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> From: teddybut <teddybut@e...>
> Date: Sat Mar 16, 2002 4:26am
> Subject: Re: Gen: Does anyone bounce to REAL analogue tape then 
back to 
> the computer?
> 
> Stephen Collins wrote
> 
>  > Does anyone bounce to REAL analogue tape then back to the > 
computer?
> 
>  >> I don't do it myself, but I know producers who do.  There 
definitely
>  >> is a "tape sound", and I'm not sure how plugins like Magneto do 
at
>  >> emulating it.
>  >
>  >> Rob DeBoer
>  >
>  > I happen to like magneto for that sort of thing. Try it on 
strings.....
>  >
>  >
>  > steve
> 
> yes, I do. better than magneto for sure. I use an Otari 50/50 1/2" 
machine
> for this, it has a real sound and doesn't take up too much room. 
great on
> anything really... best plug in I ever bought!
> 
> teddy kumpel
> 
Interesting - I've never really thought of this approach to mastering.

I once tried something similar for distortion: simply recording the 
tracks to a cassette deck with the input gain set "too" high, then re-
recording it on a new track and mixing it with the original. The 
result was a distortion I had never heard alike before - quite hissy 
and annoying, which could be useful in some places. One thing to look 
out for when doing this is the unstability of cassette decks - I had 
to do some timestretching afterwards to make up for speed drifting. 
This, of course, also introducing some weirdness..

regards

monsdrum