Recording with a Type 1 Cassette | Behind the Scenes with Josh Turner 

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This is so in line with my process lately. I recently have been recording things at a lower speed to make it more lofi then bouncing the mix back onto a type 2 on a different machine at the higher speed and keeping the magic going elsewhere. Tons of little weird things you can do to change sound with these machines. Cant wait to try a lower speed and a type 1 for my next drum sound then up convert during bouncing process

exactly the same TASCAM I used in the '80s!! But only 4 tracks!!! wow, what a big emotion!

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This channel is an absolute gem. I'm thinking about introducing some "analogue inefficiency" to my music creation process (I'm old enough to feel nostalgia for cassette tapes) but for some reason 4-track and 8-track recorders are near impossible to find in my country. However, there are plenty of tape decks on the used market, many of them with line inputs. Now, this will definitely be a lot more tedious than using a 4-track, but I'm thinking about either 1) Recording my parts (drum machine/guitar/synth) to tape deck and then feeding them back to the DAW before the final mix/master. 2) Feeding the mix to tape and back to DAW before master. I'll probably go with the first approach, because while less efficient (fortunately, I don't create 50+ track monster arrangements, but I'll still have to run like 4-12 tracks through tape for each song) it gives me more leeway in the mixing stage (which I'm less confident about). Any thoughts about using a comparatively "inefficient" tape deck instead of the Porta Two for hybrid DAW/Tape setup? Perhaps there's a video idea in it :) ? I know that in the US, home recording was pretty big in the 80s and 90s, so there are still plenty of 4-tracks lying around, but in some countries, that's not the case. Plus, a tape deck has a lower barrier to entry (I'd imagine even in the US 4-tracks are starting to get more expensive as people start to value them again), so picking one up for cheap and showing how it could be used in a music production process, could be a cool idea. In any case, thanks for cool videos and keep on rocking!

Brilliant! The way your rhythm section on normal tape sounds creates such fantastic space in the mix for those guitars and reverbs! It reminds me of a video I saw once of Noah "40" Shebib, Drake's primary producer for years. He said that he recorded most of the rhytm and backing parts in his productions using a lower sample rate to create space in the mix for Drake's voice. Really effective technique and pulling it off on a portastudio is really clever.

Great sounding track. Thanks for sharing the process. It's amazing how much the tape you use sounds different

This is the best video you have ever made!

Started to pick up type 1s on a whim and want to thank you for sharing this.

I have been recommending this for years. Type 1 are not terrible as you know/found out... i love using type 1 for texture and distortion as well as creating tape loops. Then can sample those and add them to a better type tape later to get some even more lofi vibes centered around the higher fidelity type ii or iv. I like using drums and lush synths on the type 1’s and bass and low end or Ill add drum overdubs to the type ii to get better highs. Fun stuff! Great video as always! Cheers

This video brings back good memories. All my early 1980's songwriting was on Tascam Cassette recorders. So happy to see you utilizing yours so beautifully. I never liked the cassette 2 tapes. Heavy and bright. My cassette 1 recording were always sounding lo-fi and more true to what I heard when I pressed record.

Great to learn things about recording whilst listening to such a great track. Love it!

This is so hip man! Amazing to see all that went into it.

There's more useful info in this video than in my whole sound engineering degree

So fun!

I always dreamed of having a 4-track when I started music, then digital started coming in before I could afford it. I live vicariously thru this video

The vibes are immaculate on this one!

Lovely video, as always. But I just wanted to let you know, that on the Roland Jazz Chorus, one of the speakers is the dry sound, and the other speaker is the chorused sound. You get the over all effect by hearing both speakers. So if you're only mic'ing one speaker, then you'll either get just the clean sound, or just the wavy chorused sound. You won't capture the whole chorus efffect unless you mic both speakers, or at least pick up both of them by having one mic between them both (at whatever distance works). I don't know if it's the same on the model of Jazz Chorus amp that you're using, but it was certainly that way on the old JC120 that I had in the 90s. OK, continue. :)

Really liked the breakdown on this.Cool sounds

Wow, thank you for shareing this Journey of producing a song!!!

I recently went back to archive some Portastudio stuff I recorded in the 90's, and was shocked to see I was using mostly type 1's! And not for effect. As kids, we just used whatever we had. And it sounded surprisingly decent, all things considered.

Awesome track and enjoyed seeing your recording process! Nice use of type 1’s to get a mellower sound of the rhythm section too.

Epic recording and great song too,

Bro is that a white labcoat? That's badass! ✌️❤️

I wish we could adjust portastudio bias easily. But always fun to rock these UR’s 🤘🏻. Great video as always!

Cool! I don’t know why I thought type 1 would like destroy my 424 but good to know that it could be used in a pinch or for creative purposes. Thanks for sharing!

Great video, as always! I was just wondering: does it make sense to record on a Type I cassette first because of it's better bass end; etc, to then send it back from the DAW onto an Type II cassette. Wouldn't it still lose all it's bass end as well then? Cheers

Bing watching all your great content! Thanks for posting. I have a Portastudio that needs repair; do you have a guy?, Peace, Sal

The new type 2 is garbage but I can't even get it in the UK. But I am using type 1 for various voice stuff. Lots of fun. I loved the music on this and your enthusiasm for using tape and analog is great

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Would you be open to making a video or reply here on bouncing individual tracks from the tape into a DAW and the timing issue that comes with that because of tape stretch? I've been using the Warp function in Ableton to drag and align things as each track from tape gets off time from each other as they're being recored into Ableton. My brother mentioned it may be more of a latency issue but everything I've read online seems to agree with the fact that tape stretches little by little with each playback so when you're putting it into the DAW you'll run into timing issues I ask/say all that because I'm trying to avoid the ping-pong method so that I can have each track completely individual. Thinking I may just need to record digital and then run through tape at the very end of things edit: for note i'm just running straight from Tascam MKIII into Audient ID4 interface into Abelton

How many tracks in your four track recorder? I'm joking.