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Producing Music (in Analog)

I'm going to break down my mix on the Tascam 388. I listened to my subscribers, and made music according to their suggestions! I produced Hip Hop, Neo Soul, Analog Music on reel to reel tape exactly according to subscriber specifications. Recorded on tape! You spoke and I listened!
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Alright well I had the best of intentions. I definitely wanted to make the music that people wanted to hear, but turns out that's hard. I guess it kinda has a neo soul vibe, i just think the rhythm section could be better. Maybe a drum machine next time? I didn't even use the casio synth, what the heck. I got too wrapped up in spectral analysis of an tape eq'd cymbal.
But hey we got to hear this floor tom kick in action, in a song. I think people were pretty divided over it. Some liked it, some hated, most said I used too much muting. I actually like a lot of muting. I honestly still haven't gotten close the sound I'm looking for. I'm gonna try a different better, different mic, different drum, different room, different drummer, different cable computer, and see if that fixes it.
#recording #producing #analog
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  • @travisraab
    @travisraab2 жыл бұрын

    How I invented the world's greatest kick kzread.info/dash/bejne/moikyc-co9PJcZM.html

  • @gabe2951
    @gabe29512 жыл бұрын

    Interesting that the analog engineers of the old times were happy to move to digital, but a ton of people now are going back to analog despite all the inconveniences. Myself included...

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    The grass is always greener!

  • @FukinSkunk

    @FukinSkunk

    7 күн бұрын

    We miss full sound waves lol. Easier doesn't always mean better.

  • @alexanderdragiev2050
    @alexanderdragiev20502 жыл бұрын

    The "Not following my assignment" thing happens to me constantly. When I have a particular style/idea in mind and I want to execute it, I always end up with something completely different. But that's the beauty of it I think. I let the song guide me and take me where it wants to be. I like where this song took you and itself.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like a Ouija board! Thanks Alexander

  • @natalienat411

    @natalienat411

    7 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @appleslayer3337
    @appleslayer3337 Жыл бұрын

    good lord you talk like you failed the assignment there at first but you have created the grooviest warm jazzy jam I've heard in a long long while lol. that was epic.

  • @user-ys3hz3cn5k
    @user-ys3hz3cn5k7 ай бұрын

    I miss analog, I started out with the 4 track Tascam, JV-110, JV-880, JV-1080, XP-80 DDD1 Drum machine and 8 second food sampler. Thank you for the memories.💯

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    7 ай бұрын

    very cool!

  • @ChameleoKing
    @ChameleoKing Жыл бұрын

    You've pulled from the audio library in the sky and made a dope track. And it's definitely hip hop. It pulls from different genres and creates it's own. Outstanding!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @definitelyjustcj4148
    @definitelyjustcj41485 ай бұрын

    dude this is absolutely amazing and any hip hop song would absolutely be a billboard top 100 hit if this was the track they would sample from

  • @mone4
    @mone42 жыл бұрын

    ANALOG WILL ALWAYS WIN!!.. love these vids. Taking us back to the vintage world again. Keep it up brotha

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Always! i agree 100% mone!!

  • @littlevibetown
    @littlevibetown2 жыл бұрын

    Love watching these Travis, I hope you can make a living on this and keep it going. Everyone can see how much energy is put into each one.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    hi Lungi! wow that would be amazing. just need another 100k to do that haha. i enjoy the videos glad you like them

  • @littlevibetown

    @littlevibetown

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab slow and steady...you got this brothertown

  • @ThatBonsaipanda
    @ThatBonsaipanda2 жыл бұрын

    My first experience in music production was working in a studio that was just doing the transition to digital (this was way back in 1998ish). I almost lost my marbles with the analog gear with the exact same issues you were facing. We used a ton of expanders and whatnot to artificially stretch the range but you can only go so far. Once it started to move into digital, it just fealt so freeing, but we were having a lot of issues with the AD/DA blocks and the computers struggling to keep up etc. When I left, I woved to never work with analog gear again, but I still do come back to it even today. :D

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    so cool to hear your experience. very interesting to hear your insights. thank you!

  • @billyrayvalentine7972
    @billyrayvalentine79722 жыл бұрын

    The battle to get highs back as the highs are rolling off each time the tape gets played. Then the journey of the analog mix. I spent the entire 1980s analog. It sure is a journey. Your new genre was strangely soothing. Elevator Ska

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    do you lose highs every single time it plays?

  • @nataliecovers__
    @nataliecovers__7 ай бұрын

    Analog is this great black box to me so thanks for the breakdown 🎉🎉🎉

  • @Mysterical01
    @Mysterical012 жыл бұрын

    Btw you're salvage mindset inspired me to want to build a custom pedal board with some scrap wood I had from an old taekwondo belt rack and I think it's gonna turn out really sweet!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thats all you need quincy! very cool to hear that

  • @lucasjacobs123able
    @lucasjacobs123able2 жыл бұрын

    Dude I love just watching you mess around, it’s great 😂

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Lucas! That's really cool to hear

  • @lucasjacobs123able

    @lucasjacobs123able

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab yeah I’m a musician myself and I like to find content of others writing process and just having fun instead of just a generic video of whatever.

  • @joemaletskii
    @joemaletskii6 күн бұрын

    Hello! Well I just got a tascam m216 ! For a helluva deal and looked everywhere for instructions or things I would need like cables to go into an interface or how all the knobs work and what they do , a video like that would be rad , a video manual on getting started

  • @handf2914
    @handf29142 жыл бұрын

    i always wanted to record in analog, but yeah, I live in Malaysia, and there’s not much second hand analog recording device in my country plus if there is, it’s gonna be waaayyyy expensive. keep up the good content man, hopefully we’ll become like you someday. cheers! ☺️

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have a friend in Malaysia. Do you know Jasdev? 😂

  • @handf2914

    @handf2914

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab 🤣 if you give me his instagram maybe I can check him out

  • @jackcrook4435
    @jackcrook44352 жыл бұрын

    I read a quote from Bob Ohlsson of Motown recently that he did several different mixdowns and was reall intuitive with the automation, doing things on the fly he couldnt recreate and then cut and spliced the best parts of the mixes together. He said he still does this straight into protools. He said Motown had the first automation desk, but they actually had it removed from the desk once in a service, because they preferred the method above. Now he just records his mixes as playlists stright into protools and then comps the best bits together and says its still quicker than adding automation after the fact. Anyways, thought you might find this information useful!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very cool Jack!

  • @nebula0697
    @nebula06972 жыл бұрын

    That was a perfectly cool instrumental low fi hip hop laid back tune. I'm sure the requesters were plenty happy.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks nebula i think one of them didnt even notice i gave them a shoutout haha

  • @nebula0697

    @nebula0697

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab Definitely you should keep a high ratio of tuneage to pedagogical info. As the french say "pour faire plus d'un heureux, offrez plus d'un fromage."

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nebula0697 awesome let me just get out my dictionary, thesaurus, and Barron's 501 French Verbs!

  • @JohnDuncanAVLFiddler
    @JohnDuncanAVLFiddler2 жыл бұрын

    I'm a working musician and watching your process on this song is very inspiring. Thanks for the nice video. :)

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    just checked out your channel. great playing john! thanks for swinging by

  • @JohnDuncanAVLFiddler

    @JohnDuncanAVLFiddler

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab wow thanks!

  • @Netm8kr
    @Netm8kr2 жыл бұрын

    Bro, I'm loving the journey. You surely have immersed yourself in these creative waters. The YT algorithm doesn't always put your current vids in front of me. But always great when I make an effort to stay current. Pretty soon, Peeps will pay you to engineer for them. As to catch a bit of that "sound" your developing in that space. Keep em coming.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    hey man! good to hear from you it's been a minute. yeah that's weird how that algorithm works. man that'll be the day that would be cool haha! i'm happy you made the effort to keep in touch thank you!

  • @londonxrainn
    @londonxrainn2 жыл бұрын

    Would love to hear some DeMarco style stuff with that Casio

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's a good idea London. I can make some for you

  • @Mysterical01
    @Mysterical012 жыл бұрын

    This is such a fun jam are you kidding??

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    hey gracias quincy!

  • @jamesongerdon
    @jamesongerdon2 жыл бұрын

    Gotta break out that casio in the next video! I have that same one and have found some nice totally usable sounds on it. Also the drum loops on it are fun to run through pedals to get some cool vibes to layer with your main drum kit

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    which sounds do you use?

  • @jamesongerdon

    @jamesongerdon

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab my favorites are “chorus”, “flute”, and “strings” settings!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesongerdon yeah the chorus one is my fav

  • @maximtrianov3661
    @maximtrianov36612 жыл бұрын

    Lost all my gear in home studio in Kharkiv, Ukraine. But stil watch your great videos just to not lose my mind. Thank you!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thats very kind of you to say. I'm very sorry for your situation.

  • @maximtrianov3661

    @maximtrianov3661

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab Thank you!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maximtrianov3661 where are you now? What is the situation

  • @maximtrianov3661

    @maximtrianov3661

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab the situation is horrible! Me and my wife escape from Kharkiv , it was a nightmare - russians bombs our city intensively! They destroyed our beautiful city, our home! Their soldiers are losers! All they can do - to kill peaceful people like in Bucha or Irpin... But we stand strong! Sorry to write this words, your channel is not about war or politic...

  • @marcosrobertsonofficial
    @marcosrobertsonofficial2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds great. I need to hear that Casio synth on tape...

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    hi Marcos! it has like one good sound. I used it on another tune kzread.info/dash/bejne/eKGoyLSRh726mto.html I'll try to make another song that works for it!

  • @millennialanimal
    @millennialanimal2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a King Krule track that didn’t make it on the album 😁 Your videos are always great, keep em coming.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    hey millennial! i thought you meant krungbin (or however you spell it) for a second. i've heard of king krule I should check them out!

  • @millennialanimal

    @millennialanimal

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab He’s great, definitely check it out!

  • @millennialanimal

    @millennialanimal

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZqiWususc5etp5M.html check this out mate.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    what genre is that? all i can think is that i used to have that exact same 335. i sold it to a student of mine... sad

  • @millennialanimal

    @millennialanimal

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab I have no idea, but…I think people in their 20s consumed music in such a way, on such a vast scale of genres that when we make music it’s hard to say what it is, if that makes sense? As for the guitar, I’d love one of them, I don’t think I could ever bring myself to sell a guitar hahah

  • @ProSimex84
    @ProSimex842 жыл бұрын

    I use a 4 track reel to reel and building a song with many parts is wild. Record three tracks, mix down to one, record two more tracks, mix down to one, repeat. So you need to guess at what level the first guitar part you recorded will need to be at several mix downs later when it can't be undone. Very jealous of that 8 track you've got.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah I can't handle 4 tracks. can't believe what the beatles achieved with only 4 tracks.

  • @ProSimex84

    @ProSimex84

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab I believe they had a few 4 track machines synced up with some sort of magic

  • @ElijahAlbuquerque-MusicStudio
    @ElijahAlbuquerque-MusicStudio2 жыл бұрын

    The mix tips are honestly the best 🎉

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks Elijah!

  • @Mute67
    @Mute672 жыл бұрын

    Man.. you are really tired. Perception of reality @ 3:27AM.. health coachers would use this video as a warning example for lack of sleep! I almost fell a sleep watching you been tired; and it's morning here right now, well 10:30AM. Contagious! But I'm impressed of the energy you put into it all! It sounds.. work in progress? It's interesting to hear your own thoughts about the mixing part and how easy it is to get lost in details. Thanks for another great video! I enjoy them very much!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mute!

  • @bennyl.5
    @bennyl.52 жыл бұрын

    All nostalgia aside. I think working with analog will make you a better producer. Mic placement, eq of amp beforehand. Analog is also kind of unforgiving. Not to mention there's a certain amount of surprise when you hear it back on tape, like wow tape made that nasty tone sound sweet, or whoa where's all the air. I just did my first bounce on 246, and I was like wow came out 10 times louder than expected had to redo it. But the amount of fun and enthusiasm of working with tape, a song that ain't even that cool, the simplest riff ever, sometimes on tape your like yeah I wanna work with that. Tape has made me appreciate digital, but digital has made me long for sweet syrupy tape

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    sweet syrupy tape you said it Benny! good insights on producing.

  • @jakoblauber
    @jakoblauber2 жыл бұрын

    honestly, love the jam. There are no wrong notes...

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    jakob very kind of you to say!

  • @ComposerSyterious
    @ComposerSyterious2 жыл бұрын

    I am actually kind of doing something like what you are doing where I am collecting older/salvaged material to make music with. Slow process but it is fun and enjoyable. One of these days I will update my channel to have these things. I am taking a weirder approach as I like to add amience and noise in my stuff (also makes better use of my lack of expertise, just a fun hobby). It is inspiring to see you do something like this and makes me want to do the same with my tape recorder (I got a tascam 414 for like $22 and all it needed was a new capacitor, it was one of my fav purchases). Keep it up, Trav :)

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Hill! Congrats on your 424 score. Sounds like you have a great project. Keep me posted on it!

  • @ComposerSyterious

    @ComposerSyterious

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab I am sorry I meant to say 414, my brain is foggy this morning lol, but it works wonders for me and what I want to do. Will keep posted mainly by video uploading. We will see when lol

  • @rabidmonkeys15
    @rabidmonkeys158 ай бұрын

    finally, a video that shows the actual creative process

  • @darwinsaye
    @darwinsaye7 ай бұрын

    “I didn’t follow the assignment” … Turned out that’s a good thing.

  • @ROWTONE
    @ROWTONE2 жыл бұрын

    kick drum is adorable

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    tru dat

  • @ahmn8972
    @ahmn89722 жыл бұрын

    Great! I just enjoy your music and videos. I want to make a place similar to your studio someday.👍

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did I pronounce your name right?

  • @jeffbridges6110
    @jeffbridges61102 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a cool jazzy funk song. Surprised how the floor tom/kick sits in the mix.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    oh cool thanks jeff!

  • @Gregorydavidmusic
    @Gregorydavidmusic2 жыл бұрын

    I have a Tascam 388 currently not working, this is def convincing me to get it fixed. Sounds great!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    what's wrong with it?

  • @Gregorydavidmusic

    @Gregorydavidmusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab the reel to reel side isn’t working (stop, rev, play ect) the mixer does work however, been using it for channel strips, and it sounds pretty good considering.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Gregorydavidmusic does the counter light up or does it do anything at all? Have you checked the belt? Could be a simple fix

  • @Gregorydavidmusic

    @Gregorydavidmusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab I haven’t taken it apart yet, but you’re prob right lol.. I’ll do that and get back 🤘😂

  • @Gregorydavidmusic

    @Gregorydavidmusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    just opened my 388 up, sure enough the belt was goo.. cleaned it all out, and recalibrating the tension now.. thanks for the inspiration on DIY’ing it, channel strips sound excellent🤘

  • @cmc16c
    @cmc16c2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome vid! Definitely excited to see that Casio though. Those are so fun to make beats with. It’d be interesting to combine a stock Casio beat with live drums. And then maybe little keys too!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    i'll have to bust out the casio! i used it on another tune. it's been a minute. good idea conor

  • @soapstonecreatures
    @soapstonecreatures2 жыл бұрын

    i could hear frank ocean on this, this is so smooth man

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    we gotta get him! anybody got his number?

  • @masonsmythmusic
    @masonsmythmusic2 жыл бұрын

    I would really love to see an in depth tutorial on how to use the 388/ how to record on a tape machine!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    cool mason i'll try to bust one out!

  • @huntergalloway3944
    @huntergalloway39442 жыл бұрын

    That snare tone is lovely

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Hunter 🙏👍👍

  • @ElijahAlbuquerque-MusicStudio
    @ElijahAlbuquerque-MusicStudio2 жыл бұрын

    Great insight! The guitar licks r always so tasty 😋🤤🎉✨

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope it was useful thanks Elijah

  • @StuffnSuch
    @StuffnSuch2 жыл бұрын

    That song sounded PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY.. pretty good.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha 😂

  • @JuanMotta
    @JuanMotta2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, yes, sooooo different, but it has its reward, i like the track!!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Juan!

  • @92trdman
    @92trdman10 ай бұрын

    This is the sound we all missing

  • @NewHopeAudio
    @NewHopeAudio2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sweet. Definitely appreciate this.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it, Kyle! 😊

  • @rafirofi6547
    @rafirofi65472 жыл бұрын

    The barn studio looks so warm and welcoming (especially with this music) . Are you planning on continuing the barn studio series? I binged them in one sitting and now something's missing from my life.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    man I think I'm gonna do a poll! i wasn't sure who was watching it but a few people have asked about it.

  • @alexanderdragiev2050

    @alexanderdragiev2050

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab I'm for more barn studio videos too. I love those!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexanderdragiev2050 ok we got two! 😂

  • @theblowupdollsmusic
    @theblowupdollsmusic2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe get a reverb and delay for your aux returns, and a compressor for your mix bus after tape to polish the mix. I think you would be in good shape then. Lexicon MX200 series is cheap and really good.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'll check it out Matt!

  • @timithomann
    @timithomann2 жыл бұрын

    Love the Track and your Channel :) but please play that casio in the 388 :p no just joking if you to that the noiselevel will be higher than me on a Amsterdam bar Tour

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    I gotta make a track built around the Casio. It has a very specific sound

  • @markitux
    @markitux2 жыл бұрын

    i cant believe the sound of that epi sg, mate! love your content! Greetings from Chile! (did i sound like an e.t. alien when i say: "greetings"? ...i can feel it)

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    it was free can't go wrong with the price haha. your english is perfect marcos!

  • @markitux

    @markitux

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab 💪🏻

  • @djwiggles2835
    @djwiggles28352 жыл бұрын

    The bit about playing the “wrong note” after thinking it sounded good is the story of my life when writing songs. I’ll be like “it’s okay if it sounds weird bc I think it sounds good” and when I listen to it later it only sounds weird… and not good

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @tt5416
    @tt54162 жыл бұрын

    Love the Vibe of the Song!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you Annie!

  • @franklee7543
    @franklee75432 жыл бұрын

    Woa.. Sounds really good..

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks Frank!

  • @JakeStrange66
    @JakeStrange664 ай бұрын

    I just got a digital recorder/mixer after recording analog for 25+ years. Still keeping it DAWless. Having a bit of trouble getting some things to sound right with digital. 😢

  • @juleeez628
    @juleeez6282 жыл бұрын

    Sounds good to me even though the epiphone is out of tune. Love the stereo guitars

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    jules this is an official gibson les paul no epiphone here

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Wilmer Waarbroek no way man

  • @michaeldiaz5473
    @michaeldiaz54732 жыл бұрын

    U killed it.....thanx

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks michael!

  • @owonobrandon8747
    @owonobrandon87472 жыл бұрын

    Being positive makes everything work 🙂

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    i hope i'm not coming off too negative! i'm just basically joking around

  • @FC-xc3zy
    @FC-xc3zy2 жыл бұрын

    I like the fat analog sound. I run my tracks thru analog mixers , eq and tape. I then saturate , mix and edit using a DAW and a digital mixer with automated faders. . I can move faster in the digital domain with total recall of projects. I use analog first though ...

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow cool workflow! Best of both worlds. Faders are dope

  • @szandokankolompar9968
    @szandokankolompar99682 жыл бұрын

    I actually kinda like that drum sound with the guitars. It's strange and unconventional but in a cool way

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks szandokan!

  • @seanfitch9040
    @seanfitch90402 жыл бұрын

    Great content per usual

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Sean!

  • @TheNickAndJonShow
    @TheNickAndJonShow2 жыл бұрын

    awesome set up!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks nick!

  • @grimshrimpy
    @grimshrimpy2 жыл бұрын

    i Love a good video that is both informative and entertaining

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    i'm glad you liked it!

  • @DethronerX
    @DethronerX10 ай бұрын

    Fuck the subtitles, enjoy the video, its perfect

  • @FC-xc3zy
    @FC-xc3zy2 жыл бұрын

    Actually sound like a hit

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    You too kind F C!

  • @micahgeorge5440
    @micahgeorge54402 жыл бұрын

    Analog lives on

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Stayin' alive Micah!

  • @Ryan_Poff
    @Ryan_Poff2 жыл бұрын

    Idk man. It had a vibe, and it felt good. What else do you really need? Cool video!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you Rook!

  • @arfansthename
    @arfansthename2 жыл бұрын

    Ooh, this feels like a soul-type Jimi Hendrix track. I'd really like to remix it myself!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah that would be fun arfan!

  • @arfansthename

    @arfansthename

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab "remix" as in "mixing the song", not like adding beats

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@arfansthename that's also cool!

  • @Ryan_Poff
    @Ryan_Poff2 жыл бұрын

    Can we get a video where you use the 388 as a guitar tape echo effect? If it doesn't have direct outs you could use the insert as one, then capture the echo after it hits the tape. I think that would be a cool upload.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    you'll have to explain to me how to do that rook!

  • @Ryan_Poff

    @Ryan_Poff

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab so you take the original signal from the "access" send on that machine (looks like thats what your insert is called) and record that into your daw, or one of your portable studios. So that's your signal with no latency. Then that signal should still be going to tape on the Tascam 388. The time it takes to go from the record head to the play head creates a delay. The slower tape speed ips you use the longer the delay. Then you capture the stereo out after tape. Send that to your Daw or portastudio. Blend the tape signal to taste. Works with vocals to. That's how they got the John Lennon double tracks.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ryan_Poff you mean i record a delayed track back onto another track?

  • @Ryan_Poff

    @Ryan_Poff

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab I think that would cause a nasty feedback. No you would have to record onto another tape machine or into your daw. I have an idea. How about use your new portastudio. Capture your guitar the way you normally would either going direct in, or amping it up on the portastudio. Then, use the aux on the Portastudio sending to the tascam. Then send the out of the tascam after it hits the tape back into your portastudio through the aux return. Then you can use the aux fader knob on the portastudio to control the delay. Or you could bring it back in on a whole other channel that way you can use eq, and pan it, etc. So in a sense your just using the tascam as a big a** guitar pedal, or piece of outboard gear.

  • @Ryan_Poff

    @Ryan_Poff

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab then you can adjust the time of the delay by changing the tape speed on the tascam.

  • @dudearlo
    @dudearlo Жыл бұрын

    Its hip-hopy I could see Kendrick Lamar, or J Cole even on this beat

  • @timfoyleband250
    @timfoyleband2502 жыл бұрын

    Super great!!!!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Tim good to hear from you, thanks!

  • @lincolnmmitchell
    @lincolnmmitchell2 жыл бұрын

    Tune the snare a bit tighter esp bottom head and dampen, it will fit the song better. Otherwise - dig the vibe.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    great suggestion lincoln!

  • @SeloCulumim
    @SeloCulumim5 ай бұрын

    Can i show guys my álbum "culumim", this project is exectly what u did listed: 90's drums, guitars, cheep Casio...

  • @cjkenney
    @cjkenney2 жыл бұрын

    dude drum groove is very hiphop, the dreamy guitars have a tyler the creator vibe to em

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks Chris 😁

  • @jbonillaguitar
    @jbonillaguitar2 жыл бұрын

    you fail beautifully, inspired! 🙌

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that Taco!

  • @BCWalet
    @BCWalet2 жыл бұрын

    maybe next time you should make song with viewers, for the example you make one path of instrument and the rest of it subscribers, or just give us your recorded sound path and see some remix and remasters, it coudl be intresting

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    whoa ! i really like that idea bcwalet. not just saying that. great suggestion

  • @scottbaxendale323
    @scottbaxendale3232 жыл бұрын

    Oh snap, remixing a tune three times is such drudgery! I can’t think of a single track that didn’t get mixed a dozen times before it was done in my world.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    true dat, scott!

  • @molekulaTV
    @molekulaTV2 жыл бұрын

    Your instruments all sound big. Your chords and ideas are big. I mean it. I think your snare could be shorter to give space for them.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    you're too kind! i agree, the snare messed up the song

  • @molekulaTV

    @molekulaTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    ☺☺☺

  • @MultiPaulenas
    @MultiPaulenas2 жыл бұрын

    Your chords sound amazing! Any tips on how to come up with interesting chord progressions?

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks Paulius! most of these are stock jazz chords. I would learn 2 5 1 in both major and minor using 7th chords. That'll get you 75% of the way there!

  • @timfoyleband250

    @timfoyleband250

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab great advise

  • @jossmordecai5063
    @jossmordecai50632 жыл бұрын

    Hybrid recording is the way to go if u can afford it

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    They you go boss!

  • @hal2098
    @hal20982 жыл бұрын

    how about something purely digital, uptempo and aggressive

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    sounds cool! what genre?

  • @jakegtband
    @jakegtband2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe use both heads on the kick and make sure you move the mic away from the batter head a bit? sounds too attacky as oppose to an actual kick drum tone

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    that's a good idea Jake! I'll try that

  • @jakegtband

    @jakegtband

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab you could also try use a softer beater? Depends on what sound you actually want i guess!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@jakegtband does a softer beater exist?

  • @jongottlieb
    @jongottlieb2 жыл бұрын

    Yoo mann!! I have a question for you.. I've always thought about ... How long can you use and reuse tape? I mean.. Do you have to change tape every time you make a mistake or can you delete the recorded sound? Make a video about it!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    so you can reuse tape as much as you want, but some sounds kind of get imprinted and they can be faintly heard. no you don't have to change tape with every mistake.

  • @Mark761966
    @Mark7619662 жыл бұрын

    Did you try using a cat as damping for your kick?

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah can you hear the tone? the plugin doesn't sound the same as the real cat. just saying. they can try but...

  • @samatkins5989
    @samatkins59892 жыл бұрын

    How did you clean up all that old dusty recording gear? Any products you recommend? just bought a fostex cassette recorder and it works, but super dirty

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah man! Depends want you want to do. The less tracks the less the price basically. Which model of fostex?

  • @samatkins5989

    @samatkins5989

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab Fostex Xr7 multitracker. Definitely wanna clean up the faders. Don't really know anything about servicing this kind of stuff though

  • @marcosaruca5283
    @marcosaruca52832 жыл бұрын

    Eq on the way in and then again on the mix side

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    is that a request or a statement lol

  • @marcosaruca5283

    @marcosaruca5283

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab both.....thats what the old heads used to do....you just have to commit....which is the down side to analog

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marcosaruca5283 i hear you!

  • @marcosaruca5283

    @marcosaruca5283

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab does the tascam 388 have a mix and record mode?

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marcosaruca5283 hmmm that sounds pretty advanced. What does that do?

  • @danielmcfarlane6129
    @danielmcfarlane61292 жыл бұрын

    What if you went the other way and tried to make it as digital as possible 🤔

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you! i actually want to do that. it's INSANE that we keep trying to make something that isn't just like this kick drum. why am i trying to make it something that it isnt? why not embrace what I have. i was seriously planning on making a video like that. good thinking Daniel!

  • @danielmcfarlane6129

    @danielmcfarlane6129

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab it really is insane. Digital is the answer to all the issues with analogue. If you do the digital video you could even got to extremes and record everything in 8 bit...maybe that's too far though 😅

  • @TheAkiiscool
    @TheAkiiscool2 жыл бұрын

    Great Mix ! Definitely sounding warm and analogue. Just one suggestion... don't hard pan everything otherwise it sounds hollow.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    good thinking ankur! thanks for your suggestion

  • @rsteel1138
    @rsteel11382 жыл бұрын

    love the vid- take a subscribe

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks Rob!

  • @amonster8mymother
    @amonster8mymother Жыл бұрын

    I'm supposed to adjust my tensor arms on my 388 and I've never done it before have you?

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes I have a video about it

  • @amonster8mymother

    @amonster8mymother

    Жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab ok let me see that.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    Жыл бұрын

    @@amonster8mymother kzread.info/dash/bejne/mK5to9mDc5O_dMY.html

  • @oamuel
    @oamuel2 жыл бұрын

    do you use any middlemen? like analog compression or eq?

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    well these things get a lot of compression the way i used them. the drums and bass get squashed when i hit the tape hard. the overdrive pedal compressed the bass, and the same pedal into the tube amp compresses before it even reaches tape. and then just tape in general compresses. and then when i master it gets compressed and limited. yes the guitar amp and the overdrive pedal both have eq that i used. and there's eq on the board.

  • @yassinrahmouni5698
    @yassinrahmouni56982 жыл бұрын

    man what's up with your the face , every time you pickup an instrument hhhh. i found a tascam 106 for sale do you think worth investing . thanks for the videos man

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    i got a bad case of bass face yassin. i never messed with a 106. but i guess if you can rank mount it, it might be efficient and might generate some white noise for you

  • @Sinapsya
    @Sinapsya2 жыл бұрын

    Hi , I see now the rulls of last time prize and I hope you reach 5000 before 5 Aplil

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    ok thanks sinapsya!

  • @Tandle779
    @Tandle7792 жыл бұрын

    headsup this channel is going to the moon p.s. please stop putting yourself down after doing things with good technique like eqing the kick, you either look like you're insecure and don't know anything or you look like a narcissist who really thinks they are great at everything and makes up for it with self deprecation (narcissists DO this)... that goes for every artist here.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    is it possible to be both? you are def right with your diagnosis lol. regarding the channel, thank you! that would be awesome. these vids are my hobby :)

  • @Tandle779

    @Tandle779

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@travisraab Just putting some thoughts out there. I am a recovering self-doubter. I just think if you are putting a video together with all your experience and craftsmanship, give the audience faith that you are excited about what you are doing. Your videos are awesome so maybe using a different tone in your edits that doesn't put you down would probably give your channel the kind of confidence that takes it the extra mile. At least that's what I'd like to see 🙂

  • @MoeNMQ
    @MoeNMQ2 жыл бұрын

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    love it moe

  • @joeyns5745
    @joeyns5745 Жыл бұрын

    99 % cool but guitar on both side too loud in my speakers

  • @RAndrewNeal
    @RAndrewNeal2 жыл бұрын

    I thought it was pretty good.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    you're too kind, andrew!

  • @umrasangus
    @umrasangus2 жыл бұрын

    I seriously want you out of your comfort zone. Sing, put some overdrive onto shit, make that casio sound weird. The world doesn't need another chill Neo Soul Hip-Hop vibes track. We don't!!

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    i feel very uncomfortable already lol

  • @radicalbear3539
    @radicalbear35392 жыл бұрын

    Stop being so self-degrading about ur songs, it’s cringe. I’d listen to it outside the context of KZread, pretty good stuff.

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    i reserve the right to flagellate my songs publicly

  • @radicalbear3539

    @radicalbear3539

    2 жыл бұрын

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @hauntthechapel666
    @hauntthechapel6662 жыл бұрын

    shit is so silky

  • @travisraab

    @travisraab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Peyton!