Tascam 388, 424, 414 // Portastudio Shootout
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3 жыл бұрынI compare 4 track cassette recorders Portastudio 424, Portastudio 414, Tascam m30 w/ Yamaha MT44, and Tascam 388 Studio 8 in the ultimate shootout between analog home recording machines. If you're serious about home studios, tape hiss, saturation, and punchy warm beats, then you have entered the correct domain. Those unworthy will perish.
Can you tell the difference? Tell me in the comments which is your fav!
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I am not a scientist. Nor am I an electrician. I'm hardly a musician. I'm just a person in a barn building a home recording studio. And I simply like torturing myself with unnecessary tests in my quest for the best worst sounding analog sounds. If you can understand this sentiment, then this is wonderful news. We've found one another.
I learned some things for sure. For instance, my tascam 424 and 414 sound completely different to me.
I'll try not to write too much of my own opinion, but I just want to point out a couple things. Once again this is not a perfect test. The idea was to send the same signal (one song) to all these different machines to hear their characteristics. Some of these machines benefit from a hi end boost, some don't need it (as you might hear). Some of these recorders like a hotter signal. Some run at a lower tape speed. Some of these cut out lot's of low end from the get go, and you can't get it back in. Depending on your application, you might prefer one of these machines to another. I notice a slight warble on the mt44 which I think is a defect, but I absolutely love that sound. (That machine was free by the way: • Best Cassette 4 Track ... ).
This was a little test I was going to do anyhow. I tried to balance the levels a little to make it a fair fight.
I'd love to hear your thoughts :)
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@cheekbone4554 3 жыл бұрын
underrated channel baby
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you cheekbone i appreciate that!
@peterbatten596 10 ай бұрын
There’s something about the 424 portastudio and it’s quirky natural hiss that will always be a personal all time favorite along with its ease of use when entering analog. All are amazing and give the song a lot more soul than plugins for projects like these. Definitely earned a new subscriber!
@travisraab 10 ай бұрын
glad to have you
@jaq8604 3 жыл бұрын
The saturation from the 388 sounds incredible! But the wow and flutter from the Yamaha was great too. I think it’s more noticeable on that machine because it’s a lower speed.
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
that's a good point! i forget that the mt44 runs slower than the 424. yeah i dig the saturation on the 388 too :)
@RecordingStudioLoser 2 жыл бұрын
Dude I freaking love your channel. I've been binging like crazy.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
What??? Thanks so much!
@zan6585 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I typed a paragraph before getting to the end of your yamaha vid and then you literally talked about this video and I felt relieved but also silly haha. Thanks for this!!! I'm debating between the 424 and the yamaha but holy smokes that 424 is expensive. The 388 sounds incredible but is also crazy pricey and maybe a little overwhelming.
@travisraab 9 ай бұрын
you should be able to find 424s for cheap if you keep looking
@WotanSkyFather Жыл бұрын
The reverb on the 388 is so alive sounding. The Yamaha sounds nice and clean but warm, the 424 sounds like the 90's, and the 414 sounds like someones bedroom in 1996.
@RobinJamesHurtMusic 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video, thanks for making and sharing it man! I love the track in all guises, top class job :D Surprised at how sweet the Yamaha deck sounded, really nice tone. Personally I really liked the 424! Not quite as sweet as the MT44 but I thought it had a nice bit of backbone to it, a core strength without being muddy. Best wishes from Ireland!!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
thanks Robin! I love Irish people
@DiegoCarvacho 3 жыл бұрын
this is so nice... it is great hearing this comparisons. thanks for sharing
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure thanks for watching :)
@ricardobirnbaum Жыл бұрын
Bumped into your channel... these are really great videos! Really enjoying the content. MT44 sings to me.
@travisraab Жыл бұрын
thanks Ricardo! it's great to have you here
@RockTelevision-vv1im 3 ай бұрын
Awesome video!!! I may be crazy but I hear the difference even on computer speakers. It's a bigger difference than I expected, actually. I recently picked up a Tascam Midistudio 4 track cassette, but I need to get the transport fixed.
@Tetrakan 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this while I fold my freshly laundered underpants #soothingsundays
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
haha😂👍👌
@sesa2984 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if it’s the slight treble boost you did but through my crappy headphones the 414 sounds the best. Crystal clear.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
yeah there was an enormous treble boost. I messed up the test.
@RockTelevision-vv1im 3 ай бұрын
Wow, I noticed a big difference on the track with the warble! That would be awesome for certain songs, maybe use one of the others for everything else. They all sound good and warm, very usable.
@thaexception3406 2 жыл бұрын
Another goood video mane and what a voice!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
thanks man! yeah she's so talented
@dreammachine432 2 жыл бұрын
cracking a cold one for this video, cool idea!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
PBR?
@CannabisReviewPDX 2 жыл бұрын
I don't play much and definitely don't know production but these videos are so interesting to watch for some reason.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome to hear! I figured these were only interesting to die hard tape recording nerds
@andypickeringmusic 3 жыл бұрын
This is great! I should do some shootouts on my channel with my 4 track and reel to reel. Although terrified that the digital versions will win haha
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
that would be great! yeah i don't mind the plugins. i don't mind the unmastered version. i've listened to it too many times i cant tell anymore. gonna put on some bee gees instead
@4Ever4Track Жыл бұрын
The 388 just has character for days! Long live tape!
@edward2359 2 жыл бұрын
Like your vidz man..... Excellent!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
William - Glad you like them!
@nicktestajr 2 жыл бұрын
414 sounds the best to me. Or maybe I’m just nostalgic because I miss my old 414. Good stuff
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
thanks nick!
@handssmelloh9173 2 жыл бұрын
Nice. Do you think there's any difference between tracking through equipment like this vs sending just the mixdown through? Curious to know what the differences would be.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
i personally think there's a huge difference. when you track to a machine with 4 or 8 tracks there's some interplay and cross talk and a drum track will hit the tape different than an entire mix. other people have told me that isn't true but i disagree. i can just kinda feel it when i do it
@anderj4986 2 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking about getting a 414, and I was wondering if there was a way to use it as an effect for a DAW without recording to a tape? Is that possible? (Also, I've been like binge watching all of your videos. You're awesome lol)
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Ander! well the tape imparts the most signature sound of the machine. The pres are like 10% of the sound (depending on how gnarly the pres are). So yeah you could like run through the 414 and use it like a mixer and use the eq. Or if your interface has ins and outs you can use it like a send, and then use the built in eq. It might be cool. Thanks for the kind words I appreciate you!
@anderj4986 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab awesome thanks so much! I guess I need to start looking for interfaces then too lol. Anyway, keep up the good work my friend!
@RockTelevision-vv1im 3 ай бұрын
Anyone familiar with the Tascam 644 MIDI Studio? I picked one up a while back, I need to get the transport fixed. Seems everything else is OK. Seems like a really nice unit.
@simonschole 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, thanks.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Simon
@chesterfieldmusic7366 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been trying out my old 388, as well, for mastering. Do the Line-in channels on the back of your Claret capture the overdriven 388 well? I’m just wondering if there’s any unwanted overdrive from the interface, when transferring? Any mix headroom recommendations going into the 388? I’ve been going to tape and then back out thru the master Stereo channels. (Or should I use line-out on each individual channel, it’s only two channels?) Thanks for the great examples!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
yeah i have to back it down final stage, or otherwise would have to use the preamps in on my clarett to lower volume. don't quote me on this but I believe the master channel doesn't drive, just the PGM master. something like that.
@evantjturner 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! can't decide if I like the Yamaha or the 388's sound better. 388 is definitely a dream machine for me though. Nice vid!
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
I guess it depends on the application. To me, the 388 has a nicer overdrive. It has a great EQ. It retains more lows, has tons of routing, 8 tracks, has Track assignable DBX. Mt44 retains more highs and has a little warble but it was free and it's amazing. I think the MT44 is also cleaner. The 388 has an inexplicable a compression thing going on that I really dig. MT44 is way simpler.
@evantjturner 3 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab yeah they’re definitely very different machines. 388 probably has more potential for a wider variety of sounds and uses👍 maybe in future videos you can compare types of tape and how that affects the sound on each machine
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
@@evantjturner yeah sounds fun
@badboychopsticks 3 жыл бұрын
I think yamaha sounds really good for a casette recorder. the other two casette recorders definitely sound too lo-fi for me, theres a loss of clairity where it affects the whole mix too much. 388 winner for me. seems to do all the right things to the song! peace n love
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
the mt44 is a cool machine i agree. i think you are doing some good critical listening. most people just listen for high end and low end, but there's more to the story. i hear you! the 388 sounds really nice just plugging headphones straight into it
@badboychopsticks 3 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab ha thanks! i'm just obsessed with comparing the formats like yourself! keep up the good content travis!
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much :)
@John-mf1sz Жыл бұрын
I mean r2r is always going to kick ass. Same with film photography. There’s a reason why digital photography has only just caught up with film in the last ten years or so.
@jonesvox1 2 жыл бұрын
I’d love to hear the whole song. Awesome production and love the mallets and her voice! Please post link!!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
I'll have the link to you in a couple days! thanks so much
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
Here's the full song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9Rii6irv9GWgoU.html
@johnkaplun9619 2 жыл бұрын
388 sounded the best to me, then the plug-ins, then the yamaha and then the 424. From what I've read online the high bias type ii chrome tapes don't saturate nearly as nice as reel to reel tape does, but of course you have to use it in cassette otherwise the noise would be poopie.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
I hear you ! man everybody seems to love a different machine. so crazy. i like the mt44 and the 388
@Checker. Жыл бұрын
wait can you explain how you transferred the digital mix to your cassette tapes? Like what plug did you use and how did you check the levels? seems complicated and i havent seen anyone else do this
@travisraab Жыл бұрын
No plugins necessary. Just a stereo bounce
@wehappyfewmusic 3 жыл бұрын
Another great video, I’m about to try a similar comparison between a 424mkIII and a 244! Well they all sound rather good, but the slight treble boost on the 414 helps it cut through better. I think the low end sounds really smooth on the 388, but the mt44 seems the most balanced to me.
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
thanks so much adrien. yeah that would be a great video. yeah the mt44 is really surprising. there's just something about that guy
@gordonsmith33 3 жыл бұрын
I'm going to try this with a little micro tape handheld audio recorder. See if I can sync (or not sync ) the individual tracks . Might be a cool wobble effect .
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
That would be dope. i have so many micro tapes and cassettes and no idea what to do with them. microcassette 4 track machine?? needs to be built.
@gordonsmith33 3 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab let's go!
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
@@gordonsmith33 if you build it they will record on it
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
@Xylem Phloem dope.
@charlesrocks 2 жыл бұрын
God damn I forgot how awesome these things sounded.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
they sound nice , charles!
@kennyzee3221 24 күн бұрын
For me I preferred the Yamaha out of all the tapes, followed by the 414. I do prefer the plugin overall though but yeah what a lovely test.
@theprogrammerrolandmc3039 2 жыл бұрын
best tape deck is the fostex x24 for portability and direct in's and outs but reel to reels are better easier to fix maintain.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
the best the greatest the greyest
@ReverendGuyWallis 2 жыл бұрын
great video, just subscribed. great song too! its so refreshing to see a tutorial or audio related video that doesn't use some boring standard EDM or generic hip hop track that sounds like everything mainstream. its hard to even get excited when im watching videos about mixing when theyre using such crap music - but this song is awesome and now stuck in my head! also ive been using J37 alot, i think they did a great job although no plugin will ever be as good as the real thing. but my ears may not be good enough to tell the difference alot of the time so its at least convenient. keep up the good work, friend!
@ReverendGuyWallis 2 жыл бұрын
also curious - do you just run the mixes thru the tape machines? not recording anything on actual cassettes but just running it thru so it gets the sound of their consoles? i was trying to figure out how to do this myself and my mastering guru told me its not the sound of the cassette itself you want, its the sound of the console..
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
hi reverend thanks for being here. yeah the j37 isn't bad actually. i'm glad you like the song! i'll share a link when i have it.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
no i recorded to the actual cassettes and on the 388 i recorded to lpr35 tape. In this video you can clearly hear what happens when you use a piece of vintage analog gear and NOT the tape. That's the m30. you can hear it compared with and without the mt44 cassette machine. makes a huge difference. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNZgqpiKns2reIU.html
@substance90 2 жыл бұрын
The lower end of the 388 with the high end and stereo image of the Yamaha 🥰
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
I hear Ya!
@stevencirile 2 жыл бұрын
388 was quite dull..definitely low bump as to be expected..plug ins sounded best in this case. I had a 388 want one to iffy maintenance wise though no parts available
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
Right on Steven!
@poofygoof 2 жыл бұрын
agree on the muffled-ness of the 388. it sounds like it may not have been aligned for the tape formulation used or perhaps the azimuth needs some tweaking?
@sweetlou8208 Жыл бұрын
How do you get that ukulele to sound so banjo esq?? Are you just plucking the chord progressions chords? Sounds great
@travisraab Жыл бұрын
ancient secret
@travisraab Жыл бұрын
I just plucked it with fingers very aggressively
@isaintjames 2 жыл бұрын
MT44 really jumped in with a KO. big shock!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
i know the mt44 is the best 4 track i've ever heard
@isaintjames 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab fair play on you for taking it on & completing the fix. top work, top man
@DenysZhuravel 3 жыл бұрын
Tascam 388 has awesome bass sound, but not enough highs for this song as for me. A little touch of eq could fix this. 414 with highs sounded good, but yamaha mt44 was the best. 424 just ok and lo-fi. But every tape machine made this song sound better and more "open" than tape plugin. Less mud and sweet compression.
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
I hear ya Denis! You have good ears
@alanfbrookes9771 2 жыл бұрын
I think the results would have been different if the original recording had been made on the 388. The highs can also be affected by the type of tape used.
@tbobbyelectric 2 жыл бұрын
The Tascam 488, then the 424, + FINALLY the 414. However,I'm noy sure if that Yamaha is Magical or NEW, but OBVIOUSLY, I would HAVE HAVE HAVE tp get one of 'dem sons' a' batches'!!!!!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
it's kinda magical yeah
@pumpernickelherbert 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much of the wow & flutter from the MT44 is age vs just poor quality transport? Regardless it has a very impressive noise floor. Also can't believe I'm here before 1k subs!
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's a good question. is wow and flutter supposed to be bad? It's like exactly the right amount of that artifact I want. I enjoy it. Yeah Kaszimir thanks for being here! My grandpa's name was Herbert.
@pumpernickelherbert 3 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab stylistically it sounds fantastic, although from a functional standpoint, it's not supposed to be that noticeable. If you wanted it to be your workhorse 4 track then maybe you should look into fixing it, but with as many other machines as you have it's a good alternative for more character!
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
@@pumpernickelherbert my workhorse is a computer 😂
@evanbluz946 2 жыл бұрын
Just one question, why are you using Ozone Vinyl? Cool video btw
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
you don't like it?
@evanbluz946 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab I do
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
@@evanbluz946 awesome. Yeah I just like the way it sounds
@frankr6475 2 жыл бұрын
Where can we hear the whole song?
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
I'll be sharing the link shortly frank!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
Frank Here's the full song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9Rii6irv9GWgoU.html
@billpolits7594 6 ай бұрын
My pref in the tape machines is 414, 424, 388.
@marcosmelone6 2 жыл бұрын
388 man, thats great!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
🥳🥳🥳
@saren6538 2 жыл бұрын
Where’s the link to the track itself thanks it’s amazing
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
hi stephen i'll post it in a few days
@shannonpalmer 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab did you ever post the link? This song is amazing!
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
Here's the full song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9Rii6irv9GWgoU.html
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
@@shannonpalmer Here's the full song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9Rii6irv9GWgoU.html
@pashareds 4 ай бұрын
Listen this on apple music around 6 months, angels harmony
@volvot5turbo Жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm an animal but to me on my Sony $350 headphones (price given to highlight hopefully quality not snobbery), the J37 and isotope vinyl sounded the best to me
@travisraab Жыл бұрын
Maybe everyone should just get those headphones
@chinmeysway 3 жыл бұрын
pitched up is a winner.......!!!!! no. but maybe. but i need to think more. about it? great videos on this stuff! can hear the hiss in the real tape. fake tape sounded good though and that is sad. also confusing is that reel to reel tape seems to not sound that different in this case against cassette tape? maybe wider tape brings out better saturation. thinking that i have a notion that bigger tape / reel to reel is where the reel magic may in fact happen. maybe its not even true but what is the width of the tape, and or, are you just running things through the preamps? again, i am confused or at least unclear on how the machines are hooked up / being utilized.
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
I have some other videos where I record actual instruments to the machines so you can hear it going on. The problem with doing that as far as comparisons go is that I can't duplicate performance. So I ran the same song into each machine. thanks for watching!
@chinmeysway 3 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab right, just not sure how the units affect things. is it just input/output simultaneously, just utilizing each unit's preamps? thanks
@owonobrandon8747 2 жыл бұрын
You are a lucky boy !
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
Well I had to fix it but yeah I'm pretty lucky!
@edward2359 2 жыл бұрын
Listening to this in the cans, with plugs have a nasty face shift when they're applied to the signal of the stereo bus mix. The tape machines are noisy you're not dealing with a studer gain stage but, what the hell. The tape still sounds better. Sorry did I say face shift but did make my face shift..... 😂 I meant phase shift
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
Face shift for real tho 😂
@lawrencerasmus 3 жыл бұрын
I tried this years ago so today Im going to try a mixer to a vcr then back to my interface In 24 192 to my daw 🤪
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
i heard about this trick! i was going to try it out cause i have a couple vcr machines. i think i changed my mind after i heard that there wasn't any tape saturation. it's just digital recording basically as you said. but hey if there's a use for that it's a good idea! it's a cool trick either way. i'd like to mess with it. maybe i'll try it
@andmoreagain Жыл бұрын
so did you actually record these to tape or you just ran them through the machines?
@travisraab Жыл бұрын
I obviously ran them to tape you can hear it
@andmoreagain Жыл бұрын
@@travisraab lol if it was obvious to me i wouldnt have asked. just making sure my suspicion was correct. not sure if you took that as a slight or something but it was a genuine question...
@marcosaruca5283 2 жыл бұрын
Im between the 414 and the yamaha.....the high end comes out better why still getting the roudness of tape
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
i bumped those 414 highs pretty good my bad!
@marcosaruca5283 2 жыл бұрын
@Travis Raab Guitar no not your bad your good lol your very good....i like the idea of recording through a vintage console and mastering with the tape....the high end is needed some of the complaints from the legendary engineers was not getting the high end....
@RemmyMusic1 Жыл бұрын
bro i cant believe you put your macbook on the yamaha theres a huge magnet in there that could completely wipe your drive lol
@travisraab Жыл бұрын
SSDs do not store data magnetically do there's nothing to wipe...but I'm not a scientist
@pashareds 4 ай бұрын
❤
@Mark761966 3 жыл бұрын
That warble is what's known as "wow and flutter"
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
Wow ok! Cool
@EytanKoch 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab ...yeah and flutter.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
@@EytanKoch wow!
@EytanKoch 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab ...and...well, you know.
@lawrencerasmus 3 жыл бұрын
I think nothing sounds better than digital tape
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
no kidding! i've never messed with it. sounds like a fun thing. like a tascam dAT?
@chinmeysway 3 жыл бұрын
digital tapes lasts for evvoar as well yaah!
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
@@chinmeysway never tried it
@truthfinder4973 2 жыл бұрын
5 sec in 388, killed the daw f0r g00d l0l
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
i know, right
@stefanoidili Ай бұрын
414 sounded great, kind of lofi and hi-fi at the same time…. The guitar really gained caracter….. throug my crappy speakers
@hooverhenry795 2 ай бұрын
414!
@peterkiselev210 2 жыл бұрын
What song is it?
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
i'm going to post a link where you can check it out peter!
@peterkiselev210 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I’ll be waiting
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
@@peterkiselev210 Peter Here's the full song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9Rii6irv9GWgoU.html
@douglasfairmeadow Жыл бұрын
I liked the Yamaha. The 388 sounded way too clogged.
@travisraab Жыл бұрын
Like a toilet?
@douglasfairmeadow Жыл бұрын
@@travisraab Lol yeah dude. Maybe ease up on them spicy beans.
@Pyrofries 2 жыл бұрын
where do you think you're going I left myself in your onion
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
nice
@pepuletrz 2 жыл бұрын
my guess..what ever one advances faster will sound better.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
Good point ant eye!
@Gezira 2 жыл бұрын
A better comparison would have been to record directly on the machines
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
good idea you should make that video!
@Gezira 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab sure but I don't have a YT channel, it is just a suggestion, maybe for the next one. Something simpler to record of course.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
@@Gezira did you check these two out yet? it's repeated performances directly to the machines. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNZgqpiKns2reIU.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i9-nlsirzLLGcac.html
@Gezira 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab no, thanks :)
@stevenewtube 2 жыл бұрын
Okay well, for me, the unprocessed original daw mix is the best. All clear, all the way to the floor and natural. The plugins sounds great, like the machines would have, at least sometimes. ALL those machines degrade/enhance the audio. There’s many ways one could use the tape sound to help create a colour for that unique effect but to me the truest listening was the daw.
@stevenewtube 2 жыл бұрын
Great video by the way 👍
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
I hear you steve. I think part of the issue is that I mixed the song, then tried to undo some of it and then run this test. pretty flawed test now that I think about it in terms of 'making the song better' lol. for me it's a 'how does this machine or that machine sound' test. i probably i agree that the just the og mix sounds best, with the mastering chain stuff i had on it etc. some people take this test to mean that the 388 sounds like garbage cause it rolls of some much high end. well that would mean that the brightest machine will always sound best, and we all know that's not true. it's all relative and has to do with your application etc. i rant...
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
thanks for watching! and i appreciate you lending your ears.
@robertcrystals 3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to hear this recorded performance direct to the 388 rather than bouncing
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
You mean track everything over onto the 388 from scratch?
@robertcrystals 3 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab yeah babyyyyy, like next project use it to track to.
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
@@robertcrystals ok cool!
@robertcrystals 3 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab Also, if you submix it and put it down to all 8 tracks (I make a stereo rhythm track, then split everything else across the reamining 6 tracks in logic & output it to the inputs to record it to tape) and then add a touch of EQ. it does absolute wonders.
@travisraab 3 жыл бұрын
@@robertcrystals sounds pretty cool 🆒😎
@edward2359 2 жыл бұрын
I really need to get the API real to real Porta studio...... 😂
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
is that a real thing??
@edward2359 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisraab 😆 No brother..... I'm being an idiot..... Sorry I have humor I think other people get. The API Porta studio would be probably a studer a bit like a refrigerator or kitchen stove tank or an apex 1 in 8-track with an API console that's the API Porta studio in my imagination. Not exactly portable
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
@@edward2359 i love it
@blashuvec 3 жыл бұрын
oh shiiiit
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@alanfbrookes9771 2 жыл бұрын
It's not really a fair comparison, because the original music was not recorded on those machines, and the sound will be affected by our computer set-up that we're listening on. I have two 388s and they knock the socks of any tape cassette machine that I've used. You would expect it. I also use an 8-channel MD Data machine, which is the closest digital recorder that I have, performance-wise.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
interesting! thanks
@soundretarded 4 ай бұрын
Beautiful ❤
@vanessalouzon 2 жыл бұрын
388 sounds muffled. It sounded better on some of your other videos... weird.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
it's all relative
@kernelpanique9361 2 жыл бұрын
For me the yamaha wins.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
You might be right kernel!
@TotallyGoodatGames 2 жыл бұрын
Proud to be the 69th like 😩
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
welcome!
@hawk4366 2 жыл бұрын
If u are recording on digital , and sending to analoge , then you really are missing the entire point .
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
oh ok!
@YouLoveItBiatch Жыл бұрын
MT44 agreed with my ears the most
@YoungNino2017 Жыл бұрын
The real test of any of these is BASS! If you have a track with any significant bass you won't even be able to bounce a stereo mix without realizing instantly that you would never want any tape version. You'd have to try to somehow multitrack the bass to one track and the rest of the upper frequencies to other tracks, so 2 tracks stereo, and 1 mono bass track; if you don't give the bass it's own track it will mangle everything else above it and the irony is you won't even hear the bass very well, but you'll hear it compressing the higher frequencies when it comes in.
@travisraab Жыл бұрын
it's all about the bass?
@YoungNino2017 Жыл бұрын
@@travisraab YES!!! if you just do some faint acoustic guitar and whispering you could record that with your phone and it would sound like a dat tape, like cassette, like 1/4" tape... you need a full spectrum of frequencies to test these things mainly because of BASS.
@sesa2984 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if it’s the slight treble boost you did but through my crappy headphones the 414 sounds the best. Crystal clear.
@travisraab 2 жыл бұрын
yep, faulty test
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