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Advice. I think this sounds the best. Played live and the room sound is important. 1 vocal close 1 guitar close microphone and a room microphone. And play it with no click. Live and then add strings with close and room microphones.

You should get better desks for the studio. Setup a stationary pc with a mouse. Looks kluttered.

I like the song, very foot tapping and vibey :) Andy, its never the machine, if the person is skilled they can spin gold out of cotton :)

How do u put reverb on the tape recorder?

This is a very good video, and gave me some idea's on what to do with my cover of 'All Along The Watchtower' but I'll be using either a DMT-8vl or VF160, both need a little tlc, but I think I'll be going with the 8 track, to make me think more. your amazingly good. :) (yes I'm going to finish my cover) Just clicked on your bandcamp link, your a Sheffielder like me too :)

This is the second video of yours I've watched, and your enthusiasm has made me seriously think about finishing a cover of 'All Along The Watchtower' the thing is I made an all synthesizer cover, because I wanted to make it different from everything that's come before, but I never finished it because a few people have said there's a special place in hell for turning a song like that into an all synthesizer cover 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Great and sooo inspiring. I really miss my portastudio, and I realize I need to get one again, because the limitations keeps you focused on songwriting, arrangements and music in general. I just became a subscriber! 👌👍👍👍🍻

sound brilient

I started laughing when you played demo from boombox from cassette.. That's so cool.. I imagine a guy on Sony music or any other "BIG label"with a withe shirt and tie.. looking at you😂 and you say hey big boss here is my demo.. (and hit Play) 😅so crazy things you doing... 😂

Beautiful song and sound! Something I never understood is how mono music has a sense of depth and space. Something special about it compared to stereo

Why is it all panned left?

Sounds great! ❤

I sent individual tracks that I had recorded with an old Tascam interface into a JVC Super VHS that I had around 20 years ago. I then recorded all of the individual tracks back into my daw. I used this tube channel I had at the time as well for all of the tracks. To this day its one of my favorite mixes I've ever done. It really sounds pretty good.

Well done. You're getting good sounds :)

Sounds fantastic!

Sounds great!

Nice one Andy! I've never thought about doing a mono project, but I can see it has some advantages in helping manage the constraints of 4 track. As it so happens, I'm revisiting a 1986 4-track recording that I want to post on my soundcloud, so I will try it in mono! Thanks as always for the inspiration and good luck with the vinyl!

yes you are right there i find it's better to use betacam sp like on the sony betacam sp 75p i have tryed them all over the years

Everything sounds incredible! I love analogue, just one question... How do you convert it to digital? Why did you have to convert the analog master to MP3 to be on TH-cam, do you use any DAW and interface in the chain?

Cool!! 👍

Hello Andy, It sounds very nice, greetings from Germany. I work with Universal Audio interfaces and some external preamps. But I love the sound of the Tape. Here I have the possibility of buying a 16-channel Tascam MSR 16. I know it may be subjective but I read some bad comments there about the sound, but do you think it sounds overnight between the Tascam 38 and the MSR 16? They sell me a msr 16 for 800Eur with recent service or a Tascam 38 for 1000Eur. Any recommendation? One might think, 16 channels and cheaper! but I don't know, I prefer less canale and better sound. :)

Sounds great, is that you playing the guitar solo? 👍

Nice man, do you ever use tha Lexicon 480 L ?

Uh, need to back up the camera a little to give more context to the shot.

Can’t you take the stuff down you no longer want there, love the music by the way, this is what I aspire to!

Some good points Andy! I’ve released three albums on Spotify and only 2 songs have tickled the algorithm. Maybe the occasional single and everything else on Bandcamp (or a physical release) is the way forward 🤔

Release music as you see fit I Love home recording

I would argue that tracks without a big budget can still have big production values. But I’m all about the texture of recording, and have always preferred recording with a bit of humanity. Doesn’t matter if it’s computerised or portastudio as long as it has an interesting sound, and let’s not forget, a great song!

What song is it?

Definitely do your own thing. It’s more relaxed and yeah, there is super high-quality. There is mid quality and low quality so the question is if you’ve got a great book great story which one is better the paperback or the hardbound it’s both the same great story and in today’s Society, we’ve had music quality to the extreme and it’s more acceptable Recording music say on a four track Cassette Porter Studio then it would’ve been years ago. John Mellencamp had a number one song in Americana on the album he cut on a mono Apex recorder no mixer just one mic straight in.He bought it from eBay. I remember buying that album at Walmart when I saw the CD wrapped in a Ziploc bag with staples on it. I said I gotta get that.

Sounds great!

I vote for 'big booget". Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

Upload your own stuff. The key to longevity is staying real from the start

This just came up on my recommended. Thank the stars!

Need vocals on this? I like the vibe

For awhile I only made music on a tascam cassette 4-track. It’s crazy to think these huge reels can only hold 4 tracks. But it sounds awesome

Interesting 👍

Awesome song. I am a Portastudio 424 user and I want to upgrade to 1/2” 8 track. How do you like the Tascam 38 and m30? This track sounds excellent.

I have to dig out my Tascam 388 again. Analog still sounds great !

Hello Andy, your content is blindingly brilliant. The way you thoughtfully explain the whole process is nothing short of amazing and so engaging. Keep up the fabulous work. Love and light. Paul ❤

There is something very like Joe Meek's productions in your sound. Its fabulous, keep up the great work Andy. Paul.

Great job, mate, we actualy hear the "sound of the past". I'll try to remember this lesson if one day I'll need to sound like this.

Nice really love this track. Thanks Andy.

What a nice surprise. Sitting here drinking coffee and a new Andy Picketing video pops up. Very cool feedback loop technique. Joe's drums are great as always.

Awesome! I really enjoyed this one a lot!

Good one! A great late 60s vibe value-add! Great how you use the compressor to tame the "runaway train" of tape oscillation! Have you ever tried dub style mixing on your rig?

This is so inspiring and badass.

Amazing