Analog bounce

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Member Since: Dec 23, 2003

I have a Tascam 38, 8-track recorder. I recently just added noise reduction to the system. I always avoided bouncing without the noise reduction to minimize hiss. Now that I have the noise reduction I feel a little more comfortable with the idea of bouncing. Would it be better to record 6 tracks and bounce onto the open 2.... or record all 8, and bounce it to a CD recorder and then back to tape.

Thanks

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Since: Jul 02, 2003


Dec 23, 2003 09:23 pm

Back when I used an 8 track I never bounced any more tracks than I absolutely had too, once done the mix is locked for good. It's also a good idea not to bounce tracks to 2 adjacent tracks, to prevent bleed thru.

Dan

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Since: Apr 07, 2002


Dec 24, 2003 04:57 am

I wouldn't know... never did any bouncing, when I used a four track I just recorded my guitar, the bass, and my vox.

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Since: Apr 03, 2002


Dec 24, 2003 05:40 am

Your always better off just bouncing with internal busses, and not having to go outside the unit itself...and only doing it once, bouncing to CD then back would be two...

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Since: Jul 01, 2002


Dec 24, 2003 09:33 am

bouncing to cd would be better than bouncing to tape though...

Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002


Dec 25, 2003 08:37 pm

Ah yes, but if he bounced to CD he is leaving the tape unit and then it would have to be returned via analog signal again which would introduce some noise. Unless the Tascam can export and import via digital signal it is not worth the extra headache to try and bounce down that way. And yes, if you need the bounced tracks to remain in a stereo mix, you would need two tracks to keep the original tracks in stereo.

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Since: Dec 23, 2003


Dec 26, 2003 02:34 pm

Thanks for the input everyone. What I was planning on doing was using 4 tracks for the drums, (track-1 kick, track-2 snare, track-3 overhead left and left close tom mics, track-4, overhead right, right close tom mics, and high-hat mic) one track for the bass, and 1 track for rythm guitar. Then bounce them down to a two track stereo mix. Then use the six remaining tracks for lead Guitar,Maybe even another rythm guitar, vocals, and an effects track.

I thought bouncing to a cd recorder might not be a bad idea either. It would be very clean... the drawback is that I'm adding another generation to the mix verses the bounce directly onto the 8-track. The plus side is that I could use all 8 tracks before I had to bounce it.

My thinking is with the four track drum mix I will gain far more control over the drum mix. I wouldn't have to try and get a gated reverb for example on the snare at the time of recording. I was thinking about gating the kick & snare track as well. I could sit there and play with the drum mix a lot more without a bored drummer wondering why I've had him hit the snare 50 times. It would open up a whole new world of EQing posibilities, and I'm thinking if I can keep the noise to a minimum with the bounce it may be worth a shot trying it this way.

Dave

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Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002


Dec 26, 2003 06:55 pm

Well, were gald you like the site. And youre more then welcome here. Hope we can help you with whatever it is you need.

And you are very correct about making things easier buy having the tracks set out that way for the drum mix. I would suggest trying it both ways and see what happens. As stated, my only concern would be introducing more noise by going out to the CD recorder then back.

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