Is it just me or do you have a resident ghost in your house? There seems to be a shadow passing by in the background right to left then back across right around the 2:50-3:02 mark. I dunno, just sayin you may be haunted.
@@MikeFoerster It's okay! I figured it out: You have to open the project, delete the old path and then hit default. Then choose the same I/O's. This will allow the tracks to run through the board for hybrid mixing.
Quick question. I'm totally new to digital recording. Up until now I've only recorded on analog; on tape. So my question is: when you do this, does the final mixdown reflect the levels of each track, how they're EQ 'd, how they're panned (how I have everything set on the board)????? I've put the SD card into my PC without doing this first & it doesn't sound the same as I have them EQ'd on the mixer. So I'm just wondering if I do this first, if it'll sound like I have it mixed & EQ'd on the board. I also use Audacity to make the final stereo mixdown of all my analog recordings.
@@MikeFoerster well that sucks. I thought this was a mixdown. Guess I'll have to either continue mixing down onto my tape deck or record straight to Audacity somehow. I don't use a DAW. Audacity is the closest thing to a DAW I use. I can't afford to pay for DAWs to try out & none of the free trials or DAWs that are totally free would work at all for me when I tried them. & That makes me wary of spending a lot of money on an installation disc for a DAW. If I can't at least try even one DAW out first, then I don't know... Oh well... I'll figure out something.
@@MikeFoerster yeah, & that's hard to do unless I made a video. You can't even post links on here. I've posted just parts of links before, to help someone find something, & even those comments were deleted. But I'll figure something out eventually. But before, the only time a computer was used during any part of the process was to burn CDs or upload to Bandcamp or something. Like I said, until I got a model 12, I was all analog.
@@MikeFoerster well, just got home a few minutes ago. Hooked up to my tape deck from the main outs (with the help of some XLR to RCA adapters) & mixed down a song onto cassette. Not exactly what I was wanting, but close. I can probably do the same thing through Audacity because I'm trying to ditch tape altogether, at least for recording purposes. If so, that's good enough for me. I don't wanna use a DAW if at all possible because, like I said, never used one & would have to try at least one of them out before committing to spending the money & haven't found any free ones that actually work. I have only one friend in the area who uses a DAW & it's our schedules rarely align to hang out with him. So if this works, I'm all set. But thanks all the same!!!
Suggestion Get your track faders high enough in the MIXED tracks so that your MAIN meter lights are just below Overload so that when you Export the main stereo file is nice and loud on the WAV file. Remember this is an Analog board.
That should also help a lot with the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). It's a crucial step when mastering for volume, resolution, and SNR. Mastering these days, for digital media, is dirt simple. 0dB peak, 16 bit, 44.1kHz, and your song is ready for a CD, or any other digital medium. You could also tweak the EQ so it sounds relatively the same across all the most common speakers, but the aforementioned technical specs are the main thing to have down before the song goes to distribution.
Cheers very helpful better then reading that manualjust done a mix down on my song don't know what i did wrong but when i played it on my laptop it is barely listenable really low don't know what i did wrong
Great video Bobby. Just wondering why the volume on my resulting wave file is so low.. And how to raise it? (IE: I just got my model 12 last week.. doing my first song)
That's seems to be one of the things about Tascam's digital systems. I use the normalization on a DP32 to bring it up, but that isn't on the Model 12. What I do is, I load the WAV file into Audacity and use it's amplify setting to push the sound up.
At 2:49, I can't see the "record" thing you are talking about. Is it obscured by the overlap screen? Can't see the "record" button you push...
Sorry, it's the one at the bottom right of the device
Is it just me or do you have a resident ghost in your house? There seems to be a shadow passing by in the background right to left then back across right around the 2:50-3:02 mark. I dunno, just sayin you may be haunted.
Yes, we have ghosts in the house. The house is over 150 years old.
Whoa
@@michaelg6043 I think I might have to do a follow up video to the original ghost video I did.
You are correct, the main tracks are the last two on each TASCAM model.
So, when you export the stereo mix either to the box or an external recorder, does this exported stereo mix keep the effects or export it raw?
It'll only keep the effects if you recorded the effects to the track.
@ makes sense, thank you.
Hi - Do u have any videos on setting up I/Os for Pro Tools? I think most all inputs/outputs need to be mono?
I've never worked with ProTools. Sorry.
@@MikeFoerster It's okay! I figured it out: You have to open the project, delete the old path and then hit default. Then choose the same I/O's. This will allow the tracks to run through the board for hybrid mixing.
Quick question. I'm totally new to digital recording. Up until now I've only recorded on analog; on tape. So my question is: when you do this, does the final mixdown reflect the levels of each track, how they're EQ 'd, how they're panned (how I have everything set on the board)?????
I've put the SD card into my PC without doing this first & it doesn't sound the same as I have them EQ'd on the mixer.
So I'm just wondering if I do this first, if it'll sound like I have it mixed & EQ'd on the board.
I also use Audacity to make the final stereo mixdown of all my analog recordings.
If you export the tracks, it won't include the eq settings because that is done during the mix down. You'll have to eq on your DAW.
@@MikeFoerster well that sucks.
I thought this was a mixdown. Guess I'll have to either continue mixing down onto my tape deck or record straight to Audacity somehow. I don't use a DAW. Audacity is the closest thing to a DAW I use. I can't afford to pay for DAWs to try out & none of the free trials or DAWs that are totally free would work at all for me when I tried them. & That makes me wary of spending a lot of money on an installation disc for a DAW. If I can't at least try even one DAW out first, then I don't know...
Oh well... I'll figure out something.
I'd have to see your setup to help more.
@@MikeFoerster yeah, & that's hard to do unless I made a video. You can't even post links on here. I've posted just parts of links before, to help someone find something, & even those comments were deleted.
But I'll figure something out eventually.
But before, the only time a computer was used during any part of the process was to burn CDs or upload to Bandcamp or something. Like I said, until I got a model 12, I was all analog.
@@MikeFoerster well, just got home a few minutes ago. Hooked up to my tape deck from the main outs (with the help of some XLR to RCA adapters) & mixed down a song onto cassette. Not exactly what I was wanting, but close.
I can probably do the same thing through Audacity because I'm trying to ditch tape altogether, at least for recording purposes.
If so, that's good enough for me.
I don't wanna use a DAW if at all possible because, like I said, never used one & would have to try at least one of them out before committing to spending the money & haven't found any free ones that actually work.
I have only one friend in the area who uses a DAW & it's our schedules rarely align to hang out with him. So if this works, I'm all set. But thanks all the same!!!
Suggestion Get your track faders high enough in the MIXED tracks so that your MAIN meter lights are just below Overload so that when you Export the main stereo file is nice and loud on the WAV file. Remember this is an Analog board.
I'll have to try that.
@@MikeFoerster Try it You will be surprised. Then look on the screen The WAV file will be full.
That should also help a lot with the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). It's a crucial step when mastering for volume, resolution, and SNR. Mastering these days, for digital media, is dirt simple. 0dB peak, 16 bit, 44.1kHz, and your song is ready for a CD, or any other digital medium. You could also tweak the EQ so it sounds relatively the same across all the most common speakers, but the aforementioned technical specs are the main thing to have down before the song goes to distribution.
Cheers very helpful better then reading that manualjust done a mix down on my song don't know what i did wrong but when i played it on my laptop it is barely listenable really low don't know what i did wrong
Did you run the normalization on it? That will bring it up to standard levels.
Ah,,,,sorry, thinking this was a DP32. Run it through audacity's amplification and that will make it louder.
Great video Bobby. Just wondering why the volume on my resulting wave file is so low.. And how to raise it? (IE: I just got my model 12 last week.. doing my first song)
That's seems to be one of the things about Tascam's digital systems. I use the normalization on a DP32 to bring it up, but that isn't on the Model 12. What I do is, I load the WAV file into Audacity and use it's amplify setting to push the sound up.