Moving From DAW to R2R - How To Maximize Only 8 Tracks?

[Snarl 12/8]

Watch MacCartney 3,2,1
Listen to the White Album

I'm not even a Beatles Fan, but if you wanna see how to get the most sound out of limited analog tracks, check that shit out. You're going to need a whole new mindset.

Hint: use that Stereoizer in mix down on mono tracks. Use it when tracking in the headphones, but only record the raw signal from the mic and the settings of the verb, then reapply at mix. Not that that's how the beatles did it. Just addressing the case you brought up.

[numberthirty]

Come to think of it...

Guess it depends on what T.O.M.B. member owl is setting out to do.

Past that?

Ask Jason...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7dQXfWsYE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsRLOC50b_k

[KuruPrionz]

This was recorded on a Tascam 4 track cassette recorder:
https://metapop.com/opossum-apocalypse/ ... boy/171612

It's from the late 80's or thereabouts. There were 3 of us. We used 2 tracks to record in stereo from a 6 channel Tapco mixer.
2 guitars, bass and Drumulator. We recorded lead and backup vocals on one track and all sorts of stuff on the last track. We didn't bounce any tracks down to make space for more, we used the 4 tracks we had and called it done.

I mixed on the same Tapco with a couple of Effectron digital delays, did all the crazy as a performance during mix down.

If you are planning on recording all the parts yourself, you'll need to plan carefully. Consider recording to your DAW and only using 8 tracks to get a feel for what you are doing and to pre-conceive your record. Someone mentioned using tape to record and transferring that to your DAW, it's not a bad way to go if what you are hoping for is that "tape" sound.

In the end, you might do just as well or better by picking up a couple of premium modeled tape recorder plugins.