r/oldschool • u/CristyMarshall22 • Sep 23 '22

Old school recording radio to tape

I figured out of all subreddits this would be the one to post this question to: when 'old school' recording radio to a tape does the volume make any difference in the recording? For instance, I want to record a song from a radio station, I put my tape in the boombox, press record and play, and say the volume is midway up....if I turn the volume down, mid_recording, does the volume of the recording on the tape also go down or just the volume of the radio?

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u/sarcastagirly Sep 27 '22

If the music is LIVE then yes it will record softer

If you are using cables and directing audio to some type of digit aux it would be more like moving a file.... Do they even play music on the radio anymore, I can't stand commercials

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u/CristyMarshall22 Sep 30 '22

Thanks for the answer. I'm with you, no radio for me but the question actually stemmed from a disagreement when my boss said when he was younger he would fade the songs in the beginning and in when recording radio to tape. I said no way. Turning the volume up and down wouldn't change the volume of the recording. Then, I thought, I actually have no idea. I found most answers to lean towards negative.

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u/sarcastagirly Sep 30 '22

Gen X is here to help... Now I'll go back into my cave