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IK multimedia Plugin vs Tascam PortaStudio 246
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Can the IK Multimedia Porta One Plugin beat a real Tascam Portastudio Multitrack? Let's shootout this vintage 1980s Tascam 246 against the Porta One cassette. Analog vs. Digital, Tape vs Plugin, Good vs Evil.
My Music Theory Cheat Sheet:
My Gear:
0:00 The cassette sound ever
0:30 Full Mix Shootout
1:23 Guitar Sounds Shootout
2:52 Guitar Tone Ethics
3:36 Drum Sounds Shootout
5:08 Bloatware
5:46 Porta and Pontifications (is it good?)
Do you think the plugin sounds as good as the real tape machine?
I did have access to a porta 07, but since I had just picked up the 246 that was the machine I chose to use. I knew it would function. And at the end of the day, the tape, the instruments, the level you hit the tape, impart a huge amount of the character. So I don't think using a 246 skewed this test too badly.
All I did was set up one sm57 microphone and record real fast. It was the first thing I came up with, and it was just to test out the machine. So then I had to go and copy that same idea using the plugin. The interface I used was a clarett 4pre.
The 246 gave a lot of compression and gave a lot more character. That combined with the fact that I was messing with the knobs, so you could hear the plugin, it made it impossible to exactly volume match. But I think you get the idea. I use several instances of the plugin, and I tried to match the tape machine as reference.
Prices on tape recorder cassette multitrackers are going crazy, but you can still find cheap ones. I found all my machines for super duper bargain prices, it just took a lot of time to hunt them down, or fix them.
Follow me build a salvage recording studio in this barn:
What do you think?
#tascam #portastudio #ikmultimedia
Studio Guitarist & Virtual Guitar Teacher
My Music Theory Cheat Sheet:
My Gear:
0:00 The cassette sound ever
0:30 Full Mix Shootout
1:23 Guitar Sounds Shootout
2:52 Guitar Tone Ethics
3:36 Drum Sounds Shootout
5:08 Bloatware
5:46 Porta and Pontifications (is it good?)
Do you think the plugin sounds as good as the real tape machine?
I did have access to a porta 07, but since I had just picked up the 246 that was the machine I chose to use. I knew it would function. And at the end of the day, the tape, the instruments, the level you hit the tape, impart a huge amount of the character. So I don't think using a 246 skewed this test too badly.
All I did was set up one sm57 microphone and record real fast. It was the first thing I came up with, and it was just to test out the machine. So then I had to go and copy that same idea using the plugin. The interface I used was a clarett 4pre.
The 246 gave a lot of compression and gave a lot more character. That combined with the fact that I was messing with the knobs, so you could hear the plugin, it made it impossible to exactly volume match. But I think you get the idea. I use several instances of the plugin, and I tried to match the tape machine as reference.
Prices on tape recorder cassette multitrackers are going crazy, but you can still find cheap ones. I found all my machines for super duper bargain prices, it just took a lot of time to hunt them down, or fix them.
Follow me build a salvage recording studio in this barn:
What do you think?
#tascam #portastudio #ikmultimedia
Studio Guitarist & Virtual Guitar Teacher
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