Robert Schneider: A Live Interview
Tape Op Podcast
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The Four Track Neutral Milk Hotel Record
On Avery Island, we recorded on a four track reel to reel. I would record it to a stereo sub mix and then put it back on two tracks with the eight track. By the time we were recording in the airplane over the sea, I would do it. That was like my peak of I think my awesome engineering was being able to have the two eight tracks and bouncing between them. But that was like I was in total control of those tape machines. They were like part of me. And it felt really good too because you're touching the tape and it's magnetic and you're a magnetic thing. You know you're feeling it and taping it and cutting it and listening back
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