Don't throw out that cassette deck !

[XV1100SE]

Maybe Yamaha knew that cassettes were making a comeback....

http://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/the-last-cassette-tape-factory?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool

[ReinyRooster]

who'd a thunk it?

[videoarizona]

I still like making my own mixes....45 minutes on a side. I can change the music to fit the mood I'm in while riding. Can't do that well with today's digital.

 

And what really makes me smile...is how nice and solid the cassette decks are on our scoots. From the oldest to the last years...they are stable at all times. Sure can't say that for the CD's!!

[BlueSky]

Tape can theroetically record an infinite amount of data while a CD is limited in its digital recording capacity. I don't think cassettes will really come back because it is so much easier to edit and engineer music digitally. A good music recording engineer can make an average singer sound like a great singer with digital recordings. Not to mention, you can email digital music!

[rbig1]

ha the belt would break in a week from dri rot

[videoarizona]

Tape can theroetically record an infinite amount of data while a CD is limited in its digital recording capacity. I don't think cassettes will really come back because it is so much easier to edit and engineer music digitally. A good music recording engineer can make an average singer sound like a great singer with digital recordings. Not to mention, you can email digital music!

 

Actually, since I come from the analog days...I can say with some authority it's not the gear that makes the song or singer. It's the talent behind and in front of the microphone. As a board of director for a studio in Paradise Valley, Arizona for a while...I've heard some pretty good music come out of analog....as the analog engineer had to be a musician or have a musician's ear...as well as a darn good engineer. Yea digital is easier to make things happen that aren't real (anyone can be "good" takes talent to be great)...but the sound isn't the same...which is why tube preamps are in every studio worth their name. Plus, I do edit digitally after recording both digital and analog...but can still output analog when I want. I do have to "warm" the tunes up a tad though...

one messy office...showing the audio side of the recording/edit system.

Edited June 4, 2016 by videoarizona
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[Doug royal86]

I need to rework mine so it will work