I would love to have one of those, all tube! Looks great! The shoulder style 5Y3 or 80 looks cool! I love cassettes and I get them off ebay or buy them from thrift stores or places like Value Village when I can. They sound so rich ! I have a 4 track cassette recorder and love it and also a Bell and Howell vacuum tube reel to reel and it sounds beautiful and has an amp out .
@Thermionman1970 This project has to be a first in the entire world :)
I have to admit, too, that it does look pretty awesome. Most of the cassettes I have are ones I recorded from CDs and other things. I've never heard of a 4 track cassette recorder! That sounds like a useful device for recording music at home.
I would also like to do a DIY reel-to-reel, but finding a transport mechanism in working order is hard these days. Thanks for commenting!
@CameramanLink Yes 4 track recorders are what everyone mainly used in the 1980's for simple home recording before digital or computer, usually a Fostex or Tascam. There are 8 track versions too. They are fun to use and have volume and pan(left, right) for each track and a bounce function that allows you to get 3 more tracks without losing sound quality.It is really fun because you can flip the tape over and play everything backwards for cool effects! You can still find them ,ebay etc.
@Thermionman1970 Thanks for the info. I might get one if I find a good price and one that's in working condition. When I first was trying to make my own music recordings, this is the kind of device I wanted to use. At the time I thought the only ones available were the expensive 2" tape ones used in the recording studios.
If you recorded that song onto a tape, how did you do it? I know that you plug one in of cable to your device and the other end to the tape player, but how do you make the sound sound crisp?
@1AppleMaker The tape was recorded on a Sony tape deck directly from a cd player. The tape was then played back in this homemade machine, with the line output from the this player connecting to the audio input of the camera. This makes the sound crisp because it is a direct connection rather than using a speaker and microphone.
@AllAmericanFiveRadio I think I heard of a cassette player from the 50s that used large cassettes, probably about the same size as VHS, but I've never seen tube-based cassette players for normal audio cassettes. This has to be a first!
@CameramanLink This is really cool, nice work. I am also working on a similar project. You can see in my videos, I have only built a valve replay amplifier so far. The tape drive mechanism will be quite hard to make, I may use your idea here and take one from another device. Nice work.
You just gotta love that. How sweet & retro....;@ :55 I even think I heard some good 'ole fashioned tape hiss, Just a hint. And all that point to point /fying caps & resistors on the inside...ah, too cool!
did you build that?
jusuttajah 7 months ago
@jusuttajah Yep, that's why I posted it.
CameramanLink 7 months ago
@CameramanLink AWESOME!
jusuttajah 7 months ago
i love the way you just pop the cassette on
you should do a home-made portable cassette player - im trying to make one!
curtis8516 11 months ago
@curtis8516
ha ha ha, this is unscientific nonsense
MsCADKO 7 months ago
As a person doing recording since I was seven singing into a crappy hi fi mic,
digital recording is a godsend. I don't miss astronomical prices on good
recording gear, don't miss my annoying sisters taping over my lyrical ideas
(But I still love them very much!!) and I certainly don't miss the crappy
quality of cassettes after leaving them in the car for a month!!
VoyageOne1 1 year ago
I would love to have one of those, all tube! Looks great! The shoulder style 5Y3 or 80 looks cool! I love cassettes and I get them off ebay or buy them from thrift stores or places like Value Village when I can. They sound so rich ! I have a 4 track cassette recorder and love it and also a Bell and Howell vacuum tube reel to reel and it sounds beautiful and has an amp out .
Thermionman1970 1 year ago
@Thermionman1970 This project has to be a first in the entire world :)
I have to admit, too, that it does look pretty awesome. Most of the cassettes I have are ones I recorded from CDs and other things. I've never heard of a 4 track cassette recorder! That sounds like a useful device for recording music at home.
I would also like to do a DIY reel-to-reel, but finding a transport mechanism in working order is hard these days. Thanks for commenting!
CameramanLink 1 year ago
@CameramanLink Yes 4 track recorders are what everyone mainly used in the 1980's for simple home recording before digital or computer, usually a Fostex or Tascam. There are 8 track versions too. They are fun to use and have volume and pan(left, right) for each track and a bounce function that allows you to get 3 more tracks without losing sound quality.It is really fun because you can flip the tape over and play everything backwards for cool effects! You can still find them ,ebay etc.
Thermionman1970 1 year ago
@Thermionman1970 Thanks for the info. I might get one if I find a good price and one that's in working condition. When I first was trying to make my own music recordings, this is the kind of device I wanted to use. At the time I thought the only ones available were the expensive 2" tape ones used in the recording studios.
CameramanLink 1 year ago
If you recorded that song onto a tape, how did you do it? I know that you plug one in of cable to your device and the other end to the tape player, but how do you make the sound sound crisp?
1AppleMaker 1 year ago
@1AppleMaker The tape was recorded on a Sony tape deck directly from a cd player. The tape was then played back in this homemade machine, with the line output from the this player connecting to the audio input of the camera. This makes the sound crisp because it is a direct connection rather than using a speaker and microphone.
CameramanLink 1 year ago
I wonder if there were any commercial tube cassette players made? Yours are the only ones I have seen or heard of.
AllAmericanFiveRadio 1 year ago
@AllAmericanFiveRadio I think I heard of a cassette player from the 50s that used large cassettes, probably about the same size as VHS, but I've never seen tube-based cassette players for normal audio cassettes. This has to be a first!
CameramanLink 1 year ago
@CameramanLink This is really cool, nice work. I am also working on a similar project. You can see in my videos, I have only built a valve replay amplifier so far. The tape drive mechanism will be quite hard to make, I may use your idea here and take one from another device. Nice work.
radiumlofi 1 year ago
You just gotta love that. How sweet & retro....;@ :55 I even think I heard some good 'ole fashioned tape hiss, Just a hint. And all that point to point /fying caps & resistors on the inside...ah, too cool!
LUVITALL9 1 year ago
@LUVITALL9 Thank you! Be sure to check out my homemade cassette recorder, coming soon :)
CameramanLink 1 year ago
very nice :)
SmashCOBamberg 1 year ago
@SmashCOBamberg Thank you!
CameramanLink 1 year ago
Nice, man! You're having fun in this days eh! :D
ArmaHighVoltage 1 year ago