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writing a song in 1hr on my Tascam 246
hey all
i have been doing some practice of using the tascam to challenge myself into writing and recording new compositions in 1 hr of time, kinda fun, pretty interesting, you may wanna hear or see.
i have been doing some practice of using the tascam to challenge myself into writing and recording new compositions in 1 hr of time, kinda fun, pretty interesting, you may wanna hear or see.
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Sawtooth tele Testing new pickups + hardware
Просмотров 305 месяцев назад
hello team i have been working on this telecaster where i rebuilt the electronics using some old squier parts i had and it came out really nice. i feel like you can noticeably hear and feel the difference the guitar has after the upgrade and in this video i play all of my telecasters live so you can hear the differences any feedback or questions or suggestions please leave me, im always trying ...
Sawtooth Tele Hardware Upgrade pt1
Просмотров 766 месяцев назад
hey all in this video i took apart this sawtooth tele i got from a guy on craigslist for 100$. i had some old squier 40th anniversary electronics which are actually quite good, and decided to pop those in. i go over the process of swapping the electronics, setting up the guitar, and i even test it a little bit. #guitardiy #guitarrepair #guitarupgrade #newpickup #sawtooth #telecaster #telecaster...
TASCAM 246 | 4-track song from Ableton to tape
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.7 месяцев назад
if u like the song, stream the whole album! A LOT OF IT was recorded on the tascam 246! open.spotify.com/artist/6D0bfaWln724AJNcVvParZ if you wanna know what tracks are where: Track 1 - Guitar Track 2 - Bass Track 3 - Vocals Track 4 - Drums just curious if people wanna see this process. i may do deeper dive videos showing how i map it in ableton. i use external effect on each track and map it o...
Fixing a GL5500 5 STRING Bass | Noisy Pots, Broken Wiring
Просмотров 627 месяцев назад
this is a very beautiful bass that has a history of sharing the stage with the blues brothers somewhere in arizona. at least thats the story i got, and from the look and feel this bass has very little play time on it but its 40 years old. That means oxidized pots and some rumors of the wiring cutting out once in a while. i was able to figure out the exact wiring issue and make sure all the pots...
Finding & Recycling Type 2 Cassettes
Просмотров 2257 месяцев назад
im all about recycling and fixing broken stuff and tape machines fit perfectly into that. type 2 cassettes are expensive and a pain in the butt to find in person so in this video i talk about a fun hack. digging through estate sales require a bit of hard work to get to places early and records and tapes often get bought in bulk and pretty early on. get there early, dig, and try to find some tap...
TASCAM 246 | Dynamic mic upgrade for lofi vocals
Просмотров 557 месяцев назад
i really love the vintage sound of old microphones and the tascam makes it so much better. this mic i have is a very old Veritas mic most likely used for broadcasting. I bought it originally at a thrift store in a random electronics box and it came with an RCA to 1/4in adapter. i recorded an entire album using this microphone and the tascam 246, you can hear those vocals here: open.spotify.com/...
Les Paul Rebuild | pickups , wiring , fun times
Просмотров 1367 месяцев назад
hey guys i got this epiphone les paul custom standard body off of craigslist, it looks like its from the early 2000's and its a beautiful dark grey burst. i bought it with absolutely no hardware, and i sourced some stock bridge parts from Reverb that were from a genuine epiphone rebuild.
Setting up a Cheap Squire Mustang | Can it sound good?
Просмотров 2689 месяцев назад
bought this baby blue squire blue mustang in a bulk deal and it's action and intonation were fully off and barely playable. Beyond giving it a full clean, setup, and some love all around, I also got around to adding an orange drop capacitor to the tone knob and it greatly improved the pickup performance. If you have one of these squire mustangs, I highly recommend upgrading that or having a tec...
Cheapest ADAT Interface? Focusrite Saffire PRO 40 Install
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Hey guys! I've been testing around with old interfaces and I came across this old Focusrite that is strictly firewire and ADAT. With the proper setup, you can still use these interfaces if you don't have firewire, you just have to make sure its configured at the same sample rate that you're currently using. being honest, the preamps are dark and don't sound great. They have an old sound to them...
Ibanez Artcore AF75 Rebuild | New Pickups, Wiring
Просмотров 9389 месяцев назад
Hey guys! Over the past month I've been working on a rebuilding an Artcore Hollowbody from Ibanez. I bought this completely stripped body off of Craiglist and was given no parts except a bridge and the tuners! Nice! This was a great experiment in testing with a hollowbody to see how quality parts can affect the capabilities as a recording instrument. For humbuckers, I chose the Seth Lover bucke...
Using an Analog Console for Digital Recording, Benefits & Tips
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.9 месяцев назад
In this video, I review some of my thoughts on using a console in a digital recording workflow. Nowadays, there are lots of vintage and modern options for consoles you can use in your home studio for less than 1000$, but is it worth it? I talk about preamps, headroom, and the overall toolkit a console will provide you with that could give you more insight into your process and how to properly u...
TASCAM 246 | Creative Recording Ideas with a Portastudio
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
similar to my SSL SiX video, I wanted to review some ways I've been using my tascam 246 to get some cool tones for sampling as well as recording directly thru the preamps into digital. i dont explain the routing too well, but essentially i have my Busses going out to my DAW so I can control which faders are being sent to digital. This helps me record onto the tape while also being able to recor...
Buying & Fixing on Craigslist - Painted Partscaster
Просмотров 693Год назад
hey guys! a few weeks ago I found a stratocaster body on craigslist and i felt like building it! I have some spare strat parts coming from an old epiphone strat, and that's what I will be using to fill up this build!
SSL SiX || Connecting a 7" reel to reel
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.Год назад
hey guys in this video im showing you how I connect my reel to my SSL SiX for both recording and listening back to tapes. the six really makes reel sound great.
How To Route SSL SiX Talkback Mic || Step by Step
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.Год назад
How To Route SSL SiX Talkback Mic || Step by Step
HRK CS566 Testing Features || Great Option for SSL SiX
Просмотров 1 тыс.Год назад
HRK CS566 Testing Features || Great Option for SSL SiX
SSL SIX || Reviewing Creative Output Options (Main, Bus B, Alt Out)
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.Год назад
SSL SIX || Reviewing Creative Output Options (Main, Bus B, Alt Out)
Recording with SSL SiX Beginner Guide
Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад
Recording with SSL SiX Beginner Guide
Using SSL SIX as an External Audio Effect in Ableton (routing + testing)
Просмотров 2 тыс.2 года назад
Using SSL SIX as an External Audio Effect in Ableton (routing testing)
Lexicon LXP-15 Preset Deep Dive || Using SSL SiX for routing
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.2 года назад
Lexicon LXP-15 Preset Deep Dive || Using SSL SiX for routing
Are hardware reverbs worth it investing in? Lexicon LXP-15 2.0
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.2 года назад
Are hardware reverbs worth it investing in? Lexicon LXP-15 2.0
My Dealer's House - Paul The Simple (live)
Просмотров 942 года назад
My Dealer's House - Paul The Simple (live)
SSL SiX || Mixing a full song, We Line Up To Die
Просмотров 4332 года назад
SSL SiX || Mixing a full song, We Line Up To Die
SSL SiX || How to route Listen Mic Compressor (LMC)
Просмотров 5 тыс.2 года назад
SSL SiX || How to route Listen Mic Compressor (LMC)
SSL SiX || Live Mixing Indie rock song || my own music :)
Просмотров 6372 года назад
SSL SiX || Live Mixing Indie rock song || my own music :)
How To Setup the SSL Six for Mixing, PT1 (with talking)
Просмотров 3,7 тыс.2 года назад
How To Setup the SSL Six for Mixing, PT1 (with talking)
3 Tips for Recording with the SSL SiX (and why I use it to record)
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.2 года назад
3 Tips for Recording with the SSL SiX (and why I use it to record)
Mixing Full Songs on the SSL SiX - Making Sense of Being Forward
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.2 года назад
Mixing Full Songs on the SSL SiX - Making Sense of Being Forward
How I Set Up SSL SiX to my Interface for Mixing
Просмотров 8 тыс.3 года назад
How I Set Up SSL SiX to my Interface for Mixing
dude, i've not been around. I got an Apogee AD8000 for 40 bucks. It had Ch1/2 overloaded all the time and that was down to some shorted 'tantalum' caps - easy fix. Now i have Apogee AD8000 8 channels running into my Apogee Symphony Desktop. There are loads of really great 8 channel ADAT interfaces out there and some even have pres like the Presonus Digimax or Audient ASP stuff.
Great video, I'm thinking of buying 2 of those modules to process the mixbus. There aren't many videos about this brand; as you mentioned, it's small. I appreciate the review.
Thank you so much, Paul, for this video. The SSL Six mixer was so expensive when I bought it. It was a little overwhelming for me to use until your video came along. Now I am using it all the time because your video "broke the ice" for me to actually start using this great mixer. Thanks again.
how does this compare to the other tascam tape portastudios?
Thanks man❤
❤love the sound
Nice video. Keep Cassettes Alive! Please make more cassette videos.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙂
it never stopped! tape is still being used!
Cool; i've got a 246 .. all ears .. I'm jazz-oriented "jams" & practise-trks
Definitely will not blow it up. :) love experimenting with my six as well. Endless possibilities with gear. Especially as I have db25 connected to a patch bay.
Please make more cassette videos.Cassettes are so cool
Excellent tutorial. Leave Vox and Bass routed to channel 1!?!
Route an SM57 to a guitar amp.
Route SSL Fusion through Bus B!?!
I have the Saffire Pro 40. Still working like a Tank on my MacPro. It sounds great. Preamps are fine, but I normally use external mic pres. This unit is slaved to my other two interfaces giving me a total of 24 analog inputs.
The tape choice is great because I often seen Type 2 tape as the near-perfect choice of tracking. I'd like to see BASF Chrome (Type 3) being used but it's pretty rare (as it was rare back then). Careful of metal (Type 4) there cause even though it's the rarest and greatest, if not compatible with your machine, it could eat up your machines and tape. Metal Tape Tip: there should be barbs up top in the middle much like there are on the sides to tell if it is metal compatible.
Cassettes are great
Stumbled upon this video - not sure how - but these are cool ideas. I find some old-school musicians/producers have crazy computer fears so they go DAW-less or with tape. That and nostalgia keep the demand for old Portastudios quite high. I used one to convert old 4-track recordings from the 90s to digital. I’ve been a Logic guy for 20 years with an ever-evolving home studio. Using the Tascam as an outboard FX is interesting, but I gotta believe there’s free plugins that sound similar. The sampling approach is nifty, but working those samples once in Ableton is key. I used to make my own samples, but decided a few years ago that everything has been sampled - why would I think my samples were any better or original? But, there’s something undefinable and the crude Tascam mixer and the idea of using the cassette tape, even with its wobble and tape hiss. I know a local artist that releases full albums on a 288 (no DAW, he says) and he’s got quite a following. Hard to explain.
Kool song and lyrics bro±!
VIBEY !
Yoo, could i use this as my interface in 2024? Or would it be a hassle? It would be my first interface
I would say don’t use this as a main interface, it would sound muddier than using like a TASCAM 16x08 which is a 200$ USB interface . I mostly recommend this interface cause of ADAT functionality which a lot of small interfaces have nowadays to expand to more ins and outs :)
@@paulthesimple7483 forsuree, keep in mind I’m from chile and you either find really inexpensive things or really expensive things in the used market, and there really isn’t many options compared to the US, and also keep in mind i found one for $103 USD (100.000 chilean pesos)
I have an old Sony real to real and I run my kick and bass through it then back into my DAW. The preamplifier gives it a nice warm hard sound.
Nice! I find kick , bass , snare , vox to usually benefit the most from some tape processing, also pushing the preamps hard to get some extra juice … what reel do u have?
@@paulthesimple7483 I have a TC 765, I usually just run any one the lower frequencies through it, any of the mid's and higher I don't mind so much, but yeah vocals some times depending on which mic.
Good Job!
Hello that’s very cool can you pre record your console and when played the 4 track moves up or down like the console ?
Do you mean record the volume adjustments back into the tape ?
@@paulthesimple7483 ya I think it’s called the channel fader it’s where you adjust the volume, and my question was can you pre record that and once you hit play they adjust by themselves by going up and down ?
@@paulthesimple7483 sorry if I’m not making sense just wanted to know if you can control velocity through the channel fader when pressed played without you controlling them?
@@randyestrada6224 hi randy, if you're asking whether the tascam 246 has automated faders, the answer is no
@@willstrattonmusic yess that’s the question I’m looking for and ohh I thought these consoles had them thank you though
Getting the signal back from the pedals, where does the cable go?
Do I need to connect the Pro 40 via ADAT in- and output to work as a slave for just the inputs? I was thinking of connecting it to an UA Thunderbolt Interface, which only got an ADAT input
I believe you could just use the inputs if thats all you need, as long as the slave and master devices are properly configured it should work!
thanks for your help! @@paulthesimple7483
I just bought one of these. Can you explain how you are physically connecting the 246 to your interface. Are you connecting the inputs to through a patchbay and are you connecting the outputs to the patchbay or interface as well?
Video coming soon! Patchbay helps but I usually directly connect it to my 2nd interface thats using ADAT!
I have an Audient ID14 with adat.. its necessary to plug the focusrite on my computer? or its standalone with Adat? (Excuseme for my english)
You can do standalone with ADAT , but you need to configure the focusrite to proper settings first (sample rate and clock )
@@paulthesimple7483 how do u do that with a mac? im running an m2 and have an audient id14
I've recently acquired a Portastudio 424 mkII and I've been trying to figure out the best way to use it. Do you typically record onto tape and than play it back to record it into your daw? or just use the machine itself as a pre-amp (which I think your explaining in your video) but not really recording into the machine itself? just running the signal through it but recording into your daw?
Can I ask what kind of music you wanna make
@@jeebsa4m3 I make anything from hip-hop, R&B, samples, indie
Hey, you should experiment with anything you can think of and see what sounds the coolest. one of the best parts of using tape is that you can create effects and tones that are way harder if not impossible to create on your DAW, which can inspire you or help you make your music sound different than what may be out there. I like to record entire songs back onto tape, or specific stems and then record them back into my computer. Kinda like mixing them on tape and then send it back to the DAW to finish the song!
how did you manage to get zero latency running to and from the external gear?
It depends what DAW software you are using but with Ableton you can use external effect to route the audio in and out and it allows you to compensate for latency. Depending on how powerful your system is, the more ability you will have to do lower latency in real time
dude did you have to setup with the software drivers for the Saffire 40 before using the ADAT?
Yes, the person I purchased the unit from showed me a photo of them connecting to unit to a Firewire equipped computer and using the software provided by Focusrite to make sure the settings are proper.
Cool I'll do just that.
@@paulthesimple7483hey do you have a video on how to sent up the software correctly? I’m using Clarett + 8pre as my master but soon I stack multiple inserts on a track I get a feed back from the Pro 40. I don’t get any feed back from the Clarett..
Not much Ableton/Six info out there. Good look. The compressors SOUND like REAL ssl compressors. Because they are! With limited settings.
If you have any SSL SiX and Ableton questions or ideas for videos im working on a series for it coming this year~!
Great vid, just that it ended abruptly
thanks for the feedback! always trying to improve my video production :)
I had one of these from 1997-2014... I sold it to a collector who has refurbished it. Such a fun time... I think mine was a 244 though. I use a PC now. 19th solo album being recorded now.
I had one its fun!!!
Finally!!!! Got the talkback to work for drums using this foldback to Ext Input 1 loop technique. Could *NOT* get this to work until watching your video. Lifesaver, thank you.
peaceful vibe ty
Nice job rescuing a decent guitar.
Working in recording studios from the early 80’s till early 2000 I find it kind of strange that the whole industry now somehow seems to think that the basic concept of analog recording and routing is some kind of dark art, I’m just waiting for the chronograph pencil editing block and razor blade to become the fashion I remember getting shot of my 24 track tape machine in favour of three tascam adat machines, and then Mac and DAW, what a ride
Can't we use the D sub for that
What about routing through the D sub
YEAH, HE DID A GREAT JOB OF NOT MENTIONING THAT.. ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT 8 CHANNELS, REGARDLESS IF YOU ONLY USE 2..
Great job new subscriber
I've got an MPC One and it simulates vintage tube based equipment or lofi amps or low-sample-rate harmonics etc AMAZING. you could probably get a good sound out of one of those but the pure variety and quality offered by software fx is hard to beat. I've made drum tracks that sound 100% like they came out of an old drum machine you just got to find the right combinations unless you're rich and can waste money on random used vintage stuff, and like spending hours wiring stuff up just to make small variations in sounds
MPCs are a really classic sound and many producers need that device to get their beats to sound exactly how they want! testament to how important tools are for our creative process!
with the bands i work for i use different consoles some don't have the Quality FX and with outboard its the same every time
Very good point! it can be hard to get consistent sounds and presets when using onboard FX all time and you may be switching consoles!
one of the best tascam machines ever made. In fact, one of the best four track cassette machines PERIOD.
I've only had a few 4 track cassette decks in my life, and this one is the most fun to use for recording and screwing around