scorpio01169
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yeah...at the bottom is what i had. i would record on my sisters Micky Mouse tape player then let it playback while recording overdubs another one. now thats ghetto
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Aaron Smith
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That's similar to what I used to do years ago, I would lay an old rectangular casette player next to my little Crate practice amp and play a riff for like a minute, then play it back and I would have one minute chances to write a cool part to accompany the riff!
sorceron
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I started when I was 12, back in 1992, with a karaoke machine. I would record my keyboard usually drums first into the karaoke machine then put the tape I just recorded on into the next deck and hit play while recording with another tape on the other side. I would just keep swapping the tapes until I had everything recorded. I have no idea how I came up with that method for being so young but that’s what I did for literally years up until I was 17 or so. I then finally got a 4 track and then a digital 8 track and then finally a computer setup and so on. I had a real passion back then for getting my ideas on tape.
Seeing those pics of Andy and James' early setups made me realize how much I take for granted these days. I remember having to program my drums on the sr16 and man it wasn’t fun but I spent all my time doing it with no complaints.
Seeing those pics of Andy and James' early setups made me realize how much I take for granted these days. I remember having to program my drums on the sr16 and man it wasn’t fun but I spent all my time doing it with no complaints.
no, this was a very small section of the basement of a large house that Chuck owned at the time, no apartment.... apartment's don't have basements anyway... and it wasn't mold i'm sure or i would have become quite ill from all the hours i spent in there writing my solos and riffs for the Low album. the majority of the basement was completely finished with multiple rooms and a bathroom and i lived there with Johnny Tempesta and Walter Morgan.
Ken... actually i used to do the same as you, but the drum machine i had then was Roland TR-707. i actually wrote the songs for the disincarnate demo during 90-91 by programming the drums on the 707 and playing them into one tape machine while simultaneously playing along the left side of the guitars (using the Zoom you see in the pic).. then i would bounce that tape machine to a home stereo type tape deck while simultaneously playing the right side guitars.. that demo got me the disincarnate deal with Roadrunner. the SR-16 and 4-track were a huge step up for me, so i definitely loved them and never complained.... but i was already doing my research about the impending release of ADATs and affordable recording consoles; i had a notebook full of editorial and advance review clippings and the like from Mix and other publications from the time and was already putting together my plan to get my hands on this gear before most of it was even released.
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TheStoryteller
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yeah actually I have the entire Sabbat dreamweaver album demoed which I'm thinking of including with DVD I'm going to be editing later in year.
That pic was me recording Lawnmower Deth.
That pic was me recording Lawnmower Deth.
TheStoryteller
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elmuchoescadawg
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i still have most of my solos from the Low album demoed on the pictured set-up as well as some early demos of songs from my Convergence solo album.
Jaymz
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from what i can recall from 15 years ago, yeah...i was having the time of my life working on those solos on my little set-up because at the time i was thrilled to be in my early 20's and a new member of one of the biggest and best thrash bands of all time and about to record an album on a major label... so i was quite happy indeed.Did you enjoy writing the solos? Its a good album
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Oh ok, sounds pretty good. I wouldn't mind living with those guys either 
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vestax 4-track with killer reverb....where are you now?
boss dr-550 mkII represent.
and it figures I dropped nearly $800 on an 8-track cassette tape deck right before the cd burning and digital revolution of the mid/late 90s. i thought i was the shit with that thing. with that kind of cash now, you can get a suite digital set up.
boss dr-550 mkII represent.
and it figures I dropped nearly $800 on an 8-track cassette tape deck right before the cd burning and digital revolution of the mid/late 90s. i thought i was the shit with that thing. with that kind of cash now, you can get a suite digital set up.
Glenn Fricker
Very Metal &Very Bad News
...Not to mention it was a fantastic record. "Low" and "Urotsukidoji" still get regular rotation around here.....
Radd
Self Portrait
Yeah, I would imagine so. A dream come true I'm guessing. Seems you've had quite a few of them. Very cool to hear about one and get a little glimpse of insight coming straight from the horses mouth.
I for one would love to hear those demos from you guys.
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TheDude
Jocke Skog
+1 But on one tape deck there was a hole where I could out a screwdriver and change the tape speed +-20 % or so. Evil voice anyone?
sorceron
ken
This is going to sound completely mental but when I was a kid I couldn't afford an amp exactly... I had this old head I think it said tesco or something on it... hard to remember now. So I would take the output from it and stick that quarter inch cable into the tape deck and squeeze it in between the tape head somewhere, there was a special spot... and then I would hit play. I got a killer distortion this way! Ha my friends who all had real amps thought I was mental.
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