Quick introduction (some of you know these things already.)
- I like music
- I like to record music
- I like to record music using gear that probably should have been recycled 10 years ago
- My ears like the sound of am radio.
Hopefully that makes sense as to why this is the Art Of Lo-Fi blog.
I’ld like to talk to you about cassettes. I know some of you analog snobs out there will try to tell me well cassettes are “ok if your doing lo-fi” or “the track width is too small so your not getting that real analog sound.” I say it’s analog so it is a real analog sound and I do enjoy lo-fi so I say cassettes = that real lo-fi analog sound. There problem solved. Actually I think cassette recording deserver a lot more credit than that.
I’ld like to talk to you about cassettes. I know some of you analog snobs out there will try to tell me well cassettes are “ok if your doing lo-fi” or “the track width is too small so your not getting that real analog sound.” I say it’s analog so it is a real analog sound and I do enjoy lo-fi so I say cassettes = that real lo-fi analog sound. There problem solved. Actually I think cassette recording deserver a lot more credit than that.
I recently started working on a new Nanopico record. Although I have access to modern computers, audio interfaces and recording software I decided to record to cassette. The first three Nanopico records where on cassette so I wanted to do it again. This time I am tracking on a Tascam Midistudio 688 (8 tracks on a cassette now that’s some narrow track width there). So far it’s turning out well and I am enjoying the sounds.
Okay that’s enough of the intro to blogging entry.