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Tape Recording in the Studio: A practical Guide

This is the final of the three parts in this series on recording to magnetic tape. I explain some of the differences in workflow between recording to digital and recording to tape. This is more “hands-on” than the first two installments.

The limitations of the medium affect the way you will record. That’s part of the “tape sound.”

I discuss the battle with tape noise, setting levels, routine calibration tones, punching in, bouncing tracks (which is a different concept than what many DAWs call bouncing), practical aspects of figuring out where you are in a song, variable speed recording, editing and splicing, preparing tape for mastering, manufacturing problems with the tape itself, storing tape, and retrieving music from old tapes.

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