Re: drums and bass
2017/02/18 13:22:34
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I do a lot of transfer work myself. (2 trk, 4 trk, 8trk cassette / 2, 4, 8, 16 trk Reel) It all depends on the source.
If these tracks were overloaded when you recorded them (recorded at +100db) then there is little chance at recovery.
Meaning no matter what you do... you can put a dress on a piece of crap but its still going to be a piece of crap.
Izotope RX can help with clean up for minor clicking, hum, buzzes, exc.
As an Example: in your case, I would suggested you re build the drums and bass parts.
If the original 4 track was done using a metronome it will be a piece of cake.
Simply line up the song to the time line and build the drum parts around it using soft synths.
Bass track is self explanatory.
I have done this on more than one occasion ( for a friend who lost his father and wanted to redo a track keeping his fathers vocals and guitar parts but adding his sons guitar and vocals.
With tape though be aware of the flux in the capstan motor. you might have to adjust the tempo in some spots to make up for the flux in motor fluctuations.
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