I'm really just beginning my journey as a musician, but this is definitely how I started, and how I am continuing to grow. Found a Slammer by Hamer short-scale bass guitar at Good Will for $45. I just really liked it, it called to me. Replaced the strings with tape-wounds, which cost a few bucks more than the bass. I bought a new bass to celebrate completing an online bass course. A Harley-Benton fretless violin bass, brand new was $170. Of course with a case and shipping from Germany, it ended up almost twice that, but still, not a high end instrument. BUT, it is beyond functional. Put tape-wounds on it as well, and I think this is as close as you can get to upright tones on an electric bass. Tone is just exactly what I was looking for.
I have an old C-1 I purchased at a thrift store YEARS ago for like $5, it turns on but I think the belt doesn't work, I was meaning to get it repaired and this video may have just inspired me to. Thank you!
I was able to get a library of congress C1 tape player for $20 on FB Marketplace because the guy who had it said it wouldnt play right even with the power cable. For some reason, when the battery in the machine is dead, it will not play the tape right even on a power supply. I took the battery out and it worked just fine. Also changed the belts. Similarly, i also found my tascam 424 mkii 4 track recorder. It was like $22. It wouldnt start but all it needed was a new capacitor. Changed the belts and it works perfectly. Already used it as an instrument and recorded a few songs on it. So fantastic. This guy is right, you can just get lucky. Keep trying.
i use cheap shit for neccesity too. ive been playing for 30 years and i still use budget line shit. all my keys are dual-pohonic casios ive pulled out of the trash, my favorite guitars are the ibanez GIO line and thats the cheapest ibanez they make, i pulled my hondo II d-28 clone out of the trash, glued it back together and only had to spend 6 dollars on the strings. and harley benton makes a great amp sim for 85 bucks i really like.
The more AI come into play, the more laptop producers will suffer. Which means well produced analogue music should rise again. Which means better quality music full stop.
I still mourn my Casio SK-1 that I lost ten years ago. Found it at the thrift store for like $5. Now they go for 100+ on reverb. I'll probably have to buy one. The built in mic and the way the chip samples things was just the perfect kind of instant lofi sampler that I have never been able to replicate.
It will only sound good if all the electronics are replaced and the heads have been relapped. Over time heads will wear down and you will loose audio frequency and with that you get a tape gap and if you don't get your heads relapped they will have something called "open loop" which is where you loose 1 or both channels and you have to toss the heads out because they are unfixable. I got my 2 track heads relapped because they were only pushing 16khz vs the 28khz when they were new and I only had 500 hours left in them before they became open loop. I can get 2 more relaps done on them and then they are no good. I have about 2500 hours on them in total but after 1000 hours it's best to get them fixed. Watch out for scammers with these tape decks. They will say it sounds fine in reality they aren't because of so much use.
I appreciate you talking about the non-linear aspect of analog recording. The natural one-ness that analog gives your separate tracks is so much harder to achieve in the digital realm. The amount of time spent chasing that in glue in a DAW is massive.
Thank you for drawing the public's attention to the alternative record and, as for me, the real sound. your channel is a storehouse of similar and mostly useless thematic channels. I love old-school analogue gear. I have been painstakingly assembling an analog studio for 8 years, it was very exciting..
DX27 is either given away or sold for peanuts...so glad you like it coz no one else does! From 4.00 you start to use effects and its dreamy, boy does it need em!
Yes it is! Really makes me happy when people take note of these smaller details. I take great care in finding the right songs for the right cadence and flow.
Fantastic video - and a summary of why more and more people are listening to music from 60-90s. Its necessarily because it was better tunes - but perhaps also that they were more pleasant on the ear.
Your dad looks cool! Love your work, just found it. I keep looking in my thrift store (they call them "Op Shops" here in Australia. Short for "opportunity", which is strangely optimistic most of the time, given that Australia seems to have far fewer items of music gear out there. We have "hard junk week" where the local authorities have a week where you can put any old trash out to be picked up by a truck. Have found most stuff like that. I think many people just throw stuff away here! Unfortunately they now do this on a house-by_house basis rather than the whole area, so you can't just do a tour when it's on, so I just look on my local strolls.
I'll tell him you said so! Hard junk week sounds like a prime opportunity to find some unique treasures! At least it keeps you motivated to go on walks searching for goods!
Wow, crazy amount of vintage gear. I once had a Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard. Along with other Casio keyboards like the MT-210 and PT-80. You could get some really interesting tones with the SK-1. Especially running it through a stereo mixer and reverb delay.
Hi! Love your channel! Do you need to have a "record"-button on the tape maschine to be able to sample it into logic, or can one just playback "through" the tape and get the sound?
yeah? I'm not surprised. I know goodwill has a loophole to hire adults with disabilities and pay them below minimum wage when applicable. Sad tactics to become rich, quite deplorable.
