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Mastering 4-track tapes on PT LE/MBox
Greetings friends,
Like many of you, I have hundreds of 4-track cassette tapes that aren't getting any younger. I'd like to mix some of them down to CD. Is there any way (or a good way) to do this with the MBox? Thanks Marc Specs Fujitsu Lifebook C2220 Series Mobile Intel Pent. 4 2.4 GHz 512 MB (256 on board/256 EXT) 60 GB Internal HD 80 GB Ext. HD RADEON IGP 340M Win XP Home Edition SP1 MBox |
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Re: Mastering 4-track tapes on PT LE/MBox
Maybe I'm missing the point here, but I did this with a number of tapes some time ago, and all I did was run the four individual outs/sends to 4 inputs on the Digi, and create 4 mono tracks in PTLE.
Keep the levels, etc. as clean as possible, and the signal as "hot" as possible without clipping. This will maximize the signal-to-noise ratio. Once in PT, then you can remix, tweak, etc. to your heart's content! --Terry |
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Re: Mastering 4-track tapes on PT LE/MBox
I am afraid you are not going to be able to do it with an mbox. You really need to have 4 simultaneous inputs to transfer them over, and I dont think the mbox has enough.
I have the 001, so someone else would know better. If the mbox has an adat input then you could do it with adigital mixer or preamp, but again I dont know the specs. Trust me, if you try to go one track at a time, you will lose your mind. It never works the way you want to. Its all at once or nothing. Good luck. Kev
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