Date: September 1st, 2026 12:17 PM Author: Obsidian lay jewess
I'm obviously not including cassette because I'm sure dozens if not hundreds of poasters have recorded some audio to cassette. I'm talking like 15 IPS reel to reel analog electromagnetic tape.
I am guessing out of the box that OldHLSDude has probably done it.
Date: September 1st, 2026 12:34 PM Author: Lime Property
I did a lot of reel to reel in the late 1950s and into the 1960s. Somewhere there is a tape of a farting contest we did during my Beavis and Butthead years. We all had stage names. I recorded a lot of music off radio. FM stereo was not around yet and even stereo records were scarce. I only had a single track system. Two speeds selected by manually changing a capstan. All vacuum tubes of course. The equipment s long gone but I still have some reels.
Date: September 1st, 2026 12:40 PM Author: Obsidian lay jewess
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Sad you don't have a tape machine anymore. Would love to hear the reels. Since you have nothing else going on why not digitize it? Can you imagine uploading your fart contest from the 50s for all of us? Think of the MPM glory.
Date: September 1st, 2026 12:46 PM Author: dead racy area macaca
an old akai reel to reel - would connect the master track output to to reel and and tape back to the computer. ended up getting similar results with acustica N4 ITB
Date: September 1st, 2026 1:57 PM Author: dead racy area macaca
yes in Ableton - it was a mix of like 20-30 hip hop tracks from the 90s keyed and cut up spliced/edited with various VSTs. was deep into microsound at the time .
Date: September 1st, 2026 4:23 PM Author: Obsidian lay jewess
I don't have any money. And Zurich sends me his Givenchy and YSL clothing hauls every day just to stunt on me. He really likes to dunk on the working poor with his lawyer bucks.
Date: September 1st, 2026 12:40 PM Author: Lime Property
Tape was pretty hissy pre Dolby and speed control was always an issue. Expensive systems could sound really good, though. It was the only way to record sound. The only audio media were vinyl and tape. I’ve seen magnetic wire recorders and wax cylinders, but that stuff was obsolete before my time, though wire recorder dictaphones were still in use.
Date: September 1st, 2026 12:42 PM Author: Obsidian lay jewess
It's fascinating how at the time tape was around everyone wanted high fidelity with no warp, wobble, or distortion. In the era of digital recording however people seek out the most messed up, least functioning tape systems to impart the analog character so their digital stuff doesn't sound like ass.