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Old 03-28-2010, 09:54 AM   #20
soniclovenoize
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Originally Posted by brendo_91 View Post
you will get better quality recording digital rather than onto a portastudio. tape speed isnt high enough on those things to get decent quality. you want at least 15 inches per second, those things run at... 3.5 ips or so. normal cassette runs at half that again.
"Decent quality" is subjective. Some of my favorite albums were recorded on 4-track. Also, you're suggesting a beginner go to 15 ips? Are you just fluffing your feathers here?

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Originally Posted by brendo_91 View Post
DAT is two channel. Pretty sure this is referring to just A/Bing the sound of the desks and not the recording medium for the album.
...or he meant ADAT instead of DAT.

 
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