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Quint · 3rd January 2009

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Originally Posted by The90049

96/24 to logic originally. put it in pro tools at the same rate then sent to tape with no plugins and kept the levels at zero. it hit tape at various levels, but the guitar hit at +12 most of the way through. i thought it would distort more, but it seems ok. the bass was +3 and overheads were about +3 to +6. at 30ips.

this is the only track I sent to tape from digital, so it's just a messing around thing. I'm not a pro anyway. the tape even had about 20 runs on it so far.

then i recorded to PT at 192 just for fun. found out i can't do sh*t with 192 so i made a new session at 96 and converted to 96/24 again.

used the PT inserts to go to 550A's for kick and snare. inserts for guitar, bass and overheads went to 6176's with 610 EQ's and 1176 comp.

just did a quick mix ITB with a L316 at the master output.

That sounds pretty good on my headphones. Gotta check it out on my monitors. It's got a little bit of vibe going on there. The guitar sounds good. What kind of tape did you use?