Recording on a 1970's Tape Machine (Patreon)

Recording on a 1970's Tape Machine

Let's party like it's 1976! Magnetic tape started being used for sound recording in 1930 and was the dominant way audio was recorded for the majority of recording history. In this video we're exploring what the process was like in the 1970's with this 2 inch, 16 track, reel to reel tape machine previously owned by country music star Merle Haggard. This is the first time I've every recorded to tape. Outside of some small cassette recorders I had as a kid. Outside of that and the wax cylinder video we shot earlier this year, I've only ever recorded with a digital system. Going into a studio to track on this machine really puts into perspective how much more prepared musicians had to be at the time. There's very little editing if any that can be done to your performance and each take eats up precious time and real estate on the medium. See videos early, with commentary & other perks when you super-subscribe on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/RobScallon Featuring Mr. Wibblespoon: ??? Engineered and Mixed Rob Ruccia: http://www.uptownrecording.com/ Video edit by Jake Jarvi: https://www.youtube.com/pineappleboyfilms/ The bass I'm using is Davie504's signature bass with Chowny. http://chownybass.com/ This video was made possible because of Patreon support from Isaac Briefer, Caelum Lefevers, Christopher Bohinsky, Andrew Johnston, Michael Barry, Hannah Rish, Rob Harper, Thomas Petiprin, Erik Ritter, Diego Perez, Thomas Manegold, Thomas Akin, Quentin Lecourt, Donato Sinicco III, Christopher-Luke Miles, George Marshal, Dirk Wouters, Jaz Maglana, Blayd Malburne, Cody Melcher, Caleb Chalfin, Nicolette Kawata, Quintin Waldner, Hypergnome, Traversing Tyrlengadd, Rahul Parsani, & many other awesome people on my Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/RobScallon Thank you so much! Music videos go on the main. Everything and anything else is posted on my 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/RobScallon2 Also... Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/rob-scallon Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/RSfanpage Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/twitter78 Instagram: http://instagram.com/robscallon/ Tumblr: https://RobScallon.tumblr.com