The ultimate Dub home entertainment system....

neddy · Post by **neddy** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 6:08 pm

I recently came across a Sony 320 Tapecorder. It's a 1970s vintage domestic 1/4 inch reel to reel with built in amplification and speakers. The speakers have got those retro oval speaker cones and for mastering and listening to dub it cannot be beaten. By recording at 3 3/4 IPS with the VU meters rattling the tape soaks up the bass like a sponge. Its old enough to drive the cones fairly hard without blowing anything and the old school treble n bass EQ are great for dinky, bright snares and hi hats and for making the bass fart like a whale. My advice to fellow dubheads? Save your hard earned cash. Trawl junkshops for the oldest domestic hi-fi kit you can find. Overload your tape and remember, its that rich, warm analogue character, not crisp, cold digital definition that makes healthy, wholesome dub.

Post by **interruptor** » Fri Aug 10, 2001 11:52 pm

Have you got a picture of that beauty? Would be nice to see.. Greetings Daniel aka The Interruptor

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:18 pm

proffessional studio use digital device you can own (if you search) old 2inch tape recorder for 1/40 his old price (I ve bought a 3m m79 16tracks 2i. for only 1300euro) you can make the vu meters mad, the sound will be better for dub your will hear your EQand effects has you 've never heard before ,the only problem is the weigth(250kg) aleph from france

DC · Post by DC » Mon Jan 13, 2003 11:07 pm

Yep and the other problem is the price of a 2" tape :-) DC

KoCha · Post by **KoCha** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 9:45 am

But where did you found Reel to Reel tape after have buy one monster like that ? Akai or fostex make today Reel to Reel Tape ? and an other question : what is the standart format for 24 track analogu (i have see photo but no machine using that) ? Thx <A HREF="http://www.kocha.fr.st" TARGET="_top">KoCha</A>

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 3:42 pm

Yes ,a 30 mm(38cm/s) tape is 215euro or$ aiiii! Its about 4or5x more expensive than a 24b/96hz recording on a hard disk and u can t over record more than 4 or5 time.... but the sound... Ì've saved 7 song from a digital foxtexd2424 and even if the sound was digitalised before going in it , the songs are really more warmy whith the same dynamic(is that english?(:-)) 24 track machines are in the same 2"format i don't think larger tape exist.

KoCha · Post by **KoCha** » Mon Jan 20, 2003 7:06 am

Thx for info... but it's very expensive! <A HREF="http://www.kocha.fr.st" TARGET="_top">KoCha</A> <A HREF="http://stage.vitaminic.fr/kocha" TARGET="_top">Music Link</A>

DC · Post by DC » Tue Jan 21, 2003 8:42 am

yes just to expensive them tapes. If you want that tape saturation.... just get a revox 1/2 inch mastering recorder to record your final mix. DC

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