If I go all analog...help me begin

[Zeppelin4Life]

Hi
I can get an Otari 16-track, 1" machine for around $500. If I do get this, what else do I need? I don't have a board or anything. I only have a few pair of pres as outboard gear. Excuse my lack of knowledge in analog recording! It seems like an amazing deal, but it would be pretty stupid if it just sat there like an unused dish washer.

[vernier]

A microphone and a mix deck. As for mics, anything will do. For mixdown, almost anything ..two-track, like Tascam 42, which has balanced in, and is half-track.

[Bassmec]

An Emt Plate Rev or two.
A binson ecorec or two.
An MXR Phaser for that itchicoo park thing.
A labirinth with speakers and Mic's like Abbey Rd for flange FX etc.
About four GB Spring Revs.
Eight quality analog Compressors 4 x Drawmer 1960s. or Urei, Gates, Altec ETC.
A decent desk with motorised penny and giles faders. and a fat patch bay,
a lot of patch cords and hardest of all an analog automation system all locked up with phase lock loop to a 1/2 " two track for mastering and flying stuff in after all you will need yucky digital to generate SMPTE reliably.
Regards.•:*¨¨*:•. ¸¸.•´¯`•.Mark Fairfax-Harwood, Engineer Springvale Studios

[Darius van H]

If you go all analog, I'll give you a big sloppy kiss!

[synthoid]

>> If you go all analog, I'll give you a big sloppy kiss!

And thus the analog era came, at long last, to a final end.

-synthoid

[Mark]

I'd get a nice desk I could use for tracking AND mixing.

But, then again, I'm British and think you Yanks with your fancy pre for each track are a bunch of weirdos

[Drumsound]

You need an in-line console with 24 or so tracks, and a mix down deck. Then you're gonna look for compressors and FX. Then a 2" machine, then more mics, then some outboard EQ, then, more comps, then more mics, then newer FX, then new Monitors, then a bigger space, then a bigger console, then...then....then....

[NathanEldred]

Originally Posted by Zeppelin4Life

If I do get this, what else do I need?

A valium and a shotgun....











No wait, that's all digital, never mind....get a good tech, find him now not later.

[Jose Mrochek]

Originally Posted by Mark

But, then again, I'm British and think you Yanks with your fancy pre for each track are a bunch of weirdos

don´t know why but this cracked me up hahaha

oh man i keep laughing I´ll use it as my sig ok ???

[Lek]

Originally Posted by Drumsound

You need an in-line console with 24 or so tracks, and a mix down deck. Then you're gonna look for compressors and FX. Then a 2" machine, then more mics, then some outboard EQ, then, more comps, then more mics, then newer FX, then new Monitors, then a bigger space, then a bigger console, then...then....then....

then sell it all for a protools rig making sure to get every single last plugin used on 'Mix it like a Record'

or

all you need is Roland cosm modelling and you'll have all the guitar amps and mics in the world

[3rd world order]

i'd start with a mixdown deck.. 1/4" 15ips

[Mark]

Nah, for a 2" sixteen track he wants a 1/2" mixdown deck.

Preferably with a 30 IPS option as well as 15

[NathanEldred]

Originally Posted by Mark

Nah, for a 2" sixteen track he wants a 1/2" mixdown deck.

Preferably with a 30 IPS option as well as 15

I'm using a 2" 16 MM1200 @ 15ips and mix to an Ampex 1/4" @ 15ips...it frikkin rocks. BIG and DEEP sounds that aren't obtainable any other way (30 ips is quieter but it doesn't sound as P- H - a - t).

[Mark]

Shush you, we're trying to get him to spend loads of wonga*.


Did I mention it should be Studer?



*cash

[u b k]

guys, he's already got a b77 for mixdown.

get this man a console!


gregoire
del ubik

[3rd world order]

Originally Posted by u b i k

guys, he's already got a b77 for mixdown.

get this man a console!

doh!

you're right.. that's what i get for not reading his signature.

crazy brain.

[Jonk]

A board and the cables to connect the two are the first two things you would absolutely need.

If you can find a Yamaha PM1000 24 channel, or a PM2K, you would be sittin real nice.

[Amplove]

Originally Posted by synthoid

And thus the analog era came, at long last, to a final end.

-synthoid

Opinion phrased to look like a fact. tutt

[RoundBadge]

Originally Posted by NathanEldred

....get a good tech, find him now not later.

Seriously Good advice..stike

[Benmrx]

Originally Posted by RoundBadge

Seriously Good advice..stike

Soren in Chicago is a master with Otari tape decks. He just fixed the power supply for my MTR90 mkII 2" machine

[drBill]

Originally Posted by NathanEldred

get a good tech, find him now not later.

That's the best advice I've seen on this thread. I remember those days. I'm mostly digital these days and though I may need a valium and a shotgun, back then I needed a valium, a shotgun and a boatload of cash for the independant techs that frequented my establishment! Don't miss that for even one second.