2" analog tape recording session demonstration 

Great to revisit something I've done thousands and thousands of times. It was a very satisfying process, very tactile as well as aural. Of course first thing was alignment of the multitrack machine - that could take a half hour by itself. If you had Dolby or DBX units figure another half hour.

Turning the computer off was a nice touch.

as an old tape op - this video brought me a lot of peace.

So happy I lived this era at the age of 20 operating these machines what a sound.

It was much less convenient but so more real. Love it.

One of the big things I was taught in Recording Technics school back in the 80's was always store tape tails out.

Real to reel . Cant be matched.

I love analog. Digital is good for cheap, DIY, mastering, since it all goes digital in the end these days...but, I love analog. Still record on tape, never left it.

THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you for taking care of these works of art.

Ah the good old days! I'm happy we have daws now though :)

This was fun to watch! I love tape.

Jesus, how I hate this process back in the days, and how I missing it now😂😂😂😂

Probably my biggest life regret is not moving Heaven and Earth to find a way to serve an engineering apprenticeship! I was 15/16 years old, living out in the Midlands sticks, I'd called round a few local, very minor studios and basically I was told that I'd have to get to London and go "knock on doors". And that was it, I had no means and neither did my family so I just let the dream die! I got to do some pretty basic 8 track recording/mixing with a band I was in a few years later which was great but only made that "what if" question all the bigger! Damn shame, gave up far too easily!

Nice sound for 4 mics. And I've been using like 10 all along...fml. HAHAHA. Actually, I just got 2 MTR90II machines that used to belong to producer Mike Chapman - using one and the other is for parts. Tracking and overdubbing to tape then mixing ITB. It's a nice hybrid scheme that's been working great so far.

Now get our your MRL reference tape and align that thing!

Very cool! I run a Stephens 821b 24 track and a modded Soundcraft 2400. I shut down my digital rig once I couldn’t buy new PATA hard drives for it, it was oddly satisfying as well.

There's a reason why the best music ever created was on tape. Real instruments, Realtime Talent, Real Vocals ! NO NLE / DAW virtual crap and quantization correction. And NO autotune !!!

What a beaturiful machine!

Shutting down protools - brilliant!

Well, as someone who looks after MTR-90s, if you want to break the buttons (made of plastic that is now heading on 40+ years old and has the labels etched onto them so they are not easy replacemented), go right ahead and hammer them like that! Me? I'd like an MTR 90 in one piece!

Excellent video. I always loved those UA 2-1176s..

thank you! This was a nice trip to the past

Used to own two of them, 16 and 24 track great machines

Tradition must prevail alongside innovation. Innovation has no right to overshadow tradition.

Thanks man took me back i miss recording to tape

Love it this is music art

Awesome Video.. This was so satisfying lol

Superb video! I just got my first MTR-90 last week, and can't wait to put it to use! Beautiful studio too btw!

Wow! You sure hit those buttons hard! Yikes! Never would I ever do that to the 24 track machine I have!

never a pluging can sound like that I love analog

The funny thing is that the cables used by the recording studio are not $1000 cables each, but very basic professional cables.

No SMPTE track? Love the old 2” tapes.

ASMR chills

Probably never gonna do this myself but pretty interesting to watch

I lol'd at the computer shutdown :) great vid

Nice film

Glad to have jetisonned our tape gear years ago. We record to CD.

Analog tape recording obsession :D

Todavia se consigue cinta nueva..???

Very cool! What's the make and model of the overhead drum mike??

Is it necessary to calibrate the record bias for the tape or is a standard setting used? Thanks.

Tell me one person that from the initial beats of that drum were not thinking of the song "I got my mind set on you" Travelling Willburys right?

Is it possible to overwrite the same tape strip, if yes up to how many times?

So happy that in these times I don't have tape anymore. Hail daws! Hail digital arrange cutting!

Can this recorder be connected to contemporary DAW

This guy is a monster on drums!

Man that’s a lot of work….

You forgot to adjust the bias for the tape.

I'd dave grohl came over, do you think it would be akward?

You don't record test tones to the tape?

I am a producer, engineer, technician, drummer, and youtuber

That's why a studio session is so expensive. This material is so appealing (yes) but its usage is like driving a car without a gearbox. Each time you want to change speed you must adjust manually each sprocket correctly. That needs expertise but a lot of time too.

Mixer Neve?

Thicc tape.

Turning off the computer when recording is such a great feeling.

This amazing and amazed, but for all those records companies is too much work, mixes tapes amps etc too much just for the result a simple 16 bit 44khz crap Cd sound. Or even worse spottyfy stream mp3, when just can save time and $$... grab a boombox insert a blank cassette Sony 60 minutes normal bias and press play and record at the same time and Voila very simply 😂😂😂 🎉🎉🎉 it's a joke,😅

Thumbs down for the HorseFace tapestry. Everything else was thumps up!

[hugs $400 Zoom L-8 eight track mixer / digital recorder] "I'm sure glad I've got you, good buddy. Musicians need every friend they can get." ... "Yeah, I agree, El-Aet. This place is weird and stuffy. Let's GTFO of here."

Why do you guys always stick the kick mic right at the BD port hole? It sounds awful...kick sound just goes plop, plop, plop... no body,,resonance or character of the drum itself. The attack of the kick is also completely washed out. Drives me crazy when people think this actually sounds good.

Something seriously wrong with you guys who make these videos on old school multitrack recording tech and don't utter a word. Unwatchable. Don't like 'em.

It doesn't matter if in the end you suck as a musician