Those worm hole sounds are intense. Ever thought of voice acting haha! I laughed to long at that. Makes you very thankful for digital recording now seeing how hard it was then!
The varispeed warp part was the funniest thing I've seen in a while...it really did sound like you were being sucked through a wormhole lol Also, Deku Scrub at 6:47
6:19 My favorite past time as a bored class clown was to get people to laugh so deeply/genuinely, that it takes on a childlike pitch and tone. That just makes me so happy.
It’s amazing how not that long who you needed this much room to record anything, but now all you really need is an iPhone to capture the idea and a computer, DAW, interface, and microphone and you’re good.
I think Hendrix and Eddie Kramer pushed the boundaries much further than George Martin or the Beatles would of ever thought was possible. Go listen to Electric Ladyland. It's chock full of all sorts of odd effects.
The Beach Boys too.. Brian Wilson was a genius in the studio.. The well known ones are Good Vibrations and Heroes and Villains which were recorded in sections in different studios with different arrangements and then the tape was physically cut and spliced to the previous section.. There are literally hours of sections from Heroes and Villains which didn't make the cut! If you haven't before, you should check out their unfinished album SMiLE.. some of that stuff is wild!
Aw when you mentioned how The Beatles would've got so excited over this stuff my heart got all warm bc it's so true !! There's this clip up on TH-cam from The Beatles' first U.S tour called "The Beatles Having Fun" and it shows them playing around with headphones that you can speak into and hear your own voice and they had a field day over it lol their giggles and messing about and high energy is contagious.
Rob: "Ok, hi guys, we are out here in Siberia recording on this old can and a piece of string, the can was owned by Joan of Arc, and the string was one of the strands Blackbeard used to put in his beard and set on fire. It used to be stored on a government black-site in the middle of New Mexico, and now it's on the internet."
@@thorthunderlungs5171 my 1/4" machine does 7 and 15ips, I only use it at 7, I cant imagine trying to pay for 2" tape at 15ips. At 7ips my deck sounds better then my computer, at 15ips it sounds better then anything else I've ever heard.
6:30 and indeed, all the playing around with the vari-speed control . . . There's something about other people laughing that really compels one to laugh too. When it's genuine, helpless, unstoppable cracking-up like this was, it's almost impossible not to be pulled in. Thanks so much for brightening up my night Rob, Rob and Anonymous, Unsung Camera Minion! It's an amazingly effective cure for a bad mood. Bravo gents - Rock on.
Makes sense that Rob & Rob are so entertaining to watch. If I ever want to record something on more expensive gear than my local guys have, I'll make the 2 hr drive up to see Ruccia. He seems like such a fun guy to work with.
Really cool and informative videos. I think most young people these days have heard of tape recording but never really seen the process in this much depth, it's pretty incredible to know this was the main way of recording music for decades upon decades.
8:07 would also work with a source that you can't change the speed of, as long as there's two 'passing' each other. So playing something from Protools to the taperecorder, then playing it back with the tape starting slightly earlier, and then slowing the tape down, would cause one flange when the sounds pass each other. Just one, but it'd be a flange :D.
The sheer joy you show in this video is one of the reasons I'm so glad I found this channel. You're without a doubt an amazing musician but the fact that you have such passion for music (even though I hate using that word) and that you're *legitimately a good guy* and have such a great sense of humor really set you apart. I've never used Patreon before but supporting musicians and people who bring such light and joy to the world is my exact definition of what "patronage" should be, going back all the way to the Renaissance definition of the term, when leaders realized the value of culture, art, and music. I'm going to feel very good about my five bucks a month (edit: I guess I didn't know how much control you have with Patreon. Five bucks up to twice a month! Woo!) knowing that it enables you to keep doing what you love and enriching people's lives the way you do. Shine on.
Hey Rob. An idea for a future video: A composition (on guitar, bass or anything) that will, or at least should, sound the same when played in reverse. Keep up the good work.
But im thinking a song that has the same chords, notes, breaks and all that, when you play it both normal and in reverse. Not a song played in reverse and then reversed so it sounds right. Dont know if he has done it already. He honestly might have 😀
EnterTheHatesphere yes.. It's already done.. Check out the opening theme for the series "da Vinci demons" by composer bear McCreary..it's a tribute from the composer to DaVinci as DaVinci could write in mirror image style th-cam.com/video/d5a55uK8f4k/w-d-xo.html
I recorded four different bands using a tape Machine just like this one with 2 inch tape while taking a audio recording and mastering class at San Francisco State circa 2002. Including a Zydeco band where we had 11 mics on the drum kit alone. Yup... old school.
The "time warp" effect was definitely cool. I believe that's initially a shuttle control for quickly scrubbing to different passages to hear so you can edit properly. That machine sounds absolutely beautiful. Thanks for posting.
This was one of the most interesting and fun videos I have watched in a while. I was rolling during the varispeed warp. Never stop trying to find fun and unusual things to do (and film, and upload for our amusement).
I had an opportunity to record on a large-format console in a room with two tape machines, and wound up using the second machine as a tape delay (as a send-return effect.) On my return channel, I actually sent it back to the tape machine at a volume less than unity to create a "feedback" delay so it sounded more like a typical echo!
Reverse: Black Mirror Speed up: Italy Speed down: Weird horrible garage band stuff from the 70s Warp: Weird college student project video from 90s Flanger: Peter Robinson or Jack Stauber or Mac DeMarco (the initial recording they showed) Tremolo: (that song with the lyrics “need a hero” in the chorus- new age rock not the old one Distortion: Too weak Delay: Funkpop stuff Tapestop: Lit, subscribed.
So you grabbed an acoustic guitar but chose to distort your voice??? Duuuuuuude... saturated acoustic guitar is one of the best things about using tape!
besides that this put a big smile on my face, it was also super educational when it comes to the effects I use so often in my DAW. Especially the thing about flanger, and digital versus analogue distortion is super nice to know!
Double tracking was the original chorus so I wouldn't say it's a work around. Our chorus pedals these days are just deceptively different which makes it seem like a completly different effect process.
I also really like that engineer guy. Seems like a cool and funny fella. Running into the next room to lose his shit about Rob's vocal antics was too funny.
- Second camera guy, where are you? - 0:38 - oh, there you are on the left. - Hey, second camera guy, where did you go? - 3:55 - oh, there on the right - Hey, second.. - 8:34 - nevermind.. - Hey.. - 10:20 - ...
Thanks for showing this. Most people have no clue how a lot of this stuff was done back in the day, and how freaking easy it is to produce these days. :-)
You have inspired me so much in the past year thay it's unreal. Just yesterday I bought my first guitar and amp ever and you inspire me to play and get really good. Some of your videos have already helped me like string gauges 101. Your awesome
I always wanted to see how a mellotron works. I have heard it described, and seen a picture, but it would be cool to actually see it in the video, and how it works.
I tried backmasking once, it came out pretty cool, with the reverb easing into the drums, not at the end. Each new tape you have to record over it blank before you use it or you get tape hiss. You have to align the particles to be ready for recording.
Awesome. Some people should see this who are only used to digital. Gives them some respect for older music. One of the reasons I still shoot analogue sometimes :)
watching a bunch of grown men slowly loose their shit over robs funny voice pitch shifted is the best.
The engineer takes it out to the next room hahah too cool
Don’t swear please
Jk
@Master Chew
Oh shit, we're sorry
Master Chew fuck dude sorry
At 6:07 we get a glimpse into the timeline where ytps existed in the 70's.
Those riffs are soo corny...good vid tho
The bass speeded up sounded like a beautiful nylon guitar
And the capo'd guitar slowed down sounded like a full EQ boost guitar without a capo on (with a troll singing?).
Used a cardboard box as a snare drum once. EQ'd you couldnt tell.
Sped
Yeah they plan what they wanna hear so we'll.
@@GoblinsOfFarmington i was gonna say that too lol
Was just dying at the varispeed warp. Makes me think of hanging out with friends recording stupid stuff with a tape recorder.
I found it NSFW.
@@iannickCZ so a wormhole is nsfw?
The wormhole sucked him
@@Shampoid i mean, probably. i cant imagine creating a wormhole is conducive to a productive work environment
Those worm hole sounds are intense. Ever thought of voice acting haha! I laughed to long at that. Makes you very thankful for digital recording now seeing how hard it was then!
J is for Julius yes just saw Robs voice acting debut “wormholes everywhere and everyone’s dying always” and it’s a gem. 10/10
someone should make an animated short of that part
Lol rly why this comment was written before video by day
patreon supporters get videos early maybe?
The 1st time in a while I was crying from laughing so damn much! 😂
The varispeed warp part was the funniest thing I've seen in a while...it really did sound like you were being sucked through a wormhole lol
Also, Deku Scrub at 6:47
do you know what that sounds like?
Are you a time traveller?
A witch!
WITCH! WITCH! WITCH
@Finn Cullin weeb
Yup,
Was waiting for some to make a Zelda joke.
Well that was fun...
Rob Scallon you’re amazing and you have helped me through very hard times, thanks dude!
It's Quodo me too. Rob has helped me through some damn desperate times of mine. Thanks Rob.
Yes yes it was
No maytallica this year?
Never heard you laugh that hard man. Nice vid.
6:19
My favorite past time as a bored class clown was to get people to laugh so deeply/genuinely, that it takes on a childlike pitch and tone. That just makes me so happy.
Rob's laugh is a gem on this Earth
facts
Truth
He’s a funny man too.
Which one?????
@@nicreven yes
I can't believe you didn't try to replicate the Korg Miku Pedal sound on tape.
What would be the point in reproducing the worst fx pedal ever devised on tape? Even if you could do it, it doesn't mean you *should.*
INF1D3L010 The best at being the worst***
giorgioskb
No need to be serious in life? Have you looked around you at the world you live in?
INF1D3L010 edgy
When did pointing out the facts of life become "edgy?" Did you have anything constructive to say, or did you just come here to pigeonhole me?
You sir, are a genius.
Nice vids man 😊😊😊😊
@@carlomigueldelosangeles3721 awful.
Arthur Morgan when he catches a smart fish be like
@@ChinChin-tj5dn LMAO
Thank you
5:23 Someone has to animate that XD
5:42 cameraman dies
@@tbt0380 Hahahahaha
It somehow reminds me of Rick and Morty
@@imadtalizza7758 like for real yea
It sounds like tobuscus
6:12 sounds like something I might hear in those really weird Team Fortress 2 GMod or SFM videos.
6:07 I've never seen Rob laugh that hard before.
limitations breed creativity
Merle Haggard's bus recorder. Easily the coolest part of the experience.
It’s amazing how not that long who you needed this much room to record anything, but now all you really need is an iPhone to capture the idea and a computer, DAW, interface, and microphone and you’re good.
rob screams and dies: the movie
6:47 DUDE this sounded like some SFX from N64 _Ocarina of Time_ or something. So cool!
whanowa the deku scrub? Cause it really sounds like it.
Yeah I think that was it!
whanowa I wonder if they made it the same way? I can imagine all the devs at Nintendo losing their shit over funny SFX.
7:10 and 7:16 and 7:20 all sound like the zoom in and out function on Mario 64. SGI maybe.
It sounds like when you killed that large tube-like monster that would absorb you an steal your stuff, or pretty much everything at Jabu Jabu's belly
Makes you appreciate how bands like The Beatles were really pushing technology to the limit back in the day.
And old George Martin with his crazy ideas and stuff
Aditya Srinivasulu Martin was a lovely fellow. RIP
I think Hendrix and Eddie Kramer pushed the boundaries much further than George Martin or the Beatles would of ever thought was possible. Go listen to Electric Ladyland. It's chock full of all sorts of odd effects.
The Beach Boys too.. Brian Wilson was a genius in the studio.. The well known ones are Good Vibrations and Heroes and Villains which were recorded in sections in different studios with different arrangements and then the tape was physically cut and spliced to the previous section.. There are literally hours of sections from Heroes and Villains which didn't make the cut! If you haven't before, you should check out their unfinished album SMiLE.. some of that stuff is wild!
Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III by Klaatu is a song where all of the vocals are recorded on tape slowed down. give it a listen
Aw when you mentioned how The Beatles would've got so excited over this stuff my heart got all warm bc it's so true !! There's this clip up on TH-cam from The Beatles' first U.S tour called "The Beatles Having Fun" and it shows them playing around with headphones that you can speak into and hear your own voice and they had a field day over it lol their giggles and messing about and high energy is contagious.
6:15 that laugh dough... never heard Rob like that
Yeah, you can tell he's dealt with depression. Seeing him burst out laughing shows you a hidden part of himself.
Esteban Aguayo That was deep
@@soullessSiIence no. I burst out like that at time too, never had depression
@@soullessSiIence He HaS dEpReSsIoN
ah yes people that laugh really hard automatically have depression
Rob: "Ok, hi guys, we are out here in Siberia recording on this old can and a piece of string, the can was owned by Joan of Arc, and the string was one of the strands Blackbeard used to put in his beard and set on fire. It used to be stored on a government black-site in the middle of New Mexico, and now it's on the internet."
That laugh at 6:16
Anyone that does their own home recordings has laughed like that when messing about with vocals. 😂😂
Tape actually sounds so delicious
slorr55 that distortion was sexy
But now you can see why it's so damn expensive to record that way. Nothing beats tape though.
I prefer tide pods
@@thorthunderlungs5171 my 1/4" machine does 7 and 15ips, I only use it at 7, I cant imagine trying to pay for 2" tape at 15ips. At 7ips my deck sounds better then my computer, at 15ips it sounds better then anything else I've ever heard.
6:30 and indeed, all the playing around with the vari-speed control . . .
There's something about other people laughing that really compels one to laugh too.
When it's genuine, helpless, unstoppable cracking-up like this was, it's almost impossible not to be pulled in.
Thanks so much for brightening up my night Rob, Rob and Anonymous, Unsung Camera Minion!
It's an amazingly effective cure for a bad mood.
Bravo gents - Rock on.
2:13 Hey, Vsauce. Michael here.
I HEARD IT TOO!
??
@@Naseem384 vsauce music
Your laugh is really contagious
Reverse 1:19
Speed Up 3:23
Slow Down 4:07
Varispeed 5:26
Flanger 8:09
Chorus 9:02
Tremolo 9:58
Distortion 10:48
Delay 12:12
Tape Stop 12:52
It's so awesome to hear you burst full out laughing like that!
whanowa o
6:07 omg funniest thing ive heard in a while, love u mate
And that is why you deserved 1.3 Million subscribers!
Kyle Crane and more
Yeah.
He deserves another 1.3 million
Makes sense that Rob & Rob are so entertaining to watch. If I ever want to record something on more expensive gear than my local guys have, I'll make the 2 hr drive up to see Ruccia. He seems like such a fun guy to work with.
5:31 Best Rob's lyric 2018
Oh my god.
The wormhole.
My sides.
robs laugh is precious
Big fat meaty analog tape.
so warm
extra T H I C C
Claws*
Really cool and informative videos. I think most young people these days have heard of tape recording but never really seen the process in this much depth, it's pretty incredible to know this was the main way of recording music for decades upon decades.
I am in love with Robs laugh, I started laughing because it was so genuine.
Omg the varispeed warp I haven't laughed that hard for a week or two XD
for me more lika year or two^^
8:07 would also work with a source that you can't change the speed of, as long as there's two 'passing' each other. So playing something from Protools to the taperecorder, then playing it back with the tape starting slightly earlier, and then slowing the tape down, would cause one flange when the sounds pass each other. Just one, but it'd be a flange :D.
That reverse technique is how the intro to Blackened was made, awesome.
Simon I said the exact same thing
blackened by metallica?
slum chemist Yeah
I'm Only Sleeping (Beatles) and Castles Made Of Sand (Hendrix) both feature fairly tasrt backwards solos
Of all the guitar youtubers out there, Rob stands out. He brings such awesome contents before us.
rob scallon should be a voice actor for any cartoon
He still has his DA-8 decks too. Thats what I learned on in college, but we did play with the MSR-16 too. I love old mediums.
Varispeed metal when?
The sheer joy you show in this video is one of the reasons I'm so glad I found this channel. You're without a doubt an amazing musician but the fact that you have such passion for music (even though I hate using that word) and that you're *legitimately a good guy* and have such a great sense of humor really set you apart. I've never used Patreon before but supporting musicians and people who bring such light and joy to the world is my exact definition of what "patronage" should be, going back all the way to the Renaissance definition of the term, when leaders realized the value of culture, art, and music. I'm going to feel very good about my five bucks a month (edit: I guess I didn't know how much control you have with Patreon. Five bucks up to twice a month! Woo!) knowing that it enables you to keep doing what you love and enriching people's lives the way you do. Shine on.
Hey Rob. An idea for a future video: A composition (on guitar, bass or anything) that will, or at least should, sound the same when played in reverse.
Keep up the good work.
Palindrome Metal
he already did, he did enter sandman played backwards but edited in reverse
But im thinking a song that has the same chords, notes, breaks and all that, when you play it both normal and in reverse. Not a song played in reverse and then reversed so it sounds right. Dont know if he has done it already. He honestly might have 😀
EnterTheHatesphere yes.. It's already done.. Check out the opening theme for the series "da Vinci demons" by composer bear McCreary..it's a tribute from the composer to DaVinci as DaVinci could write in mirror image style th-cam.com/video/d5a55uK8f4k/w-d-xo.html
But i dont think Rob has done it before
Me:Rob what instrument do you play?
Rob:Yes
5:30
when your mom tells you you have to go to the dentist tomorrow
erik kästner More like 6:12
6:45 When I actually have my dentist's appointment tomorrow...
Why me.
I don't think I've EVER seen Rob laugh so hard
Imagine casually having a 2" tape machine on your tour bus. Legend
By far one of my absolute favorite videos from our man Rob.
Just hearing Rob laugh made my day
This is one of my favorite videos of you’ve done recently, purely for entertainment value and because of how interesting it was.
Oh my god Robs genuine laugh is amazing
12:11 I LOVE that! Sounds so awesome.
I recorded four different bands using a tape Machine just like this one with 2 inch tape while taking a audio recording and mastering class at San Francisco State circa 2002. Including a Zydeco band where we had 11 mics on the drum kit alone. Yup... old school.
These recording techniques and odd recording videos have been some of the best videos I've seen on TH-cam in quiet some time.
It takes more work but you can get one hell of a raw and real unique sound from analog recording.
This video is comedy gold, I swear to god this is one of the best videos on his channel
Oh god, Rob's laugh is so pure, we must protect him
The "time warp" effect was definitely cool. I believe that's initially a shuttle control for quickly scrubbing to different passages to hear so you can edit properly. That machine sounds absolutely beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Walking down the street and, oh hey, what’s up Samantha and OH MY GOOOOOD.
This was one of the most interesting and fun videos I have watched in a while. I was rolling during the varispeed warp.
Never stop trying to find fun and unusual things to do (and film, and upload for our amusement).
Incredibly cool to watch and listen! The sounds are so clear!
Incredible how more realistic analog transposition sounds.
4:30 Velvet Underground B-Sides
I had an opportunity to record on a large-format console in a room with two tape machines, and wound up using the second machine as a tape delay (as a send-return effect.) On my return channel, I actually sent it back to the tape machine at a volume less than unity to create a "feedback" delay so it sounded more like a typical echo!
How did you edit this video without using digital equipment? I'm on to you Rob...
Nick Powell he filmed it with an analog video camera and cut and pasted the films with tape and siccors duh.
@@stephanvanderwoerd4405 and he recorded the audio separately
@@faronomus1589 then tapped into a telephone line and uploaded it
Reverse: Black Mirror
Speed up: Italy
Speed down: Weird horrible garage band stuff from the 70s
Warp: Weird college student project video from 90s
Flanger: Peter Robinson or Jack Stauber or Mac DeMarco (the initial recording they showed)
Tremolo: (that song with the lyrics “need a hero” in the chorus- new age rock not the old one
Distortion: Too weak
Delay: Funkpop stuff
Tapestop: Lit, subscribed.
So you grabbed an acoustic guitar but chose to distort your voice??? Duuuuuuude... saturated acoustic guitar is one of the best things about using tape!
Something something On Avery Island
besides that this put a big smile on my face, it was also super educational when it comes to the effects I use so often in my DAW. Especially the thing about flanger, and digital versus analogue distortion is super nice to know!
Double tracking was the original chorus so I wouldn't say it's a work around. Our chorus pedals these days are just deceptively different which makes it seem like a completly different effect process.
I can tell that every couple of months, I’m gonna come back to this video, just to watch the Varispeed warp Bit over and over like I did all day today
7:18 this dude really said “japan-imation” that’s how you know he’s old lol
Stfu weeb
I think he said, "Some Japanime, shit"
I also really like that engineer guy. Seems like a cool and funny fella. Running into the next room to lose his shit about Rob's vocal antics was too funny.
Rob Scallon is a child with immense talent, trapped in an Adult's body, it turns out... Noted.
I've never had such a fun time watching something on the internet. Thank you.
- Second camera guy, where are you?
- 0:38
- oh, there you are on the left.
- Hey, second camera guy, where did you go?
- 3:55
- oh, there on the right
- Hey, second..
- 8:34
- nevermind..
- Hey..
- 10:20
- ...
Thanks for showing this. Most people have no clue how a lot of this stuff was done back in the day, and how freaking easy it is to produce these days. :-)
I've never seen Rob laugh so hard...its the best thing ever 😂😂
The best part of this is how much fun you guys were having with it!
6:12 I couldn't stop laughing
You have inspired me so much in the past year thay it's unreal. Just yesterday I bought my first guitar and amp ever and you inspire me to play and get really good. Some of your videos have already helped me like string gauges 101. Your awesome
Looks like Rob gave Makemebad35 a shoutout!
SEiMEi its crazy/cool to me that he did cuz Rob's vlogs tend to make me think of Damien from makemebad35.
I always wanted to see how a mellotron works. I have heard it described, and seen a picture, but it would be cool to actually see it in the video, and how it works.
"what am I doing with my life"
Luca Lazzari 5:45
6:07 Really caught me off guard, haven’t laughed so much in a while. I’m glad I subscribed to this channel
The hardest laugh attack i've had this month.
This engineer is a great sport. He obviously loves sound.. period!
I'm over here laughing so hard the neighbor's dogs started barking.
I was seeing rain delay without effects and thought if you could make some more...this video is what I wanted!perfect !👍❤️
Varispeed warping for the win. It’s the only reason to go analogue.
Adam Flanagan Well Edison from FL Studio does that
No, the only reason to go analog is if your band has plenty of money and you want a more accurate recording.
I tried backmasking once, it came out pretty cool, with the reverb easing into the drums, not at the end. Each new tape you have to record over it blank before you use it or you get tape hiss. You have to align the particles to be ready for recording.
Such a crazy educational video
Fascinating and inspiring! I love to see these insights.
2:14 ...ecin yreV
slllab ym no kcus
I'm actually learning to use that very same model of tape machine in college right now! This video is giving me so many ideas to use with it!
Robs laugh is beautiful
Awesome. Some people should see this who are only used to digital. Gives them some respect for older music.
One of the reasons I still shoot analogue sometimes :)