Geesh, I can't believe I watched this with interest....in fact my excitement grew and grew as the process neared completion. I literally loaded Studer 2"'s for 29 years, 5 to 6 days a week, probably averaging at least 5 reel changes each day!! ....and yet I still watched this with excitement.....OMG, I've got to get a life!! ......still, that's one awesome machine! Hah, I can't believe it!! David Hayes Slagter
Funny, David. Yeah, I've done this same thing so many hundreds (thousands?) of times - though not nearly as much these days as I (we) used to. I figured there are lots of folks who haven't even seen a big ol' tape machine and thought I'd shoot a little video and post it. iPhone was handy and there you go.
That’s a sweet machine. I use a Stephens 821b two inch, I love the smell of the tape, and there’s something satisfying about the whole process. I’m always impressed at how smooth a Studer is with tape handling, I think the Stephens is similar, unless it gets the dreaded tape hop when the guides wear down too much. I also have a two track 440c for mixdown and to do cut-and-paste edits to and from the 24 track using a Lynx Timeline setup. It yanks the tape around a bit more.
Sir you should be proud and consider yourself lucky to be able to feel those emotions and having experienced with it in the real life. That's what I call a real PASSION
ahh yes did this many many times at Electric Lady Studios in New york -- Studio B there was a Studer A800 MKIII just to the left as the master - lynks timeline to sync them and SSL G series to control them - also a sony 3348 on occasion
would be funny to time travel with a MacBook.. say "here ill trade this to you for this tape machine" and they'd be like WHAT!! this is magic. and you'd say "thanks for the trade.. 1.21 gigawatts later youre set
Dear Ripley. My name is David McKenna and I am in the process of writing a book on how to use Plug-Ins. A big part of that is discussing the history of the effects that we use today. The Studer A800 is part of that history and I would very much like to use an image of your machine from this video with your permission and attribution. I found a frame in this video that does not show you at all around 1:52 if that is okay by you. All the Best, D
@@Vladislaw81 Also in my studio, yes, actually I only run tape and people come in knowing what they’re getting. The bands I’ve worked with like the workflow. It’s not for everyone and the band needs to be well rehearsed.
