What are your recording roots?

[Paulie]

My introduction to recording was with Dan Haerle in his MIDI Lab class. I became quite adept with MOTU Performer:



We ran it on a Mac SE/30. We had a small rack of equipment and recorded to cassette tape. I think there was a Yamaha RX7 drum machine, a Roland D-50, a couple of Yamaha TX81Z and a DX7. Dan was a big fan of FM synthesis. There was also an Ensoniq ESQ-1

My first synth was a DX7-S, which I traded up to a Korg DSS-1 for. It was a monster 8-BIT sampler, and weighed about 50 pounds.
I used to trigger it with a Yamaha WX-7 before I bought my first EWI in 1989.

[Len911]

sorry mojo, didnt mean yo mislead you. those are just pics i found of what used. i have no idea where those pieces went. except for the 4 track, someone borrowed it and never gave it back.

did you have the tascam portastudio? my friend had one, it was built like a tank! i think it might have been the mk1.

Rofl!

Some people still have a lock of hair from their first haircut! I feel closer to normal when I discover that not everyone does,lol! I don't think I ever trashed any old gear, I either sold it or donated it to a thrift shop.

[Len911]

My first daw was Logic, actually e-logic before Apple acquired it. The mac I had wasn't powerful enough to use the reverb though.

[joyfrost]

Back in the 80's !!!



Started out with the Tascam 234 4 track Cassette, then added the Tascam TSR8 reel to reel, the mixer was a seck which I loved, and Alesis MMT8 sequencer, all of this was in our Bedroom, we got married when i was 20 and we used our bedroom to record in, the double bed was in two halves so each half would stand on end to make a little booth and the mattress was put against the wall for very cool sound treatment. When the band or solo muso left we put it all back together and got to go to sleep. And yes I am still married to the same amazing woman who put up with this !

She sounds like a KEEPER! I love this picture.

[elser]

My introduction to recording was with Dan Haerle in his MIDI Lab class. I became quite adept with MOTU Performer:



We ran it on a Mac SE/30. We had a small rack of equipment and recorded to cassette tape. I think there was a Yamaha RX7 drum machine, a Roland D-50, a couple of Yamaha TX81Z and a DX7. Dan was a big fan of FM synthesis. There was also an Ensoniq ESQ-1

My first synth was a DX7-S, which I traded up to a Korg DSS-1 for. It was a monster 8-BIT sampler, and weighed about 50 pounds.
I used to trigger it with a Yamaha WX-7 before I bought my first EWI in 1989.

So you were at NTSU? Cool. You probably took Dan Haerle's Jazz Theory too. That class could keep you busy!

[feaker66]

It was 1966. I had been playing guitar for seven years already. I was at Michigan Tech in my room. I didn't have a microphone, so I had heard you could take a radio speaker and speak into it for a mic. Tied the speaker over the bunk bed post using a couple of alligator clips on the wires. It worked and I sang "and I love her" into a tape recorder. So very long ago.

Sincerely

Paul

[Paulie]

So you were at NTSU? Cool. You probably took Dan Haerle's Jazz Theory too. That class could keep you busy!

Yep. alto sax, '84-'88. I was in Dan's first ever MIDI class. His freshman jazz theory course was excellent, I also took grad level improv with him in piano my final semester. I gave the first MIDI wind controller recital as well. My friend Pete Brewer played with Dan a lot in the 70s and used a Lyricon quite often. I bought one of them from him.

[ComposerLDG]

I'll say one thing, though. Working on that 4-track analog cassette machine made you really plot out a song. You only added what was needed since you didn't have unlimited room. Now it's very easy to get carried away, only to start chopping stuff out that you realize you only put in because you could!

Though I have fond memories of working with tape and that analog sound, I'm glad technology progressed. Working with a DAW is so ingrained now that I could not do it any other way.

Best,

Loren

[mojobone]

Amen.

[elser]

Regarding the analog sound, I think the Slate VCC and UAD Studer sound great. I've never had the chance to sit down and compare the sound of a real Studer and UAD's but there some very credible guys who have and they seem convinced. That's good enough for me. I also find on some material I don't want that sound. Who knows what the next wave will be but I'm pretty certain then they will be saying "I miss that good old sound of digital".