Guitar Amp vs Portastudio, which do you like? #musicproduction #guitar

Tape Decks are trendy right now, or are they here to stay?

[JAMPROSOUND]

Like soloing anything, context is key.

[ogmakefirefiregood]

I had a Portastudio 8. Clipping that thing with a DI guitar signal sounds like hammered dogsh*t.

[averagekerbalpilot]

I the portastudio would sound quite cool with some reverb on it if some sort, not loads but maybe like a big room reverb

[Cultivated.]

Yikes, Amp was a much nicer sound to me, but I guess if you wanted a kind of low-fi vibe maybe you could go otherwise

[JorisDM]

The tape deck sounds open and wide because it's not limited to the frequency response of the speaker and mic. But that might not be a good tbing. The mid focused classic guitar tone works well in a mix, leaving space for other instruments and finding its own spot to shine.

[Humungahdungah]

I use a field recorder like a live sampler. These type of tools are great for fun and creativity.

[_black_bird]

They both sound pretty different, I can see one being better than the other depending on context, but personally I prefer the amp

[morbidmanmusic]

yeah, we did this a lot in the 80s. the fizzy tape deck fuzz can be nice, but no speaker model makes it not great for much. .. but when it works.. really nice. this works with any pre amp on any device too. It has nothing to do with the tape portion.

[andyrharris]

If you want to bask in tape portastudio distortion, CD 2 of Jeff Buckley’s ‘Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk’ is full of it.

[kylestair]

Record the amp into the portastudio. Amp tone + the tapey goodness

[gilbertotoledo]

I believe George Lynch also used to do this though it was through a Fostex rather than a Tascam portastudio. It seems to have been quite common in the 80s.

[fredd]

Mix both together. That would sound delicious

[dalejennings]

Brad Laner from the band Medicine has been getting incredible guitar tones running through tape decks since the 90’s

[roundsrapid]

This is how John Lennon got that tone on Revolution. He plugged into the board and cranked the preamp. It’s a transistor, just like a Fuzz Face or Tube Screamer.

[copperfin]

I’ve been doing a weird mix of both (I don’t have a tape deck but digital multi
track ) .
I run the guitar output direct to the onboard studio, the amp for eq and effects, and set the input fader under the clip range . It allows more flexibility during mixing .

[zanryll]

Both sounds are good, the amp is definitely what works for my vibe and the contexts I play guitar in, but that tape deck could be cool for other ideas and spaces

[MakeIndieFolkMusic]

That is so gnarly - I have to try that - thank you!

[watkinscopicat]

i recorded several albums using a portastudio as mixer, (with real amps and microphones), then into logic. worked great.

[danielcruz]

Mic’d up amp into the tascam rules. also nice to do stereo stuff if you have an amp w twin speakers and shiii

[james]

You can also record it loudly onto tape for tape distortion and saturation. I use to do it all the time in the early 80s.