Since I started recording on my 4-Track back in 1993, I’ve always followed a strict way to record to keep the sound as fresh and clear as possible. 1. I demagnetize the heads. My father bought a demagnetizer in the mid-80s and since he stopped using it at this point, I started using it whenever… Continue reading Spring 4-Track Challenge: Getting my 4-Track ready to record
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A deeper understanding of using effects on various systems.
I’ve been reading a lot of questions about using effects on different systems and decided I wanted to help out where I could. I made the following video showing how to set up effects on various devices from amplifiers and mixers to using them while recording. — Mike
Spring 4 Track Challenge, working on the drums (vlog)
This week I was working on the drums for my song. I’m not the greatest drummer, I have been taking lessons for 2 years, but I really haven’t applied them to anything except what I’ve been working on so my scope is limited at the moment. Trying to work on getting that better! –> Mike
Spring 4-track Challenge: Working on my scratch track Vlog
As you know, I’m part of a 4-track recording challenge, write a song and record it with your 4-track. I’m currently working on the scratch track and I wanted to shared my progress with you all: –> Mike
I wrote a YouTube intro!
I wrote a YouTube intro for a friend’s channel… Here’s how I did it: Here’s his site: Larry The Butcher
Recording from a 4 track to a Digital Portastudio and Spring 4 track Challenge
We have two things on the bill for this week’s post! First off, I show you how to move your recording from a 4-track to your digital Portastudio. It isn’t hard to do, but if you want to keep a digital copy of your work, it is a good idea to do this. Secondly, starting… Continue reading Recording from a 4 track to a Digital Portastudio and Spring 4 track Challenge
What I do when starting a new song on my Tascam PortaStudio
Today’s video is what I do when I start a new song to make sure everything is ready to go when I start recording. –> Mike Foerster
World Through My Eyes Breakdown on the Tascam Portastudio
Today’s video is looking at the floor recording of “The World Through My Eyes”. Here’s the original video for reference: Thanks again –> Mike
Vocal harmony without Auto-tune
This one I’ve wanted to do for a while, I don’t recall seeing any other videos on it but is quite easy to do and I would rather people try to use their own talent instead of relying on a machine to make it happen. Here’s the video, hope you enjoy it! Here’s the video… Continue reading Vocal harmony without Auto-tune
Let’s talk effects on the Tascam Digital Portastudio 24/32
Let’s Talk effects! I’ve decided to push back what I was going to put as this week’s video so I could answer some questions that I’ve seen on the one Facebook group. Using effects I’ve used two of the methods that I am going to discuss and one was a theory I have had and… Continue reading Let’s talk effects on the Tascam Digital Portastudio 24/32