Recording with the Tascam 38 Tape Recorder

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7 ай бұрын

Lets produce with the Tascam 38 reel to reel and the Neve 1073 Preamp. We will use the Tascam 388 as preamps, just cause I want to use as many wires as possibles. All #analog all the time 24/7 in this #homestudio. #dawless. DAWs are for losers.
My Analog Tape Recording Course
tinyurl.com/2t2p69us
My Preamps:
Neve 1073SPX - sweetwater.sjv.io/an2LkR
Warm Audio MPX - sweetwater.sjv.io/m55LY7
Warm Audio ToneBeast - imp.i114863.net/ZdD2Zz
My Mics:
Warm Audio WA-47Jr - sweetwater.sjv.io/LX0m9o
Audio Technica AT4040 - sweetwater.sjv.io/rQggxR
MXL Revelation II - sweetwater.sjv.io/nLnnJ6
Audio Technica AT2020 - imp.i114863.net/zakW7G
Electro Voice RE20 - imp.i114863.net/n1KG79
Electro Voice ND68 - imp.i114863.net/4e7bbr
MXL 990 Condenser Mic - imp.i114863.net/Xxq6V3
MXL v67g Condenser Mic - imp.i114863.net/BXQj6J
SM7B Dynamic mic - imp.i114863.net/WDLb1e
SM57 Dynamic mic - imp.i114863.net/Eajk3D
My pedals:
Timmy Pedal - imp.i114863.net/n1zqoR
Electric Mistress - sweetwater.sjv.io/VmBQWO
Warm Audio Warmdrive - amzn.to/3XAre2M
Warm Audio Mutation Phaser - sweetwater.sjv.io/oqXrJW
Warm Audio Centavo - sweetwater.sjv.io/QyYnkx
Warm Audio ODD Box - sweetwater.sjv.io/QyNgNz
Big Muff Triangle - sweetwater.sjv.io/9gMKBj
Ibanez Tubescreamer 808 - sweetwater.sjv.io/LXxdYa
Danelectro Honeytone - imp.i114863.net/RyXzkv
line6 m9 pedal - imp.i114863.net/jWgNnn
My Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul - sweetwater.sjv.io/ZQxj2k
Kramer Baretta Special - imp.i114863.net/153XP6
Epiphone SG - imp.i114863.net/5b3R61

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@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

NEVE 1073 worth $2k? --> kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKelldqYxtHVgX0.html

@demitrithewizard Ай бұрын

This is beautiful, the instrumentation, the vocals , the video editing. Pure talent. 🧙‍♂️💫

@travisraab Ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

@NiallEveritt 6 ай бұрын

I love your videos Travis, and I feel surprisingly refreshed after that.

@travisraab 6 ай бұрын

awesome! thanks

@jasonsully135 4 ай бұрын

this is so good, tape sounds heavenly!

@trackzillas84 5 ай бұрын

Great recording sounds amazing.. keep uploading more videos

@WisdomHouseCreative 6 ай бұрын

Great track. Tasty playing.

@travisraab 6 ай бұрын

thanks!

@eucalyption2876 7 ай бұрын

Love the old gear! We found an old Yamaha pm 430 about a year ago for $200 on craigslist. Now we record almost everything through those preamps. It’s my favorite piece of gear I didn’t know I wanted. One of these days I’ll learn more about electronics so I can mess around with other old pieces of gear. ✌🏻

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

My buddy has one I am pretty sure it's the same. He modded it with direct outs. Congrats!

@blackcreekmusic783 5 ай бұрын

Really digging this stuff! Very inspirational!! Love that bass too!

@travisraab 5 ай бұрын

thanks!

@beatsbyjester1855 7 ай бұрын

Loving these vids! Been following you for a while. I wish the videos were longer!! More explaining, more knob-turning, more nerding!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

some people have asked me to make the videos longer. I always edit them down cause I'm worried they will get boring! if I could get a clearer idea of what a longer video would entail, I could do that. thanks for watching.

@joaoantoniovione484 7 ай бұрын

dream machine. dope tune as well! merry xmas

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

thanks merry xmas!

@IanJamesBeats 7 ай бұрын

Sounds incredible dude!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Ian good to hear from you

@coreydunn 7 ай бұрын

Love the track you put together in this video!! Would love to see some Teac 5 series content!!

@strictlydubrecords 7 ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks! You do the great job! Love to watch your videos. Is about the simplicity how you record and process. Yes, the gear looks to someone a bit complicated, but this is not the ton of daw processes, lots of tracks and aux's = is about how you use your space, your console/ recorded possibilities and how you play on your instruments. 10/10 top!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

good points. Thank you, my friend!

@MrTorbjorn22 23 күн бұрын

Great stuff👍

@marcstam793 3 ай бұрын

Nice to look at your video's,impressive.

@jonesvox1 7 ай бұрын

Love the content. Thanks

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@robertparker3580 4 ай бұрын

sounds amazing.!!!!!

@piggsquigg983 7 ай бұрын

I've done a lot of work on my tascam 38 and can vouch for how stressful it can be! def learnt a lot while doing it but teac/tascam sure were good at making maintenance a CHORE on their gear... in order to access part A you need to disassemble parts B thru X first, every time. always love your vids on this old stuff, cheers!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

yeah it was a nightmare. i shot hours of footage which i also lost. but the bright side is that i didnt have to edit it or relive it lol. thanks for watching and merry xmas!

@piggsquigg983 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraab merry Christmas Travis!

@ondogsmusic 7 ай бұрын

been waiting on this one !

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

merry xmas!

@studio88bird9 7 ай бұрын

Merry christmas 🎄

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

merry xmas!

@jeffbridges6110 7 ай бұрын

cool song. i like the way you muffled the toms. has a cool 70's vibe. Merry Christmas.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

thanks Jeff that was the idea! merry xmas

@Tallstreehouse 7 ай бұрын

Yeah I've never seen cloth under a drum head, that's a cool trick. Maybe I'll give it a shot 🤔

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

@@Tallstreehouse I have a video coming out soon where I walk through it a little bit. There's not much to it. You just tighten it. Makes it hard to get the tuning right cause there can be a fart sound.

@Tallstreehouse 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraab I can imagine. Probably happens if the cloth isn't tight enough, right? Same thing happens if the gaffer's tape--what I typically use to mute--isn't flush with the heads. Even a mm of loose tape causes a racket...

@rozeyrhodes 7 ай бұрын

that barn vibe!!!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

200%

@5thcomm 7 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas TRG. Great video as always. My 38 is still down.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Matt, merry Xmas!

@lionelcampos9868 4 ай бұрын

Very cool 😎

@TurkoftheDrums 7 ай бұрын

I like the content of your channel! Really nice to see vintage gear! Any plans to release the drums or samples as a pack?

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! You can grab them (unchopped), along with other 388 samples (chopped) here: Tascam Sample pack members.travisraab.com/offers/gt8hcema Tape Recording Tactics members.travisraab.com/offers/Kvr7C5SZ

@cisemokram 7 ай бұрын

I love this channel

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

🙏

@steelcantuna 2 ай бұрын

You sir, must be a nocturnal creature. I wish I could get by on 2 or 3 hours of sleep a day. I need around 10 hours. Bummer.

@AgustinDavidF 6 ай бұрын

New subscriber here…just because you are very funny…and the music sounds so good

@travisraab 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

@benjicrane 7 ай бұрын

Good video

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

thanks!

@toslinked 7 ай бұрын

that track made me sell my stocks. you are a great player.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

🙏

@davidmoseley4509 7 ай бұрын

Cool to finally see the 38! Did you find the extra fidelity worth the hassle & cost of 1/2” reels?

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

the low end is tighter. the motor also seems a little more on the money

@christopherJSmokeandMirrors 7 ай бұрын

Ive had a few of these. I love the look and everything but they tend to get problems, especially in the brakes, if you daily drive it and do long sessions overdubbing etc. Maybe others out there had much better luck and never had these problems. I found my 38s to be awesome but every time the brakes went SHWAK i knew they were dying bit by bit. I had 388 as well. Very cool looking. Pretty noisy. It too broke over time. Something in the power supply went bad. I still love these reel to reels though, and its unfortunate mine shat out so fast from such mild use.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

yeah the breaks take a long time to kick in I was worried being so close to the beginning of the tape. happy holidays

@Tallstreehouse 7 ай бұрын

The brakes in my 3440 snapped on the right reel, but I was able to fix it with a bit of tape, super glue, and dumb luck. I should probably replace it but I'm terrified to mess up the alignment of the take up reel...

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

@@Tallstreehouse never a dull moment

@armand-san9441 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I have a question, how do you mix the sound after recording with the tape machine?

@travisraab 3 ай бұрын

I generally just do a stereo dump and then master using Izotope. but you could dump individual tracks if you have an interface with 8 ins

@TheRealTMajor 7 ай бұрын

🔥

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

whooo

@adee2569 7 ай бұрын

damn...this track is hot!!!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

thank you!

@rocknreplay 7 ай бұрын

Nice. Was wondering when we’d see the 38 in action.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

its like an old car from hell. can't let it sit. hard to get parts. makes noise. covered in grease. carbon monoxide comes out of the tailpipe and it has 450 ponies.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

what happened to yours? im ready sell this one lol

@rocknreplay 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraab that’s a good comparison. I had an old Case garden tractor that I was always tinkering with. Ended up getting a new Tractor. 😜

@rocknreplay 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraabI sold it on Reverb and UPS damaged it delivering. Broke my heart. Reverb covered it though. I always get the extra insurance. I don’t think it was damaged to the point it wasn’t functional but there are so few of these that are working. It was a fun experiment but at the end of the day, I just want to record not fiddle around with old tech. I even recorded a song using the 38 and my DAW and couldn’t really tell the difference in tone. My ears just aren’t tuned enough for that. I had a 388 too which I really wanted to keep but it wasn’t working and I didn’t have the time to mess with it.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

@@rocknreplay yeah it's a weird unhealthy obsession lol you are wise

@handssmelloh9173 7 ай бұрын

I love my 38 and have had it for years now. I used to try and limit the essentials to the 8 tracks and then if needed add some tracks in the DAW. I also love slamming a track that was recorded digitally to two of the 38s tracks. Did you have any trouble calibrating what tape brand you were using to the machine? I have a problem that keeps rearing its head where the takeup reel will scrap against the machine. Very annoying during playback listens. I've tried different takeup reels, problems still there.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

The tape did that when I first put it on. The first two times. It's not squeeking right now. I should try using it to dump down stereo mix!

@handssmelloh9173 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraab it's a nice cool squeezed effect! Did the problem just resolve itself? Or did you do something specific?

@samfowles4276 7 ай бұрын

I record with Logic and I also have a 424 mark II. I think it would be more fun to record on tape and have more than 4 tracks to record and mix. Any thoughts? Should I keep doing the track and transfer method? I also run into tape speed challenges with things not lining up. I welcome your suggestions!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

That method that isn't a viable option for me. You could buy an 8 track machine. This 38 is for sale

@samfowles4276 7 ай бұрын

How much are you selling the 38 for? Why are you sticking with the 388and not the 38? Thanks Travis.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

@@samfowles4276 I'll sell it at the average for a just serviced 38 on reverb in good condition. 388 is for sale too but price is really high for 388s. Support@travisraab.com

@joaoantoniovione484 7 ай бұрын

2:05 i had the same noise on my akai 4000ds. could be the switches, could be the tape having a bad spot...

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

how do you mean bad spot?

@joaoantoniovione484 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraabi mean, ofc i don't know if you bought new tape... if it's been used a lot, some gaps and noises like these may occur

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

@@joaoantoniovione484 it's a brand new tape.

@user-gq6sf4si6j 7 ай бұрын

The music you record on Cassette sounds so much better than anyone else I have heard, is it really just cassette? When I listen to Cassette playlists on spotify they all sound absolutely dreadful! This always turns me off getting a cassette recorder but your stuff sounds great. Do you have any playlist on spotify?

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

thanks! I explain how to do it here: tinyurl.com/3u7nysmp

@kenairockband 7 ай бұрын

I still have my Boss BR-12 digital portastudio. Still don’t know how to program drums

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

that thing ... just looking at it pisses me off

@Kombi-1 7 ай бұрын

Alright, this is on something completely different - But which camera / lens are you using? Cheers!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

finally! some notices my true secret talent which is so hard to detect. film making. haha. its an s5 with the stock lens and a lut lolz

@Kombi-1 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraab Hey, thanks - And agreed 🤪Actually thought it was an S5ii. These panasonics somehow have a certain warmth and less digital harshness to them.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

I wish. I figured out how to make the focus on this bearable but the workflow is not as confident is it is with the sony style or s5ii style@@Kombi-1

@Kombi-1 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraab Right, that's where phase detect AF comes in handy. Focus doesn't look bad at all in your videos though - So good job!

@moonvals 7 ай бұрын

Wait….did you put cloth/bandana/thing under the drumskin ?

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

yes. in two weeks I have a video which shows how I did it.

@johnkaplun9619 7 ай бұрын

So how did you fix the dead channels? Was it cracked solder joints?

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

yeah there was hundreds of them. I didn't want to spend any more time on it so I passed it to a tech who did it all, went through it top to tale, calibrated it etc. He also confirmed the work I did was good, and gave me peace of mind. So I guess in one sense it was worth it. I plan to go into all this on a video but honestly just ready to sell it

@johnkaplun9619 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraab Yeah I had Bob Shuster do the same thing to my 58. Once I knew to reflow all the the joints I just did that myself when I got the 48 and the 42s. Also the relays go eventually, at least in the 40 and 50 series. Also why sell it? You did the annoying part, enjoy the fruits of your labor!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

pretty much everything is for sale. it doesn't help my creativity. im in a purge mode! can't help my impulsiveness

@johnkaplun9619 7 ай бұрын

@@travisraab wow man the flip flop is strong! Then again, I have hoard of way too much so I should start purging too, but I always feel like if I sell a tape deck I'll never get another one thats in good condition. BTW, I'll give you 20 bucks for the 388 and the 1073 if that's good with you 😏

@marchepburn8700 7 ай бұрын

this is awesome but drums sounded better dry gotta say!

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

I'll keep them dry in the future

@sellosinfin 7 ай бұрын

money is being wired right now

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

😂

@Mute67 7 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas 🎄 And we… 💤 😴 … your bank account.. 😴 💤 💤

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

Happy holidays!

@merchannel7762 7 ай бұрын

Background vocals were great. Performance, harmony, all that. Now I expect ‘em in every video. You screwed up. This on you. Merry chrimuss dude

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

thanks dawg merry xmas!

@TomBaitson 6 ай бұрын

This is like the bigger brother to my portastudio( He's small but he also sounds terrible.)

@travisraab 6 ай бұрын

yeah the 388 is Kinda like a massive portastudio

@imothy 7 ай бұрын

never record direct to tape you can use the tape monitor out to convert any track in the daw and keep everything in sync.

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

ok i'll make sure to do that

@brianreederr 2 ай бұрын

part of the sound comes from recording to the tape itself, but you still get some coloration just running it through machine

@MadeOnTape 7 ай бұрын

what happened to my border collie?

@travisraab 7 ай бұрын

lolll

@greggb681 3 ай бұрын

The background hiss tho 😣

@travisraab 3 ай бұрын

the background hiss sounds good don't get it twisted. they literally add that to mixes now adays

@greggb681 3 ай бұрын

@@travisraab Just because it is a fad does not make it "good". What is the point of using expensive audio equipment that is designed to have a low noise floor only then to add it back into the mix? 🤨 Now don't get it twisted bud