Alright, today is tape mastering day. I say that like I know what I'm doing 🤣

I just try to get the levels mainly at 0 to 3db going to the tape. I EQ my voice a bit on the high end going in, I think it has a lot of bass already.

Plus, type 2 tape I think has decent bass response.

This time I'm going digital to a master type 2 tape and will duplicate from the tape.

I will also make the digital podcast a recording of the tape playback. I just have to test to make sure the audio-data experiments still work.

#cassette 

https://image.nostr.build/8838191b728bd4db5ebbdfc25e4af4c1d007e91490f6978e2857d2a78aa26c14.jpg 

 Nice. I've got am mkiii, very similar to the ii. Do you use the dbx nr at all? 

 For this, I'm keeping it off because I want that sweet, sweet, tape hiss to make it in the final recording.

But if you make a recording for yourself to play back on your own gear, it is pretty amazing at cleaning up the hiss. I think it does so at slightly more compression however, so you have to expirement a bit. 

 Cool, yeah I get that. I've always had a soft spot for the dbx compression effect when recording loud things like drums and amped guitars... you lose a bit of high end but get a nice, beefy boost in the mid-low range frequencies in return.

Would love to get a copy of this somehow when it's done! 

 I'm hoping to run into you in Nashville and I'll give you one! I'll swing by the booth. I'll be easy to spot, I'll have a cassette briefcase, DIY reverse bleach tshirt, and lots of eyeliner one 🤘 

 Tascam Portastudio FTW!!  

 Yeah I'm still learning the ins and outs. I'm trying to go more analog-first but I'm still mainly going digital to analog. 

I'm giving myself more time before the next issue so maybe I can get there.