Hey, looks like one o these desk is coming my way for free soon! Do you know are the Direct Outs pre or post fader? I plan to use it run into my DAW through interface.
The direct outs are post main fader. They are also TS connections due to the age of the console so you may encounter ground loop interference when using it with a digital interface. It hasn't been an issue for us as we're using tape machines.
Nice M3700, never used one as I used to use an Amek and a TAC scorpion many years ago. Just wondering, what monitors are you using? Many small studios lack the investment in good studio monitors which is vital. Again many years ago it was the JBL 4435's or 4412's which where the choice of many professional studios.
We actually have a selection of monitors for engineers to choose ranging from Yamaha's to Mackie's. My personal preference ironically are probably the cheapest and the ones you'll see in most videos. They're a pair of Alesis M1 mk2's. Someone gave me some to repair and after I tried them I had to get my own for the studio. I believe they were discontinued in the 90's so they weren't easy to find. Every now and then you'll see some pop up on eBay, but nobody ever asks much for them despite the good specs. I simply find that I am able to mix best with these.
I love this!! I play live solo,and I can't use click tracks, I just have a hi hat counting me in, than I play with my prerecorded bass and electric drums 🎉
Hello! Would it be possible to do a setup video, and also, could you please tell me what tape recorder model is that? if it's not too troublesome to do :)
This is a great channel and awesome content. Wish there was more. I’m currently going through all your vids and it’s some of the best I’ve seen for those who want to stay in analogue as much as possible. Awesome job!!
Thanks, we're looking forward to creating a lot more content. We've just been working on a music industry project which has demanded our time this year but we'll be back at the videos soon
Correct. With a multi-track machine you can record each individual track so you don't have to record the whole band at once. You can simply arm the tracks you want to record on, just like in a digital audio workstation.
You can also record the full band at once if you so choose but you need to know your recording environment very well and thus how to mic and position everything to deal with bleed.
I think the absolute best way is to give the metronome only to the drummer, and also give him the controls! The drummer should decide when to turn it on/off or change the tempo. But only he can hear the click, no one else. Everyone else in the band listen to the drummer and to each other. And it depends on the context of the song if a tighter or a looser feel is better. Sometimes a synth must be perfectly synced to a tempo with the drummer. But I don't hate the so called robotic sound either, there a hundreds of drum machine songs that I still love to this day. :)
I don't know if you talked about the main power to your studio. All of your equipment should be connected to the same circuit if possible or the same grounding point.
shuguang 12ax7b's will give you the most gain. touching preamp tubes isn't an issue. power tubes is what "they say" you shouldn't handle but i never had an issue in decades from touching my tubes
Thank you so much for this amazing walkthrough of Analog Mixing, as a digital producer I learnt so much by just watching. One day I would love to record on Analog, it's one of my biggest dreams.
All I can think of is the decades of great music that happened without the click. I'm just a grumpy old drummer who hates playing to the click outside of practice. As you say, as long as the band is together, no one audibly hears those shifts in time. But so much mood can be created by being able to let the singer or soloist run at the leash for a rousing moment before reeling them back in for a quieter verse or outro. But I get it. Polish and perfection is what younger listeners have come to expect. Music evolves. I still think bands would benefit from spending more time playing together without the click to build proper cohesiveness the old fashioned way.
Exactly yeah! The arrows indicate where the faders would be at any given point of the track. You can also take snapshots and store them on floppy disc.
@@guerrillastudiosmanchester oh you don´t have to tell me that, I have Quite a few analog compressors and pre amps here. I usually write the settings down in the notes section for the track in my daw!
What about recording the whole band together but with a click track? And you can use a click but not quantize anything and still play ahead of or behind the beat, etc. Lots of dimensions here.
Good question. The problem is that instead of listening to each other, they're focused on the click. Each band member has a tendency to move in and out of time with the click ever so slightly, but they each do it at different times. So you end up having no choice but to quantize everything anyway. Also with the focus on the click the performance tends to lose its dynamics as the band plays metronomically rather than ebbing and flowing with song.
Please im new at this so when you store it tails out and I want to play it after so many months do I just reverse what you did to play the tape sir? Sorry like I said im new doing this.
Essentially we are just storing the tape on a take-up reel instead of backing it up onto a supply reel. To mount a reel stored tails out simply mount it on the take-up side of the machine and back it up onto a supply reel. It will then play forwards. The reason for using an extra reel is so we are able to use the reel that the tape came from as the take-up reel.
I had a 2009 Traditional that was brown or Desert burst aka Tobacco Burst as it was back in the day with the "Oxblood" solid color on the back. That cheapened the guitar for me as any of the red burst Trads had clear stained finishes on the back. Don't know why as the few Standards you see that were brown had a proper brown clear stained back. Yours is a weird color as there is a hint of red between the brown and amber colors. Maybe thats what they call it Desert Burst even though most have no red at all, just amber fading to brown. Yousr is weird but nice and rare so hang onto it. Btw, a Honey Burst is just straight yellow with little or no fade, no red or brown, maybe a slight hint of orange on the edges maybe. I would call yours Bourbonburst due to the hint of red.
The joy of playing and watching is the holding on together. With any backing, it's training wheels, and people hold on to that instead of each other. A bit like tracing instead of drawing
Ich arbeite mit Tascam M3500 24 Channel und Tascam MSR 24s. Effekte alles Hardware. Vielen Dank für die tollen Videos! I work with Tascam M3500 24 Channel and Tascam MSR 24s. Effects all hardware. Thank you for the great videos!
bonjour je possède la M3700 avec les cartes optionnelles de symétrie mais dans mon demangement je ne retrouve plus le cable d'alimentation supply et je ne n'arrive pas à trouver un cable de remplacement si vous avez un lien à me donnez pour cela se serai super merci
I too love micing the cab from a bit of distance....it's all about having a little "air" and interaction between the speakers and the cabinet itself to get more realism. I'm not really aiming for "in the room" sounds, but something that presents as more synergistic, as opposed to hearing a disembodied speaker. Obviously, there's no wrong way and if it sounds good to you, it is good! But my way has always been to get the cabinet involved in my recorded tone.
You have a point there, but the problem is it's 2023. Most of the live bands use the click to sync other aspects of the live show. Lights, Patch changes, Backing tracks are essential part of live shows these days and the click will make sure that lights will trigger properly at the proper time, guitars will get distorted at the chorus etc. etc. Playing to a click is like taming a dragon, it's gonna get messy if you you're patient with it and did not spend time with it, but when you finally tame the beast, you'll open up a whole new world of options especially now that recording music can be done by a single person in their home studio.
As a service centre for various makes, I can vouch for Tascam. The Fostex B16s I worked on suffered with crosstalk. I ended up with a Tascam TSR-8 myself when I left the UK for Brazil.
Which 12ax7s did you use? Nothing to do with tubes but As a long time JMP-1 owner I’d advise owners to keep note of there presets incase of the battery going flat . if anybody dose not know this, the battery sole purpose is to keep those presets stored .
This is brilliant! Such a great demo and illustration of analog recording and production. I have a Tascam M1516 console and a TSR-8. Love recording with it, and it doesn't have the issues of a DAW, like lock up or firmware updates.. it just works! 😉👍
