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thunderowl.one • 29 days ago

My "art" back in 80ies
#music #cassette #coverart #retro #audio

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jamiemcguire3p.bsky.social•29 days ago

This is something. Something I had forgotten about. Creating cover art for our mix tapes was such an important part of it... Sometimes it was a creatively illustrated track list, other times a masterpiece of art like these. Thanks for reminding me. Time to find some old tapes and revisit.

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

🌞

julialaroja.bsky.social•29 days ago

what songs are on this tapes?

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

"Radiorama" album, "Scotch" album, that's written. I will take pics if others (if there are any listings, we'll see)

julialaroja.bsky.social•29 days ago

thanks!

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

While we're on this:
(I just wanted that small pic bigger)

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thunderowl.one•29 days ago

By the way, if you like what I did 40 years ago, I would super appreciate if You could support me a little right now! 😀 Thank You! 🌞
Link:
https://ko-fi.com/thunderowl/goal?g=55

thunderowl.one•25 days ago

by "did 40 years ago" I meant this:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:u5kn7755ccir6b4mxlwn4fir/post/3lgnvjnvtws2x

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

@julialaroja.bsky.social asked about cassette contents. Albums are more or less obvious. "Space Cassettes" contain Depeche Mode singles-mixes. Other is one of my "Thunder Selections". And, yes - that list was typed on a mechanical typewriter:

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julialaroja.bsky.social•29 days ago

i had to look up "der blonde hans", didn´t know that song.

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

Honestly, I do not remember now that one either 😁

julialaroja.bsky.social•29 days ago

during soviet times in the 80s how did you get that western music?

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

In 80ies it was "a friend of a friend" chains. In 90ies everything pirated was open selling on the streets, shops.

julialaroja.bsky.social•29 days ago

for me these are the interessting stories of history.

thanks

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

Distributors of pirated stuff.

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

Even more weird trivia: that "DM" back is printed on soviet-made 1-dot printer, connected to self-made #ZXspectrum clone. Crazy times! 🙌😀

hammyhavoc.com•25 days ago

Which typewriter?

thunderowl.one•25 days ago

Some mechanical soviet one. Wasn't mine, it was rented.

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

Some more:
#cassette #art #80ies #music

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scorpion86.bsky.social•29 days ago

That is awesome!

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

Thank Youuu! 😀

beegleboy.bsky.social•29 days ago

Very cool 👍

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

Thanks a lot! 🌞

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

Thank You 🙂🌞

soliloquis.bsky.social•29 days ago

I need a reliable method to create mix tapes from youtube music with my PC. Been running an auxiliary cable from my PC to a tape recorder to create italo disco mix tapes but the quality is not good.

thunderowl.one•25 days ago

Speaking of, I want to hear those.

soliloquis.bsky.social•25 days ago

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaMIg9-S7dLzZa27Jqv8HWufsYK2QX6_n&si=9CI-v4wPRv-C5hX9

hammyhavoc.com•25 days ago

The end quality usually lives and dies by the tape itself (they vary hugely—cheap tape is cheap for a reason), likewise, gain-staging the signal properly as the preamp probably sucks if it's a consumer-grade tape recorder and nothing aimed at professional use, ergo you don't want to amplify input.

soliloquis.bsky.social•25 days ago

I will have to look into better tapes and maybe some better equipment when I've got money to spare.

hammyhavoc.com•25 days ago

My other thought is that the programme material you're trying to record to tape might need a compressor and limiter on the signal as some stuff can be extremely dynamic. Tape does funny stuff to transients, it's why smashing drums through it can sound interesting—lossy compression almost lol!

hammyhavoc.com•25 days ago

If you wanted to nerd out, use a signal generator and sweep the frequency range up to 20kHz, and see what the graph looks like from the tape, but keep in mind you won't get perfect results if your AD chipset isn't decent.

Can check your AD accuracy with a loopback of taking the DA to AD via cable.

thunderowl.one•25 days ago

thunderowl.one•25 days ago

Fun fact: you can download sweep wav files

hammyhavoc.com•25 days ago

Re sweeping the frequency spectrum, do it at a few different signal levels as tape takes signals quite differently depending on how hot they are.

mendaciumpugnator.bsky.social•29 days ago

Those "" around the word art are entirely unnecessary.

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

Mmm...

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

... but, Thank You 🙏

hammyhavoc.com•25 days ago

Love these! CC @bryandesrosiers.com

azzurraleamonde.bsky.social•29 days ago

They're very beautiful! 💖

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

(couple more in reply)

thunderowl.one•29 days ago

Thank you for nice words! 🌞

azzurraleamonde.bsky.social•29 days ago

You're very welcome! : D