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Originally Posted by johnnyblotter Ah yes, there has been a brainwashing about cassettes.
Put it this way, I get better results tracking to cassette on a nice cassette deck,then recording that to the computer, then I do through my rme multiface to computer. It just sits much better. I highly recommend it. At least try it. |
i noticed *exactly* the same thing with some DJ-mixes i made and recorded directly to cassette before transferring them to CD-r..... especially at louder volumes the mix sounds much nicer to my ears.....
anyway, would it be very difficult to build something like this new neve product yourself, by using some old reel2reel or cassettedeck and using the components inside? i'm a lazy bastard and i really would like to have some kind of device to put in front of my soundcard inputs to recreate the "cassette/tape-magic" without having to record/playback everything first....
"PorticoTM 5042 Duo Tape Channel
Two-channel “True Tape” Emulation. An actual tape drive circuit is used to drive a tiny magnetic circuit and fed to a replay loop and actual replay preamp. “Record” and “Replay” levels are counter-ganged to keep overall gain approximately constant that only varies, as a tape would, with saturation level. The frequency response is tailored to that of an actual tape recorder. The result is a remarkable simulation of true tape sound, providing the nostalgic rounding and compression that offsets the harshness of poor digital recorders. Use with care! The dynamic range of a tape recorder was a lot less than that of the high resolution Portico circuit in which it is nesting!
Each of the two 5042 channels is equipped with the following:
- Input Level control.
- Tape Saturation Level control.
- 10 segment Meter reading input or saturation level.
- “7.5/15 IPS” switch
- Independent Bypass per channel"
of course i'm not expecting Neve audio quality, but it's more about the concept..
Olaf