Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I have an archaic "Boombox" which has a "Record" button on the tape deck. How do I use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 it's for recording from the radio. Put a blank tape and press Rec when the radio plays. there's probably a microphone on the boom box too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 If your boombox has an Aux In, you can record off CDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Back when I was a lot younger, I used to use this to record end credits music on to a cassette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 As did I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 As did I.Whew! And I thought I was the only one.Before doing that, I used to set the old tape recorder by the tv speaker! It was always a real nuisance making sure that everyone was gone so there wouldn't be any noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I did that as well, it was the start of my Film Music Collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I just did it with Top of the Pops.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 As did I.Whew! And I thought I was the only one.Before doing that, I used to set the old tape recorder by the tv speaker! It was always a real nuisance making sure that everyone was gone so there wouldn't be any noise. My first recordings of The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, The Plainsman and others were done off the TV, using the headphones from my personal stereo as a microphone (because, erm, I didn't have a microphone). There were usually several abortive attempts when the cat started scratching at the door or meowing, so that everything ended up sounding like Land of the Giants. Ah, those days were like an endless summer. One of my brothers used to refer to this mediaeval process as "Escape Tapes", because one of the first things I tried recording was the opening of Jerry Goldsmith's Escape from the Planet of the Apes.Stop laughing at me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I have an archaic "Boombox"A whaaa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 The very first end credits suite I recored onto cassette (by placing the recorder near the mono tv speaker) was Goldsmith's Supergirl. It was 1990 and I was 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Ghostbusters, Gremlins 2 and The Lord of the Rings for me. Ironically, it was only a few years later that I realised there actually was something like "film music". Before, I must have been under the impression that this was just music in films, not music *for* films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Sad thing is, you can't find good boomboxes anymore. I have a Sony boombox from 1993, still works and still pretty powerful. It's completely wrapped in electrical tape, but until I find it's equal, I'm not getting rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I did the tape recorder thing to the TV alsoI remember I taped the End Title to The Star Wars Holiday Special, that was my first recording of the Star Wars Theme...it was a pretty cool one too .I also taped the end of a E.T. TV special with Robin Williams.Also:Gloria from MonsignorBarrel chase from JawsThe Enterprise from STTMPSuperman 2 End Credits.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Nick, can you post a picture of your "boombox"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I did that as well, it was the start of my Film Music Collection. I did it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Then...we are brethren! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 Nick, can you post a picture of your "boombox"?I suppose I could. Years have not favored it, I must say. Also, I would need to learn how to transfer photographs onto the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis 244 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I recorded the End Title music from Superman The Movie. It was 1986 and I was 9... The beginning of something BIG! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 Ignore the date: my digital camera is confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Ah I had a boombox as well, so did my dad. Can't you still buy those at Wally World? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 I have never heard of a store called "Wally World". Is it a music store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 It's Walmart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 Oh. Should I feel stupid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 What Henry said. I'm surprised you haven't heard of the term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 American colliquialisms are not in my area of expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 What Henry said. I'm surprised you haven't heard of the term.Walmart is not very well known in countries that are not America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I'm suprised they haven't tried world domination yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Oh, they will. They will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I'm not looking at the boombox in those pics, I'm looking at what's behind it. That's a nice game collection, right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 Only the finest in my home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Regarding my taping from tv days, I recall recording the opening to Raiders, and listening to it so often that the jungle sounds became forever embedded with the music, in my mind. Even now, I am unable to listen to that track from the DCC release without hearing those sounds. The same thing goes for the Imperial Shuttle as it shoots out from the underside of the Star Destroyer at the opening of RotJ. Every time I listen to the opening credits, I swear I can hear that sound, along with the TIE fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Because I didn't get a CD boombox until several years later, in 1996, I used a desktop stereo to edit the sequence of the 1993 Star Wars Anthology into correct order, so that nearly all of the tracks on disc 4 would fall into chronological placement in the other 3 movies, all on 90 or 120 minute cassette tapes. I felt pretty proud of myself for doing so, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruckhorn 105 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Nick,To record, you're probably going to have to press the Play and Record buttons down at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 When you press the "Record" button, it does that automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 High-tech! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruckhorn 105 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Well, when I was your age, that's the way them things worked. Of course, when I was your age I had access to an 8-track player. And there was talk about this lady who "accidentally" pressed a record button when transcribing a tape and magically zapped 18 minutes of stuff without realizing it at the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I remember listening to cassette tapes which weren't copy protected, which had been played in stereos with record buttons where somebody had accidentally pressed record at one point or another and taped silence during the middle of a song. I would listen to that song so many times that I just became used to that anomaly in the track. So often, in fact, that it's damaged my perception of that song to the point where even if I listen to that song on CD or as an MP3 ripped from CD, I still subconsciously cringe and prepare for the sound glitch that just isn't there anymore.Just thought I'd share that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I remember listening to cassette tapes which weren't copy protected, which had been played in stereos with record buttons where somebody had accidentally pressed record at one point or another and taped silence during the middle of a song. I would listen to that song so many times that I just became used to that anomaly in the track. So often, in fact, that it's damaged my perception of that song to the point where even if I listen to that song on CD or as an MP3 ripped from CD, I still subconsciously cringe and prepare for the sound glitch that just isn't there anymore.Just thought I'd share that.Okay, you're killing me, what is the song?!P.S.-- I did the same thing with my Anthology cds back in the early '90s, putting them in chronological order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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