One-inch two-track tape machines
1Will Electrical Audio ever add a one-inch two-track tape machine to your equipment?
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One-inch two-track tape machines
3I did not notice that thread. Ok, I removed the other stuff from my post so that only my original queston remains.
One-inch two-track tape machines
5greg wrote:Not unless a lot of clients demand it.
But clients usually just use whatever is available to them and whatever the engineers recommend, right? I doubt a band would walk into your studio and say "hey, where's the one-inch two-track machine?".
One-inch two-track tape machines
6Humphrey Bear wrote:greg wrote:Not unless a lot of clients demand it.
But clients usually just use whatever is available to them and whatever the engineers recommend, right? I doubt a band would walk into your studio and say "hey, where's the one-inch two-track machine?".
Many bands decide on a studio based on what that studio has and offers. Format is one thing to consider (for expense, ability to work on the tapes at another chosen studio, perhaps a different mixer is involved, etc). Not all bands just show up hoping for the best.
Many proper studios like Electrical have the ability to get almost any machine in that a client may need. In most places this often happens as an expense to the client, but it is possible if the machine is available.
One-inch two-track tape machines
7Mayfair wrote:ability to work on the tapes at another chosen studio
That reminds me of the following question I have been wanting to ask for a long time: why do alot of bands choose to record an album in one studio and mix it in another studio? What's the point of doing this?
One-inch two-track tape machines
8some studios are just better suited for one task or the other. sometimes it's for artistic reasons like "we want to record in a church, but mix in a nice room with a Neve". sometimes circumstances can prevent albums from being made in one continuous piece or even place. also, maybe the band mixed it initially and didn't like it so they remixed it somewhere else.. etc.
choosing to mix to an oddball format like 1" 2 track will certainly limit these options.
choosing to mix to an oddball format like 1" 2 track will certainly limit these options.