Tascam 688 - Analog Recording Session

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3 ай бұрын

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I’ve recently got my 688 back from the service centre so decided to record a new song to test it out. The song is called Nothing But Wrong, I’ve written the music and the lyrics are by Doug Haberman (we did this collaboration as part of this year’s FAWM challenge).
Here’s a tutorial mix video I created with this 688 before I had the work done. • Analog Mix Tutorial in...
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Пікірлер: 54

@DaveZula 3 ай бұрын

That slide guitar sounds so good!

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Great to hear you like the slide guitar, I love playing that old thing!

@SimonBannister 3 ай бұрын

Facing to see and hear the process of making a song 🏆

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching a glad you enjoyed the process!

@aftertheendtimes 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton for shareing this moment

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Cheers for watching and the positive vibes! 🙌

@ChristianBannister 3 ай бұрын

Love the studio!

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Cheers, it’s a fun little space to work in!

@kurtiuscobainius1581 3 ай бұрын

Hi, i have a 644 and repaired it myself. The crackaling is just a bit of contact spray and that should do it. Same with the counter. This fixed my issue and its working great now. Great video and a very cool machine. Keep it up!!

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Hi, that’s good that you managed to sort out similar issues on your 644 with contact cleaner. I was just considering getting some Deoxit, so will give that a go. Many thanks for the encouraging words too! 🙏

@kurtiuscobainius1581 3 ай бұрын

@@wehappyfewmusic good luck!

@thejasontlewis 3 ай бұрын

Really fun track. Would have loved to see you run some effects, as that's always a little tricky and here are many ways to do it. Also curious: why record bass after the drums? I've always done a rough of the guitar and vocal after the drum machine and then built out from there.

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for checking out the video and great to hear you think the track was fun! I’m planning to do a couple more videos with the 688 so will definitely run some effects on one of those. I often do a scratch vocal/guitar 2nd too, but thought it’d make a more gradual build up for the video with drums, bass etc first.

@jasonelambeth 3 ай бұрын

This was so awesome! The 688 is a beast! Holy cow. It all sounded so good.

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Thanks very much man, yeah this thing’s a bit of a cassette monster 👹 😅! Glad you liked the sound of my demo.

@soulslip 15 күн бұрын

People often claim this is not good quality recorder as the width is so small but that’s where I usually stop them, as they spent lots of money on development of this to sound decent, mixing/recording techniques are what really matter imho.

@VultureCulture 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this great tutorial!

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it and many thanks for checking it out!

@ephraimwarrior6766 3 ай бұрын

sick can you see what The Beatles would of did if they had the 688 wow? nice vid ty for the share it sounds epic.

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, the Beatles would have done amazing things with a 688! 👌🙏

@Jamic9 3 ай бұрын

Nice video. My brother and I had a 688 in the early 90’s. Use to lay Midi Time Code on track 8 and sync it up to an Atari STE 1040, running the Creator sequence software. Used to use the TDK MA metal tapes in the machine if my memory serves me right, but used to dub the mix downs onto the same SA chrome tapes you used in this video. Now I use a Mac running Cubase 13 Pro, with one hardware synth and a ton of plugins. It’s great but not quite as much fun.

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Cheers and that sounds like an amazing setup for the early 90’s! I kinda fancy getting an Atari STE at some point if I can find a working one for a reasonable amount of money. I think it could make an interesting retro music production video (or I’d enjoy playing with it if not 😅).

@Jamic9 3 ай бұрын

@@wehappyfewmusic Yup. That would definitely be fun to watch😀

@SleepingOrchard 3 ай бұрын

Really great seeing you use this machine, the result is great, the vocal is so clear. Maybe do add those fx! (I hope those little issues at the end turn out to be minor fixes.)

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Thanks man, it’s so good to have a working 688 again and I appreciate the kind words! The aux sends did strange things when I first tried them and I’ve been to apprehensive to try them again. 😅 Hopefully they’ll be fine and I can iron out the other minor issues myself though. 🤞🏻

@DaveZula 3 ай бұрын

That slide guitar sounds so good...

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

🙌👍

@momentospararelajarse 3 ай бұрын

Chido! Greetings from mexico

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks and greetings from the UK!

@ericvannielsen 3 ай бұрын

Great to see that old blotchy LCD off into the trash heap. Any other issues you found working with it? I def want one now. Sounds great as usual!

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I’m so pleased they were able to fit a replacement screen. It was actually from a 644 but he managed to unsolder the screen and reattach it to the board from my 688. A couple of the faders are really hard to move now, and it looks like it hasn’t been rebuilt quite correctly. I think they might be catching on something internally? The aux sends appear to be doing odd things too, but that might be down to user error on my part. 😅

@user-hx8mc5uo1r 3 ай бұрын

Every recording I've heard through this sounds great! Drums especially

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

The 688 does add a nice bit of tape mojo to stuff, and thanks for checking out the video. 👍

@rosalinosanchez5568 2 ай бұрын

I have a tascam 688 but the cassette plays slow, the pitch nob doesn’t work, can anyone fix this? Please let me know I really want help for this.

@wehappyfewmusic 2 ай бұрын

Yeah there are people out there that can fix these things. If you’re in the UK Tetrakan Monobloc (thats his KZfaq handle) should be able to help you out.

@rosalinosanchez5568 2 ай бұрын

@@wehappyfewmusic I’m in the US

@wehappyfewmusic 2 ай бұрын

@@rosalinosanchez5568 you could try Jack at Recursive Delete Audio/Visual. He’s in Huntsville, AL, but seems to do work in other parts of the US too. recdel.com/

@LefouMoto 2 ай бұрын

Did you source a new lcd from a parts unit, or do you happen to have a link for it??

@wehappyfewmusic 2 ай бұрын

I put some posts out on a couple of facebook book groups, and someone came to the rescue (they had a donor unit). Tascam Ninja sometimes has used parts for 688’s though. Good luck 🤞🏻

@LefouMoto 2 ай бұрын

@@wehappyfewmusic gotcha gotcha! Luckily not in need, but always wondered! Thanks for the tip

@fmoll8748 5 күн бұрын

how would you describe the eq and overall sound difference between the allen heath and the tascam?

@wehappyfewmusic 5 күн бұрын

It’s pretty subtle but the Allen and Heath eq is a bit cleaner sounding and the 688 is a touch warmer.

@fmoll8748 5 күн бұрын

@@wehappyfewmusic Thanks for your answer, helps finding the right desk. Also, thanks for showing a nice track and mix while doing so :)

@wehappyfewmusic 4 күн бұрын

@@fmoll8748 you’re welcome and many thanks 🙏

@oinkooink 3 ай бұрын

Oooh what did they gouge you at the service centre?

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

It wasn’t cheap but it was a tricky job by the sounds of things. 😅

@oinkooink 3 ай бұрын

@@wehappyfewmusic It's never cheap with this sort of stuff. They have a license to print money really.

@NoSeAsuste 3 ай бұрын

Hi, can you share the service contact? I’d like to restore mine!

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

Hi I used Electrofix in Wales, UK. Good luck with the restoration and I hope you get yours fixed!

@oinkooink 3 ай бұрын

@@wehappyfewmusic He wants the number or contact for the service centre. Not the manual.

@wehappyfewmusic 3 ай бұрын

@@oinkooink Sorry, I misread the original comment. It’s Electrofix in Wales, UK. 👍

@oinkooink 3 ай бұрын

@@wehappyfewmusic Yep, I'm sure he'll come back and see that.

@zoe.oxymoron Ай бұрын

0:51 did you just-

@wehappyfewmusic Ай бұрын

Turn on the MPC?