Flights Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'm toying with the idea of recording with a old tape player with a built in mic I found in my loft. Does this sound like a good idea at all? Im aiming for a lo-fi sound but is this a bit too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 City and Colour records on to a tape player in a church. It's great for acoustic stuff but I guess that would be as far as I'd take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'm toying with the idea of recording with a old tape player with a built in mic I found in my loft. Does this sound like a good idea at all? Im aiming for a lo-fi sound but is this a bit too much?Not too much at all.I know people who record music on dictaphones. And release it. An old tape player with a mic sounds hi-tech in comparison! Go for it. And let's hear the results.I fucking love lo-fi.And hi-fi.And Sempre Fi.I love all the fis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Not too much at all.I know people who record music on dictaphones. And release it. An old tape player with a mic sounds hi-tech in comparison! Go for it. And let's hear the results.I fucking love lo-fi.And hi-fi.And Sempre Fi.I love all the fis.sci-fi?8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'll gee it a bash when i get home tonight. I need to check if the tape player still works and if I have a tape to record to. man i miss tapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 sci-fi?8Fucking love sci-fi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Fucking love sci-fi.Best genre ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Fucking love sci-fi.I bet you don't like Hard-Fi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I bet you don't like Hard-Fi.The exception that proves the rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 are they still alive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 New album soon (or maybe now), I'm led to believe.Thankfully I don't work anywhere that plays Radio One and only really watch football on actual TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 who the fuck buys their albums? I'm lucky I have an iPod dock in my office. I'd go mental listening to radio one all day. Gads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'm all for lo-fi... just do it and see what happens. Fuck the musos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 My old, atrociously shambolic hardcore band recorded a few songs on tape.The old Myspace is still alive. Listen to "Limited Edition Piss Frisbee" which was recorded with a tape recorder, then converted into a wav, somehow, and then the vocals overdubbed. Then put back onto a tape and released. Doesn't sound bad considering. Still a bit bad though.It’s Broken! are ballers | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 I have turned my house upside down and found a tape to record on. It has music off the radio on it and it looks to have seen many a winter. I'll check out that song later on soda jerk, i'm at work today and the filter nazis dont approve of myspace. What kind of set up did you have for recording to tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Put recorder in the area of the room where it might sound best ---> Press record and play button together ---> say something funny --> play your lungs off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Put recorder in the area of the room where it might sound best ---> Press record and play button together ---> say something funny --> play your lungs off.Step 3 is the most important right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 i recorded a song on my mobile and stuck it online a while back. it worked out ok, the song was pish but the quality was ok. not as cool as having a physical tape though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 i recorded a song on my mobile and stuck it online a while back. it worked out ok, the song was pish but the quality was ok. not as cool as having a physical tape though.I still like the feeling of owning a physical form of music, well prefer it to this digital pish thats taking over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 You can still buy cassettes in Poundland etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palace of Swords Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Cassettes are a brilliant format. The sound quality is often surprisingly good as well. It's also interesting to note that quite a few smaller labels have started releasing music on cassette again - definitely an encouraging development! (We've had a track featured on the German cassette-only release Don't Drop It In The Dustbin Vol 2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Cassettes are a brilliant format. The sound quality is often surprisingly good as well. It's also interesting to note that quite a few smaller labels have started releasing music on cassette again - definitely an encouraging development! (We've had a track featured on the German cassette-only release Don't Drop It In The Dustbin Vol 2) I love a tape like. how did you go about getting featured on a german only cassette?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palace of Swords Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 I love a tape like. how did you go about getting featured on a german only cassette??Our debut ep received quite a lot of radio play over there, so it came from that, really.I think we're probably more popular in Germany than we are in Scotland, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 My old band recorded with an mp3 player.Times New Viking are a good example of what you can do lo-fi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Our debut ep received quite a lot of radio play over there, so it came from that, really.I think we're probably more popular in Germany than we are in Scotland, to be honest.a bit like the hoff anywhere i can have a wee listen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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