Experimenting with some Lo-fi jazz guitar recording. 1940 Gibson L7 with DeArmond FHC into ‘74 Silverface Fender Champ. Recording using a ribbon mic on the body and an SM57 on the amp. Song: “It’s Been a Long, Long Time”
It was a cold morning. Warm cup of coffee in your hands. You found a $20 bill on the floor. You are thinking of how proud you are of yourself and how far you've come along and everything you've been through. You smile and say "Life is good". Thank you for the tones Mr. Dunn.
A year later: you inspired me to dig my Porta 02 out of the closet and play around with it. I don’t play the same kind of stuff as you, but I still can get a good sound on tape. I used a really old crappy mike and I like the sound it lays down.
once you record your music from the tape recorder, and you finalize it, are you able to immediately plop it into a cassette player and listen to it? or does it require some sort of third party recording device?
@@royalblue2229 there’s usually an RCA output on most machines that you can connect to an input on a DAW or digital recorder. Really simple, you just might have do a little live mixing while bouncing down.
@@jtdun44 great, thanks! I listen to the flaming lips, neutral milk hotel, Superdrag, and a lot of artists that I’m now realizing get their guitar sounds by pushing the levels on a 4 track tape machine to distortion. Also it just seems like a fun way to get into recording stuff.
Would you recommend this particular tape recorder in order to get a lofi jazz sound ideal for lofi hip hop? Or do you think any tape recorder would work? Lemme know if you have any tips as I am after the lofi sound for my guitars to turn into lofi beats. Thanks
Have you used plugins like XLN RC-20 Retro Color, Goodhertz Wow Control, or a more subtle one like Softube Tape? Those would offer much more control over the characteristics.
@@ericfricke4512 Yes... I find the Retro Color sounds very hi-fi to my ears. Goodhertz I've played around with a little. Have not tried Softtube. In the end, I find these plugins still do not get me what I want, but I realized what I want is an authentic analog sound, and the emulations sounds fake to my ear. I ended up getting this tape recorder and it works well. I was thinking of getting an old SP 202 or 404 as they are great for getting a lofi sound in. a digital environment
