HOW DO I BOUNCE TRACKS?????
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Posted on Aug 01, 2005 02:32 pm
liveatthetascam
Member Since: Aug 01, 2005
Hi this may sound really stupid but i have recently given up on computer recording and gone back to my TASCAM PORTASTUDIO 4 track.
I have recorded on 3 of the tracks and want to bounce down to the fourth but have no idea how to do it step-by-step!!!!!
The internet had been no help but i know there is a difference between internall and external bounces.
You guys are my last hope!!!
thanks
J
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jmailjimmie neutronMember
Since: Feb 14, 2005
Aug 01, 2005 02:56 pm It depends upon which model Tascam you have... An external bounce would be to another machine, say another cassette or rtr deck. An internal bounce is to the same machine, which is what you're trying to do. You take the output of the tracks and feed them to the input of an empty one. You have to be sure you've got your levels balanced between them when you do it, because you can't go back... The owner's manual has info on how to do it. If you can't find the manual, go to www.tascam.com and choose your country, then in the upper left, choose your model machine. They should have it somewhere on the site.
May I ask, why'd you give up on computer recording? You could do a combination of the two... You could transfer your tapes to computer and do a mix-down there...
Aug 01, 2005 03:33 pm i have tried to take the LINE output from the headphone jack and put it back into the input for the fourth track and press play and record but this doesnt work!
I gave up on computer recording because i want a lo-fi sound (and my computer kept crashing!)
How do i transfer from 4 track to computer
j
Aug 01, 2005 03:34 pm A computer only give a lo-fi sound if you have a crappy sound device.
jmailjimmie neutronMember
Since: Feb 14, 2005
Aug 01, 2005 03:54 pm I'm good at crashing my computer... Among the best... but seriously, to do some "serious" recording on the computer, all the "parts" have to fit reasonably well together, and you can't have any borderline parts. I tried to record on an old 486 with 8meg of RAM a few years ago, and about went nutz in the process, but I did have fun (they're coming to take me away ha-ha).
You can take your stereo outputs (RCA?) of the TASCAM, using an RCA to mini-stereo "Wye" cable (available at Radio Shack etc.) and run to the line-in of your sound card, using something along the lines of Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net/), or even Kristal Audio Engine (www.kreatives.org/kristal/) multi-track (somewhat "buggie"). Do some experimenting in the computer and feed it back to your TASCAM. Wave file sync might be an issue, if you attempt multiple transfers into the same project from the tape.
Another idea would be to take your 4th track and go ahead and use it for another part. Do an external "bounce" to the computer of all 4 tracks mixed into 2 (stereo). Get a new tape (keep your original, in other words, for that just-in-case). Turn around and feed that stereo mix back from the computer to the new tape in your TASCAM and add two more tracks while doing that, if your TASCAM can do that...
Aug 02, 2005 01:14 pm i'm assuming this is a cassette tape machine...although a model number would help me give a more detailed answer....
up near your mic preamps and trim, you should have a switch that says something like (mic, line, tape)....i'm gooin' purely on memory of my old cassette recorder....but all i had to do was set the "source" audio to one of the tracks and pan them hard left or right (depending on the destination track) (1&3 are usually Left, and 2&4 are usually Right) infact i think it's one of those little square buttons inbetween the faders, and the tape!
anyway arm your destination track, and press record and play....make damn sure you like the mix you're hearing because you will not have control over the individual tracks anymore...
lemme know if you are still havin' trouble, and gimme a model number!
Aug 02, 2005 01:20 pm thanks WYD. I was scratching my head trying to remember how the hell I bounced tracks in my four-track days, I remembered having the panning issue but did not remember how I assigned a source, plus, like you said, Tascam has a couple different 4 track portastudios...geez it's been a long time, and my last tape recording device was a really nice 8 track cassette thing with a awesome remote, that worked much differently so that experience wouldn't help.
Good job WYD.
Aug 02, 2005 01:32 pm hay man, no prob!!! it's mental stimulation for me!!
yeah i remember my tape machine....heh even before that i used one of those old kareoke machines with the built in speakers and two tape decks (and even "echo"!!!) i learned how to put sound on sound on that machine! back when i was like 13 or something....my first 'real' recorder was a Tascam porta studio 488 (www.ztradingpost.com/prod...e=imgview#Tabs)
after that i got a Roland 840, then it got traded for a 1680, which lead me to computer recording....
Aug 02, 2005 01:36 pm I've recorded on a 488...I had a little Yamaha 4 track that was really cool back in the day, then I dumped that for a Tascam 238 Syncassette rack mount unit and remote control...that worked for me for a long time, 8 whole tracks and all, made some cool tapes with it...then I went digital in around 1996-97 or so...never looked back...except during therapy sessions :-)
jmailjimmie neutronMember
Since: Feb 14, 2005
Aug 02, 2005 06:39 pm A friend of mine & I used to use a Sony rtr & an Akai rtr and bounce back and forth between them, then feed them to a cassette for our "Master" tapes. Hiss city. Folks used to think we said "Hit City"... Wow, "good" *old* days... We used to think the original Tascam was "professional" gear when it came out...
liveatthetascam, if you've got one of them oldies but goodies that only has the 4 available tracks, I don't know as you *can* mix 3 down to one... if that's what you're after. It seems to me that you can only arm the tracks in pairs for a bounce, so you could do 2 tracks, rewind, playback for monitor & record 2 more tracks with the two originals... I think (therefore I am, I think... But of course you are, man...)
