TAPEDECK ADAPTER PORTABLE
TAPEDECK ADAPTER BLUETOOTH

That's not all there is to like about this particular offering. Obviously, you can buy an adapter for pretty much any phone that's eliminated the 3.5-mm jack, but this simplifies the process by bundling it in. Most flagship phones have ditched aux ports, and this Elook cassette adapter solves that problem for iPhone owners. It's certainly not the worst of the bunch, but it doesn't compare to some of the more costly options. It's also worth pointing out that the sound quality is not the best. Quality control seems to be an issue as quite a few customers receive faulty units. It's also priced just right for the average car owner, offers eight hours of play time with just 1.5 hours of charge time, and comes with a microphone for hands-free calling. That's a massive deal considering many smartphones are getting away from 3.5-mm jacks.

TAPEDECK ADAPTER BLUETOOTH

First and foremost, it gives your dated cassette player Bluetooth function. Microphone allows for hands-free callingĪrsvita's Bluetooth 5.0 cassette receiver adapter is a great way to go if you want your new phone to work with your old car on a budget.There are also many reports of faulty units making their way to the customer, indicating that quality control issues are present. Unfortunately, the internal gears are noisy, and many reviewers make modifications to reduce the sound produced. This cassette adapter isn't without flaws. It also offers eight hours of playtime and uses sleep mode to preserve battery life. It can receive Bluetooth signals from up to 33 feet away, which can prove handy in a number of situations. It’s also only right to award points for the ability to connect all modern phones to your classic car without cords. Though none of these adapters deliver award-winning sound, many view this as better than most.

TAPEDECK ADAPTER PORTABLE

Variations on this trick? (I’m working on some hacks with a speed-variable portable tape player.) Other ideas? Make anything interesting this way? Let us know in comments.Aluratek's Bluetooth receiver cassette adapter is the top pick because of its sound quality and wireless operation. Well worth checking out his music, too, whilst you’re there. Studio Experiment #1: Tape Saturation for Cheapskates Here is the catch, I realized that by using one of those 3mm jack CD-to-tape adapters that are used in tape car stereo’s for plugging external players, you can route digital (or any) audio through the tape deck to color the audio in various different ways! I’ve always been somehow fascinated with old c-cassette tapes (I’m a product of the 80’s) and I got myself an old tape deck for experimantation purposes. It seems at the moment that producers are trying to get away from the clean digital sound and there is a clear lo-fi trend going on.

Really, it’s just a simple, almost stupid trick and I’m 99% sure that many others have realized it too, but I’ve never bumped into it anywhere.

Helsinki-based producer and musician Riku Annala shares in a video tutorial how this works. But it isn’t saturation created by the tape medium, so technically, it’s really just a clever overdrive distortion hack I agree with commenters.) (Tape player saturation? There is a faux cassette tape in it, at least. You don’t need any pricey equipment: just one unwanted tape deck and a CD-to-cassette adapter you almost certainly have buried in a drawer or closet.Īnd yes, as many have noted, this is really best considered an overdrive effect rather than tape saturation. And it can cost nearly nothing, if you’re willing to scrounge. To me, like many others, that’s more valuable. You want, instead, raunchy, destructive, dirty distortion. (UA’s model is intended to model the entire multitrack tape deck, so quite a bit different.) There’s also, on a much gentler budget, a simple saturation effect in the US$79 Harrison Mixbus, intended more for the saturation behavior on main or submix buses than for replicating the tape equipment itself.īut sometimes pristine, high-fidelity tape equipment is the opposite of what you want. That was one topic in our interview earlier this week with Universal Audio’s Dr. If you want subtle, pristine saturation, there are various meticulous models of high-quality studio equipment. Whatever the reason, tape saturation is a popular effect. What a lovely coincidence that tape, originally a recording medium, works beautifully for distortion and saturation.

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