I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech
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Re: I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech
#2Using your Boss Katana as a DAW was genius.
Re: I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech
#3Tbh this was somewhat underwhelming… I expected using a microcontroller+motor to replace the mechanisms of a regular cassette mechanism, or some other uses of modern tech for the cassette.
Instead, it’s just… a tape recorder connected, in a somewhat convoluted way, to spotify.
Re: I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech
#4This takes me back to the frustrations of trying to record band rehearsals in small spaces using the built-in-mic (a very long time ago).
Poor fidelity of cassette tape medium was the least of the issues. The biggest problem was the built in mic's inability to handle the overall volume.
Lots of experimentation with placement of the recorder (and thus mic) within the rehearsal space would eventually yield results that were no longer useless -- but still pretty, pretty bad. I do not miss cassette.
To be honest I don't really even miss analog -- but this comes to down convenience and flexibility rather than fidelity comparisons.
Said another way: there are no analog DAWs (a redundant and captain-obvious statement, I do realize).
Re: I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech
#5I wonder how many of these small tape recorders still exist in the world today. They used to be ubiquitous back in the day. But surely a big % must have been dumped in the trash or a recycling bin @ some point.
Wouldn't surprise me if there'd be a viable market for such devices brandnew. Not just for nostalgic greybeards, also younger folks unfamiliar with yesteryear's tech & curious about it.
Re: I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech
#6Tbh this was somewhat underwhelming… I expected using a microcontroller+motor to replace the mechanisms of a regular cassette mechanism, or some other uses of modern tech for the cassette. Instead, it’s just… a tape recorder connected, in a somewhat convoluted way, to spotify.
Installing a Linux distro on a laptop is frontpage material so this sounds about right.
Re: I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech
#7you could have just... pressed record on the casette player.
Re: I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech
#8Tbh this was somewhat underwhelming… I expected using a microcontroller+motor to replace the mechanisms of a regular cassette mechanism, or some other uses of modern tech for the cassette. Instead, it’s just… a tape recorder connected, in a somewhat convoluted way, to spotify.
Flagging seems extreme, but this is a very low information post about audio adapters, with a smidge about amplification.
I went in expecting some kind of arduino-to-electromagnet jiggery-pokery, but I suppose that just means set myself up for disappointment.
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#9I don't understand the article. It tries to shroud a plain tape recorder in mystery, but the whole thing is just eye-rollingly underwhelming because tape recorders/decks are still easy to find, and so many of them have common line level inputs that are ready to go without any fiddling; just connect your analog output and press record.
Re: I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech
#10I wonder how many of these small tape recorders still exist in the world today. They used to be ubiquitous back in the day. But surely a big % must have been dumped in the trash or a recycling bin @ some point. Wouldn't surprise me if there'd be a viable market for such devices brandnew. Not just for nostalgic greybeards, also younger folks unfamiliar with yesteryear's tech & curious about it.
Not while Goodwill and eBay exist.