The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #144903 Message #3352053
Posted By: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
17-May-12 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Home Recording
Subject: RE: Tech: Home Recording
I started off when I was about 15 with my dad's valve mono Ferrograph 5
which he got cheap 2nd hand back in the early 70's.
Building up multitrack recordings with Dad's brand new hi tech portable stereo cassette recorder;
bouncing back via his huge enclosure Goodmans Hi Fi speakers and a 3 quid table top microphone
placed in the middle between them.
Record one Drum & Bass take on the Ferro.
Then play it back through the speakers
with the mic now plugged into the cassette recorder
similtaneously recording live guitars and vocals over the drum & bass backing.
Next playback the cassette through the speakers with the mic swapped back plugged into the Ferro
for lead guitar and backing vocals...
and so on, switching the mic back and forth between the 2 recorders
until me and my mates had recorded our best attempt
at a very muffled and distorted sounding approximation of T. Rex or Eddie Cochran tracks.
The neighbours must have loved the racket we made on Saturday afternoons
with a full drum kit and 100 watt guitar amps in the front room of my family's terraced council house.
Now nearly 40 years later I've manage to persuade the mrs to let me get a discounted end of line new high spec Laptop,
and Zoom R8 Recorder on our badly abused credit card..
..and my eyes are firmly set on this next..
ROLAND QUAD-CAPTURE: USB 2.0 Audio Interface
http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=1166
to set me up with a seriously high quality budget priced versatile portable recording set up.