Tag: recording
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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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…
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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…