I used to do this with a Teac 3440 but I got tired of maintaining it, and now I just use Chow Tape and Strymon Deco for my grungifying needs!
Great seeing you on here bartlebytaco 
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ā¦if u donāt want this to end up in lofi charme, u really need a proper tape machine that offers at least hi speed recording to 1/8th tapeā¦
and once u experiment a little with gain, u can get really great and warm, soft compressed results this wayā¦taking all edges off while glueing for real like nothing elseā¦
wonāt do any trick on any modern edm styles, thoughā¦but for pretty much anything else, it really takes ur stuff to some sort of timeless next level, even best tape simulation plugins wonāt cover for realā¦
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very well
itās worth it
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Sixteen grand
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Briefly hoping the price of Revox B77 mkII will fall. Then checks new mkIII price and gives up all hope. If anything this will probably help pump prices in the used marketā¦
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Iāve done many experiments with my Sony TC-378 reel-to-reel a few years back and also with my Yamaha 4-track cassette recorder. And the answer to your question is: it depends. If you make 80s minimal/dark wave Iād recommend it. Using simple fat bass-lines, minimal analogue drum sounds (max 3-4 sounds) and maybe a synth lead and a pad here and there, works like magic. If you want hard-hitting modern techno, I wouldnāt use it. You could check Legowelt as a good example of how he uses tape on certain elements of the track. A revised Sony reel-to-reel should work fine and it shouldnāt be very expensive. Donāt use overrated tape recorders that cost too much.
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I donāt make electronic music but I record to Ableton and then bounce mixes to tape at the end. But the sound will depend a lot on which tape machine and which tape. Plugins donāt even sound remotely close imo.