Home recording? I remember when...

[Beagle]

I was chatting to an old mate about recording back when we were younger.

The original version of this

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Duser-330173805%252Fthe-night%3Btrack_id%3D323253343

was recorded in 1986 on one of these



And the "Bits" in those days were, on Bass:





running



And sequenced and connected by MIDI, the drums were provided by




What fun

 

[PLX]

Started with these 4-tracks that use a casette tape.

Glad that's over.

 

[Beagle]

Started with these 4-tracks that use a casette tape.

Glad that's over.

I started with a reel to reel in the late 60s.

 

[PLX]

I started with a reel to reel in the late 60s.

Are you secretly Les Paul ?

 

[Beagle]

Are you secretly Les Paul ?

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

 

[Beagle]

Dad had one of these



And of course for the editing



Things were so simple in the olden days

 

[PLX]

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

If I ever have to record on magnetic tape again, you can just kill me now.

 

[iblive]

For comedic relief. My first recording device back in the early 70s. Go ahead. You can laugh at me. I am!!

 

[Seamus OReally]

For comedic relief. My first recording device back in the early 70s. Go ahead. You can laugh at me. I am!!

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Mine was almost identical. Later I got a Tascam 4-track reel machine around 1978/79.

 

[GrooVey]

I think we all had Teac/Tascams

 

[iblive]

I think we all had Teac/Tascams

I didn’t. But best friend had a 4 track. Teac I think.

 

[Seamus OReally]

I guess mine was branded TEAC, too. An A-3440.

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Started recording, live, with a deck that was much like the one @iblive posted above.

Multitracking…started with a Fostex X-sumthin-or-other…pretty much like this one…

…then a Tascam porta-studio…
…then an AKAI DPS-12…
…then an AKAI DPS-24…

 

[GrooVey]

What fun

That’s sounds great btw!

 

[Beagle]

I guess mine was branded TEAC, too. An A-3440.

I had one in the early 90s.

Started recording, live, with a deck that was much like the one @iblive posted above.

Multitracking…started with a Fostex X-sumthin-or-other…pretty much like this one…

…then a Tascam porta-studio…
…then an AKAI DPS-12…
…then an AKAI DPS-24…

My mate bought one of those and a 16 channel mixer.

 

[Sargeant Preston]

 

[Seamus OReally]

I had one in the early 90s

So expensive. I sold a car to buy my rig.

 

[JimiRayClapton]

My drummer buddy and I bought a Porta-One together. That was magic. 1991.

Then we went to a big music expo in Los Angeles and won an early version of Cakewalk in a raffle. He had a 386 PC - we loaded that up and it was slow a clunky. He tried to convince me that everything was headed that direction- and I just didn't get it.

Then, one day in 1998, I went to buy a Sony mini-disc recorder at GC - and the Roland rep had just arrived at the store when I was there and had about 10 just-released VS840's in his trunk. So he tells me about the huge amount of built in effects. That was all it took. Digital was a game changer. 8 tracks, loaded with effects, lossless bouncing - I was blown away.

 

[PLX]

My drummer buddy and I bought a Porta-One together. That was magic. 1991.

Then we went to a big music expo in Los Angeles and won an early version of Cakewalk in a raffle. He had a 386 PC - we loaded that up and it was slow a clunky. He tried to convince me that everything was headed that direction- and I just didn't get it.

Then, one day in 1998, I went to buy a Sony mini-disc recorder at GC - and the Roland rep had just arrived at the store when I was there and had about 10 just-released VS840's in his trunk. So he tells me about the huge amount of built in effects. That was all it took. Digital was a game changer. 8 tracks, loaded with effects, lossless bouncing - I was blown away.

Cakewalk was trash.

I remember geting like 3 tracks going, and the application would choke.

 

[ibmorjamn]

Cakewalk was trash.

I remember geting like 3 tracks going, and the application would choke.

Cakewalk, it worked enough to get by.
I got my first interface, a Roland quad-capture at Best-buy and Cakewalk was attached to it.
I can not remember what year that thing came out.