I hope this is the right place to ask if not...well nothing ventured nothing gained.
I have a excellent digital home recording studio but I have a hankering to get back to basics and track my next solo acoustic project strictly analog & directly to tape. Using only tube microphones ,preamps & compressors in the actual recording of the song.
And later send them to the digital domain (Pro tools) for final editing and mixing.
In a perfect world It would be a 4 track deck useing Track1 for my vocal. Track 2 to record my acoustic guitar close miced and then use tracks 3&4 to record the room in stereo about 6 feet back or so to add a sense of space.
Since I will be recording one song at a time I am thinking a 4 track at 15ips is the way to go.
1/4' will work but a 1/2" 4 track would yield the best results no? Or will the difference be negligible?
I need to be able to record for 15 or 20 minutes at a time till I get a "keeper" take.
Maybe I am getting all caught up in "Analog" nostalgia but I am hoping for the analog warmth that I remember from the old days that tubes and tape provided ...I always remember there being a sense of sonic glue when we tracked analog directly to tape.
I also want to remove the the digital safety net of... ."Don't worry we will fix it in the mix"
And digital distractions like click tracks, computer monitors and challenge myself to forget the recording process and concentrate on getting the best recording & performance of each song one at a time. ..No matter if I nail it the 1st take or if it requires 50 more attempts.
Anyway any suggestions on decks, tape etc would be great.
My budget for the deck $2-3K
Thanks
PQ
I have a excellent digital home recording studio but I have a hankering to get back to basics and track my next solo acoustic project strictly analog & directly to tape. Using only tube microphones ,preamps & compressors in the actual recording of the song.
And later send them to the digital domain (Pro tools) for final editing and mixing.
In a perfect world It would be a 4 track deck useing Track1 for my vocal. Track 2 to record my acoustic guitar close miced and then use tracks 3&4 to record the room in stereo about 6 feet back or so to add a sense of space.
Since I will be recording one song at a time I am thinking a 4 track at 15ips is the way to go.
1/4' will work but a 1/2" 4 track would yield the best results no? Or will the difference be negligible?
I need to be able to record for 15 or 20 minutes at a time till I get a "keeper" take.
Maybe I am getting all caught up in "Analog" nostalgia but I am hoping for the analog warmth that I remember from the old days that tubes and tape provided ...I always remember there being a sense of sonic glue when we tracked analog directly to tape.
I also want to remove the the digital safety net of... ."Don't worry we will fix it in the mix"
And digital distractions like click tracks, computer monitors and challenge myself to forget the recording process and concentrate on getting the best recording & performance of each song one at a time. ..No matter if I nail it the 1st take or if it requires 50 more attempts.
Anyway any suggestions on decks, tape etc would be great.
My budget for the deck $2-3K
Thanks
PQ