Tag: Portastudio
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Spring 4 Track Challenge – Backing Vocals
Today’s video is about how I did the backing vocals on the 4 track. It’s always tough because you need to think ahead on how everything is going to come together… https://youtu.be/WY5ZycqblBo
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Spring 4-Track Challenge: Getting my 4-Track ready to record
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…
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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
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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…
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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
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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
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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…
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Tascam PortaStudio Recording: Cold Black Sky Breakdown
This week’s video is what I did to enhance the floor recording of Cold Black Sky. Here’s the breakdown by track: Vocals, added a slight slapback and recorded it on Track 9/10 Not used, no backing vocals on this song, dropped the fader Bass, since the bass is coming in directly, I have used the…
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Setting up the room for a floor recording
This week, I made a video of me setting up the studio to do a floor recording for the coming jam night. You can see the video: I’ve broken down the setup here as well: Track 1 & 2: Vocals – using SM58 microphones. I’ve had these Track 3: Bass – done with a DI Box. …