask an audio electronics technician to take a quick look...I hope you can get it repaired
Multitrack Cassette Fans yes, I think that's what I'm going to do! Thank you for your time and response. 🙂✌️
The hats are way too loud, overall nice tutorial.
What cassette do you use, there seems not to much hiss although dbx is off. Thanks
I’ve recorded my first demo/song. When I want to record another separate song on my 40min tape do I just start recording a few seconds after my first one is finished? Sorry if these are dumb questions.
Yes, that’s perfectly okay. You can try this on a blank tape with two test songs, to get a feel with this
good lesson!
what casette type you used?
ilyas kurmangaliev thanks for watching! I usually use TDK-SA tapes or Maxell XLII. The Maxells are slightly better
Hello! I saw a different recording technique recently, and I was wondering what the difference was. They armed channel one to L, and then panned to the left, and pressed the L+R button.
Sounds like they were bouncing tracks. This is the right way to record new audio though
does the blue one sound different than the grey one?
7-8...got it...
What if you connect an instrument first through the amp, then through the headphone out on the amp, and connect that to the recording?
Splash Boy Yes, you can do that! But start at low headphone levels, and increase slowly to get a good level in the recorder. If you go in too loud, you damage your input channel on the recorder. So please be careful!
I have a 25 year-old 424II. Has a few more features. It's a 4-track like this one, and also has that 5-6 & 7-8 as this one does m, but I have no idea what they are.
I think those are just extra channel inputs for the mixer section
@@MultitrackCassetteFans Thanks. Gonna look for a few tutorials.
Could I record a drum track and a guitar track on the same tape and have play in sync with only the tascam and my amp? Or do I need additional equipment
I don’t think I understand your question. What would you like to achieve as an end result?
@@MultitrackCassetteFans I got it figured out. Sorry it was a poorly worded question. Thanks for your videos!
avenged7x_6661 Glad you figured it out 👍
Are you running the vocal microphone directly into the Tascam by using an XLR to quarter-inch cable? Or are you going through a preamp or something first? Thanks.
Usually I use a preamp inbetween, like the ART V3 Studio Tube
@@MultitrackCassetteFans Thanks!
Hi, can I connect a phantom condenser microphone to a pre amplifier and then connect the pre amplifier to the Tascam without damaging the recording machine?
Thank you and excellent videos, greetings from Uruguay!
Hi Fabián, yes you can...In fact, that’s the way to get the cleanest mic sound onto the tape, also for dynamic mics. An external preamp is almost always better quality than the ones that were built-in in the Tascam. Which preamp do you have?
Nice to hear from Uruguay 👍 (I’m from the Netherlands)
Hi, thank you very much for answering me! I have a Studio V3, I bought it because once I saw that you used it in another video but I have not encouraged to use it until I am sure. It is good to know that it can be used.
Thank you for your time, I really enjoy your advice on tape recording.
Fabián Puglia ART Studio V3 - excellent! Have fun recording
Thanks!!
I forgot to ask, I have the 414 MKII because I couldn't get the previous model that has two balanced XLR inputs and a guitar input. Can you tell me if with the 414 MKII can you replace that with the pre amplifier I have? I tried to get one of those old Tascam 414 because I thought it was better than the model I have, but I don't know if it really is.
I’m new to recording on tape and have a question. What do you do when you make a mistake? Let’s say you have recorded 3 out of the 4 tracks how you wanted it, but on the 4th track you make a mistake. What do you do?
oliver youpa You can rewind and record over track 4. Please check out my video on punching in and out, if you want to record over just a short section of an otherwise okay performance
Thank you
How is this recording multi layers over same tape? I never knew that was possible? I have exact model but I though you had to record all tracks at once? Am I missing something or is it recording multi layers ?
So if you want to record, say, a guitar piece over a garage band drum loop, you have to play through all the way to the end? What if you make a mistake? You have to play through the whole song again?
BetrayedColt Let’s suppose the complete drum loop has already been recorded on track 1, and now the guitar is being recorded on track 2. If you make a little mistake in your guitar part, you can rewind a little, and start recording over your first guitar take. You don’t have to record until the end of the song, but you can stop recording on a moment where the guitar has to be quiet. Sometimes I record a guitar on a track, followed by a lead vocal on the same track
@@MultitrackCassetteFans oh okay. So basically just find a quiet spot in what you just recorded, rewind to it, and start from there? I'm really liking the sound of this lol. Thanks for the help. Good videos
BetrayedColt Exactly. And if you don’t have your hands free to press record, you can use a foot switch to “punch in” and “punch out”. I made a video on that subject, for a different recorder, but it works the same for most recorders
Is the 414 capable of playing standard music cassettes?
If you want to play pre-recorded ones, no. Because the 414 runs at double speed for better audio quality
I have the same model as u but im not sure if i should be concerned or not because when i press pause and try to press record and play those 2 buttons just pop back up and when i record something on the tape and play it back on a different cassette player its extremely slowed down
The 414 is double tape speed, so it’s perfectly okay if you hear it slowed down on a regular cassette player. It should be half speed then.
The buttons popping up, I’m not sure about that. Can you work without the pause button?
@@MultitrackCassetteFans the pause button is completely fine im just a little spooked abt wether or not when i play it on a normal cassette player if it'll always be slowed down because i want to be able to play my album for friends on a walkman
@@MultitrackCassetteFans how am i able to make it sound normal on a normal tape player
You have to record your song on a tape on the 414, then mixdown and record that stereo mix onto another tape in your regular cassette player. That one is then recorded at normal speed
@@MultitrackCassetteFans i have no clue how to do that is there anyway u can help me figure out how to do that
would type I tapes work on this?
Yes. These machines were optimized for type II, but type I can be used without any problems. I’ve done this too, in the past
Hy, can i record my band direct (2 guitars , bass and drum) on 3 channels using stereo channels for guitars?
Ch 1 drum
Ch 2 bass
Ch 3 guitars
Ch 4 vocals
Thanks
Francesco
Hi Francesco, if you want to record a stereo channel, you will have to use 2 tracks (L+R). You would then have 2 other tracks left to record the other instruments.
You could record bass+drums on track 1 (try to get a good balance between them while recording), record your stereo guitars L+R to tracks 2 and 3, and then vocals on track 4.
Are you going to put this in youtube? Keep me posted! 👍
@@MultitrackCassetteFans thanks, i do it so, but i need a bass separately for a best mix... for drum and bass on the first channel i must go via an external mexer? or can i do this on tascam?
@@francescogratton4980 If you need separate drums and bass, you need 2 separate tracks. That means you’ll have to sacrifice one of the other three tracks
Ok... thanks, if I get to make a good recording I'll let you listen to it ....😀😅😉😎
@@francescogratton4980 how did it go then?
Not 2 high. U don't want distortion.
unless u do🤪🤪🤪
I think your how to videos are missing the most important part of the instructor on Tasca m. Just like the others on here and you talk to much. The set up ,if I don't see one soon I'll post one and cover, what is the vital part ? How about set up ,you unbox and plug in what ,where ,my guess is someone did it for you. How about instead of your going through this analog track recorder ,how you can just mic a song ,re record a song volume down channel let's say vocals channel 1 it won't eliminate it but when you sing over it you can't hear them and it helps you keep your time ,than you can transport to computer and do whatever you want. But the introduction more about you sounding like a engineer. Which I don't disagree ,you know your way around but it's a beginner video , for goodness sake how you skip set up ,and overkill for any beginner.
Thanks Ted, for your feedback. I might make a video showing all of that
I think it would be a good thing. Your very thorough in your presentation. It would be probably be 2 minutes max. In the lines in / out ,I run my mic through a delay pedal from the Start and than track a song through the mic from head phones without the delay pedal on. Than I go back mic through channel one with me singing with prerecorded channel almost all the way down but my main up so it's a time keeper for me. Than playback with channel 1 volume up to the other channel's. Of course take it to computer cakewalk pro tools. Yes it is ancient in today's standards. But the outcome is so not over produced sounding . I am not attempting to school you on recording process. You are obviously more educated in the process, I wanted to take a chance on getting your advice on a way I can achieve the results of not getting the overproduced sound otherwise. If I'm not making any sense ,than I've ask other people this way take Black Sabbath 1st. record for example. Every instrument is profound yet ,the remaster of it has downgraded it in my opinion. But I am the type fan that if. I see a band I like and it sounds like the. Recorded version I'm ready to leave because there's backing tracks involved. I love the slight out of. Key moments and slight timing errors of a band it's so really good. Rarely bad most of the audience doesn't recognize it.