Are you using tape?

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:24 am

Zeppelin4Life wrote:well ive never met a tape user who didnt have a reason not to use digital

denial · Post by **denial** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:50 am

Track to a Studer A827, mix to Ampex ATR-102.
ProTools is for pussies (but sometimes I use it too).

gog · Post by **gog** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:03 am

... i'm always using someone elses studio to use it, but yeah, i dig tape... did my first record on a 1" 8 track, and the second on 2" 24 track.

parlormusic · Post by **parlormusic** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:40 am

Yep...1/2" for tracking to my 8 track or for mastering.

sonic documentation · Post by **sonic documentation** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:27 am

I always track on my sony apr-24 2" 24 track. If I know that the master is going to a capable mastering house, it's mixed to 1/4" tape. If not, I use a digidesign mbox (yes, protools) to CHEAPLY get a 24 bit digital master.

daniel

Audio Archaeologist · Post by **Audio Archaeologist** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:55 am

check this thread http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=25738

I would suggest that you let yourselves be known by voting in the poll listed above. It is important . Potential tape manufacturers need to know that there are users out here. If it is to be supplied by ATR services with their new tape or investors trying to bring the Quantegy plant back online or whoever. Now is the time to speakup.
Thanks

vibrationlander · Post by **vibrationlander** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:36 am

1/4" tape for my tascam 388.
dump into computer.
mix to 1/2" tape.

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:08 am

yes. and yes.

john

Knights Who Say Neve · Post by **Knights Who Say Neve** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:15 pm

Cassette, 1/4" and 1/2".

Possibly 1", if anyone answers this thread: http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=25930

bunny · Post by **bunny** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:17 pm

2", 1/2", 1/4". no computers are even ALLOWED in the studio. and i didn't respond to the other thread.

and i imagine that no accurate measure (percentage-wise or not) can be made based on who responded to the tape-user roll call. in the grand scheme of things, this is a small community of special individuals.

too many factors: who visits all the time but never posts? who visits once a month and posts once a year? who hasn't even heard of tape op? who doesn't use the internet? on and on and on...

the sales numbers are probably no big secret. anyone thinking about jumping into the tape business today would hopefully *not* rely on messageboard data.

teaboy · Post by **teaboy** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:46 pm

...A827 locked to pro-tools for additional tracks and editing...mix to A80 1/2" as long as i can still find tape...just had to buy some slightly used...scary!!!

rydberg · Post by **rydberg** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:45 pm

Track to 1" 16 track, overdubs in Pro Tools. Tape and Pro Tools across the console, print to another 24-bit Pro Tools rig. My current mastering engineer of choice doesn't have a tape machine, but he also can't do anything about it either.

...and Pro Tools is really only for the men who know how to use it.

P.

Audio Archaeologist · Post by **Audio Archaeologist** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:58 pm

Looking at the forum stats, I see that just over 400 folks have viewed this thread. From the responses, only 5% are using tape. Be sure to vote here; http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=25738
Durff

mistersalty · Post by **mistersalty** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:56 pm

My ghetto studio uses standard SVHS stock for my black ADAT and 1/4" for my 4 track and 2 track analog machines....

janusmusic · Post by **janusmusic** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:58 am

1/2" 8track...

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