More Experimentation (with mixdown)
A moment ago, I did a quick experiment to see if I could improve the mix of an extremely lo-fi four-track cassette recording (of an absolutely epic new song by The Anderson Council).  First I plugged my headset into the TASCAM Porta07 on which it was recorded, and dialed in the best mix I could get with no processing of any kind.  Then I ran the line out into two of the mic/line inputs of the TASCAM 244, and did some additional EQ.  I patched the Digitech RP300 guitar processor into the effect send of the 244.  I set up some compression and a noise gate*, and just for fun I threw in a little reverb.  Not surprisingly (to me, anyway), the mix sounded far better this way than by just running the processor through the Porta07.  This was just a quick experiment to see how it sounded.  I did not record the mix to two-track, because I'm too tired tonight.  Besides, I wasn't using a audio reference.

By the way, I know that a guitar effects pedal is not the greatest thing to use for mixes, but this is lo-fi.  Besides, I 'm using the best gear that I have right now.


*I leave the DBX turned off, or else it sounds like crap.  A gate is the way to go.