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4 Track Recording Tips

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Summary: Using four track recorders is an easy and relatively inexpensive way to record songs for demos or even full-length CDs. Get tips on recording with four tracks in this free music production video guide.

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Brian Montgomery has been playing bass in Austin, Texas bands for more than 12 years, and has been recording on 4-tracks for eight years.read more

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"BRIAN MONTGOMERY: All right. So that's pretty much it. Couple of things you just want to remember as far as the channels go and the tracks, always try to remember that as you're done recording to throw it back into tape mode, obviously, to listen back but always try and get it back into the safe mode; that way you're not accidentally recording over stuff that you want to keep. Again, it's kinda one of those things once you play with it for a while you get used to it. It's pretty simple to use and it's very handy, and it's a great tool for just any kind of demo work you want to do. I wouldn't necessarily consider it a professional quality recording machine but I've known bands and people that have actually released stuff just recorded on to these machines. So you know you come up with a song, you want to get it down on tape, you can get it down on tape and then listen back, write other parts for it, whatever it is you want to do. Most important thing is you know if you're playin' and you enjoy playin' you got a means of recording it and letting other people listen to it and yeah, it's a good machine to have."

eHow Article: 4 Track Recording Tips

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