Tascam Reel To Reel

Hamburg58 · 9th March 2008, 08:05 AM

So I picked up one of these 34B Tascam 1/4 in 4 tracks for 425$. I couldn't resist at that price... Just curious if anyone else owned one? Or had any experience with these? I just bought it to have fun with it... Record Beatle tunes and bounce tracks... Get nasty drums on it, play guitar solos reverse em and put them in to a DAW.... Anyone have one? Tips? Sound good? Bad?

Cheers

Inner Light · 9th March 2008, 08:32 AM

wow cool man congrats,

i just picked up the the Tascam 32 for free this week. I Work for a radio station and they were throwing stuff out, so i claimed it. had it in my head for a while to check it out on mixes, bouncing and stuff. I'd like to try bouncing drums at a faster tape speed and slowing it down to make it fatter!

Hamburg58 · 9th March 2008, 08:58 AM

I've tried the drum track thing with an A-800. It's not as effective as it sound really... It's a very subtle thing... If you slow it down after you've tracked it and you have used a limiter or compressor on your drums, then you can hear it a bit more... And don't drop it from fast to slow speed... because that's like tuning the drums a whole octave. You want varispeed or pitch knob... and bring it down a bit, I think it varies about 12% either way with that knob.. So if you're at 15ips, slow it down to about 14 or so.. Just enough to give it that mash... :)

Inner Light · 10th March 2008, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamburg58

I've tried the drum track thing with an A-800. It's not as effective as it sound really... It's a very subtle thing... If you slow it down after you've tracked it and you have used a limiter or compressor on your drums, then you can hear it a bit more... And don't drop it from fast to slow speed... because that's like tuning the drums a whole octave. You want varispeed or pitch knob... and bring it down a bit, I think it varies about 12% either way with that knob.. So if you're at 15ips, slow it down to about 14 or so.. Just enough to give it that mash... :)

cool man thanks for the tip.

9th March 2008, 08:05 AM	#1
Hamburg58 Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 203	Tascam Reel To Reel So I picked up one of these 34B Tascam 1/4 in 4 tracks for 425$. I couldn't resist at that price... Just curious if anyone else owned one? Or had any experience with these? I just bought it to have fun with it... Record Beatle tunes and bounce tracks... Get nasty drums on it, play guitar solos reverse em and put them in to a DAW.... Anyone have one? Tips? Sound good? Bad? Cheers

9th March 2008, 08:32 AM	#2
Inner Light Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 326	wow cool man congrats, i just picked up the the Tascam 32 for free this week. I Work for a radio station and they were throwing stuff out, so i claimed it. had it in my head for a while to check it out on mixes, bouncing and stuff. I'd like to try bouncing drums at a faster tape speed and slowing it down to make it fatter! __________________ Of all the things I've lost It's my mind I miss the most... www.myspace.com/innerlightmusic

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9th March 2008, 08:58 AM	#3
Hamburg58 Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 203	I've tried the drum track thing with an A-800. It's not as effective as it sound really... It's a very subtle thing... If you slow it down after you've tracked it and you have used a limiter or compressor on your drums, then you can hear it a bit more... And don't drop it from fast to slow speed... because that's like tuning the drums a whole octave. You want varispeed or pitch knob... and bring it down a bit, I think it varies about 12% either way with that knob.. So if you're at 15ips, slow it down to about 14 or so.. Just enough to give it that mash... :)