Lauren Passarelli ~ Hybrid Mixing ~ Audient 4816 

When you're in between, and can't decide which, have both!

Some days when I'm not needing the computer I can be on the no screen side the whole time just playing with the Tascam MS-16 one inch tape machine. I've written Tascam to have them start building tape machines again because have a lot of students interested in them and they are cool to look at and to enjoy real tape compression/tone/sound but their reply was it's too expensive. ☹ @tascam

@@LaurenPassarelli I use a Tascam atr-60-16! It’s an absolute beast of a machine, and stable too! It’s really hard to get people to really appreciate how the process of making music on tape can be immensely gratifying. For me, the sound is just part of why I love it!

@@stevedoesnt Fantastic, Steve! How fun. I almost got one that big and another was 2 inch 24 tk that big. But geez it's like having a washing machine in my space and I wasn't sure how much was going to use it. So this racked 16 tk was a good fit. Now to use it more! I made many albums on my Tascam 38 half inch 8 tk and this sounds and looks like it so it was a fun reunion to get this. I don't like tedius editing of any kind. I'd rather play something or sing it again. I like capturing performances. I forgot about the time rewinding! Fun stuff. It rocks to be musicians!

What do you love about the 4816?

Indeed! The creative freedom is awwwwwesome! We’re sound painters. Let’s paint. 😎laurenpassarelli.com/because-its-fun-and-what-we-do/

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I'll make some more videos. WHat would you like to see/hear about?

You will looooove ‘em. Real distressors are amazing.

Did you get the distressors? What do you think? I really get a kick out of them.

That’s wonderful! Enjoy!!

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Come back for more inspiration.

@@LaurenPassarelli i HAVE AN OLD YAMAHA PM3000C in my living room running into a Alesis Adat HD 24 Which I send out to my Daw ( Harrison Mixbus )I use the Yamaha for Mic in , and I go Direct out to the HD24 IN RECORD MODE. i LEAVE THERE AND GO TO Mix bus Its soupy ................

@@patrickmusolino8673 Oh the 3000's are so cool. And I was curious about the HD24s years ago, still am. That's an awesome setup. I see people are still selling them on ebay... Did you ever use another DAW or always Harrison mixbuss? I'd love a whole Harrison setup. Fascinating. Do you mix in surround or Dolby Atmos? What do you save those mixes to? I had an Acura with the ELS system in it and I was trying to save my surround mixes on a format I could play in my car. Non existent back then. I love the idea of no screen yet we can do so much in the box I've gotten used to the flexibility.

@@LaurenPassarelli Yeah good luck with the car idea back then, I only Mix stereo and save to the same thing as u I would imagine Wave or flac Mp3 to share ideas Harrison Mix bus is quite a natural thing for me , I started Mixing live . This is the closest to a tactile environment once you add the controller or 2

Indeed!

@@LaurenPassarelli Loved your video Girl power.

@@darrenhirst9900 We're all in this together. Musician power.

@@LaurenPassarelli Right on xD

I’m just putting together an updated tour through video, how it was an unfinished basement and i had the studs and insulation removed to put in the owens corning basement finishing system which is aluminum studs and insulation walls, and a dri core sub floor and then bamboo floor. So far i’ve used my Tegeler Channels and Audient to get to tape or Logic. I’ve had fun with all the outboard gear either on the sub busses of the Audient or printing the I/O to Logic.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fwOWQtxuWR0.htmlsi=rgujXCMJF5N_BE6q This is a start. I'll do one talking about the gear etc. What interests you most about this set up?

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9-e2vmqzcw0.html here's some details

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Hi Josh, I'm printing my stereo mix to the original session. But you could do anything.

'Elloooooo! I had a 1/2 inch 8 track Tascam 38 I bought new, for years and never had a problem with it. Before that I had a Teac 2340 1/4 inch 4 track. My thoughts have been folks had trouble with maintenance on the 2 inch tape machines probably because they were always in constant use and needed round the clock techs for all the sessions. You can play back line signals from tape through a mixer to your interface connected to Logic. If you're used to Logic you may find rewinding the tape and waiting and adding tracks to be a bit slower than in the box but it's fun. I missed my 1/2 inch and was considering a 2 inch 24 track but it's the size of a washing machine! So I loved that I found this one and it was rack-able, not in a big housing size washing machine casing. The limitations would be cutting and pasting: on tape you need to replay the part or re-sing it. The cost of tape is crazy but ATR magnetics still sells tape. I record a part or a whole song and then tape over it once I dump the tracks to Logic reusing the tape. I have even played back a project in Logic and rolled tape and recorded new parts to tape and then played them into Logic and lined up the new tracks. I really notice the saturation on drums. The louder spikier transients really soften nicely from tape. But really it's for the fun of playing with the machine. The sound vs a warm tube piece of gear or good plugin is subtle. I can't tell the difference. My release, Night Vision had one of the songs basic tracks recorded to 2 inch tape. You can't tell which song. The mixes are all similar in quality. I guess this is the best example of, "it's about the journey not the getting there". When I was a kid dreaming of a studio they all had consoles and tape machines. I love digital and all of it's flexibilities. And I love buttons, knobs and switches. I do hear a huge difference using nice out board gear vs plugins. I have run test tones and the machine is calibrated. The person who sold it to me through reverb.com had it serviced before he shipped it to me and calibrated. It's very heavy and looks like it would need to come out of the rack to be calibrated and I can guarantee I will not be doing that. I can't budge the thing. You can't get this wrong. I say satisfy your curiosity then like any other piece of gear you get tired of, sell or trade it. You won't get stuck with anything. The fun and desire is what it's all about. Some pix of the 38 and 2340 here: laurenpassarelli.com/night-vision-the-questions-the-interview/

Thanks, Lauren. That’s all great information. It’s really got me thinking. I’m the same as you: when I was a kid, I dreamt of a studio with a desk and tape machine, etc. It’s funny: even if there are great digital emulations of pieces of gear, I have this weird thing where, if I know it’s an emulation-especially of a piece of gear I’ve never owned (I had this with the Townsend Labs mic thing that supposedly emulates all these great mics)I start getting down on it. I’ll be asking myself: is this really like the real thing? Ha. I know I shouldn’t care if they sound identical, but…it’s purely psychological. I just lose heart when playing an amp emulation vs. a real amp. Or playing electric drums wired into Superior Drummer or something. I don’t care how great they sound. They don’t feel “real” to me at all. I know I should be able to move past all that, but I never can, so instead of trying to change myself anymore, I’ve given in and decided it must be because that’s how I started playing when I was a kid. I got my first Roland Jupiter 8 synth back when I was 17 or so, and I was hooked. Anyway. Thank you very much again for your very helpful reply. I will continue to follow you with interest. :)

Also, the audio is not in sync with the footage/meters. But I’m sure you’re right.

Give us your Distressor tips?

@@LaurenPassarelli Looks like you’re hitting it too hard. And attack and release were not set correctly , It’s a very unique tool. Start with 4 to 1 and try some differentl material through it. Drums vocals bass. All need different settings.

Depending upon what's being sent where tracks will be effected by what I change ITB, a whole lotta tweaking going on. BUT, it depends on the routing. Same as ITB not everything is routed to the same buss. On the console only certain tracks are assigned to each sub group fader. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QUyHxKRnjF0.html Quite a lot of unnecessary possible choices. But total fun. I can tweak anything anywhere ITB, on the console, as I'm recording on the way into the box, onto tape, then into the box, whatever I choose.