an idea for a multitracker alternative

[moaner]

I can't say for 100% that this'd work, but i can't see why it shouldn't.

If you have a twin deck tape player with an aux/CD in, you take 2 tapes, then...

-record a track on one

-swap the tapes, press play on the one with the 1st track and record on the other, whilst playing your 2nd track over it

-once again swap the tapes, and do the same

-Until evenutally, you would have a full recording. The first thing you recorded would suffer the greatest quality loss, which has to be kept in mind.

i guess this might be even easier with a kareoke machine which might have a mic input. But it'd be a cheap-***, kick-*** way to cut a demo.

[airborne50caliber]

nice..! but some of us already own a tape multitracker

[Circle_Jerk]

Hmm, i might try this next time im at my drummers house. What would you record first? and last, I.E, what would be the best thing to sacrifice the quality with.

[moaner]

Hmm, i might try this next time im at my drummers house. What would you record first? and last, I.E, what would be the best thing to sacrifice the quality with.

vocals definately last... try bass first. or drums, if you have drum mics.

[Peg Dizzler]

Wow, that's not a bad idea actually. But wouldn't the previous tracks be recorded over once you press record again? I never had a regular tape recorder that would just "layer" a new track over it without erasing it..

But as far as a cheap demo goes... I would just record it at a live show through the soundboard, or at least in a basement with a PC mic. ;)

[moaner]

Wow, that's not a bad idea actually. But wouldn't the previous tracks be recorded over once you press record again? I never had a regular tape recorder that would just "layer" a new track over it without erasing it..

But as far as a cheap demo goes... I would just record it at a live show through the soundboard, or at least in a basement with a PC mic. ;)

thats why you have 2 tapes.

[El-Ahrairah]

This probably won't help you a lot but some guy I know built a multitrack-recorder from an old video camera. He's apprentice electrician though and knows his stuff... In the end he was able to record eight tracks onto a normal video tape.

[airborne50caliber]

wow. good ****.

[moaner]

This probably won't help you a lot but some guy I know built a multitrack-recorder from an old video camera. He's apprentice electrician though and knows his stuff... In the end he was able to record eight tracks onto a normal video tape.

wow, thats awesome...

I thought video tape only had 3 tracks- sound left/right and video. shows what i know...