THE FIVØ LØ-FI METAVERSE

THE FIVEØ METAVERSE

Day one

The Park

Whilst Midday ambling in your local park you notice an abandoned gym bag.

> examine bag

The bag appears to be open.

> look in bag

The bag contains dozens of cassette tapes.

> examine cassette tapes

The cassettes bare various markings, most common amongst them being the words ‘Master’ and ‘Demo’ and appear to reference the years between 1995 and recently.

> take bag

Suspecting these visibly aged and roughly handled items to be four track recordings you glance about briefly before lifting the bag to your shoulder.

> go to garage studio

You walk to your garage studio at the back of your humble house. lurching under the weight of the bag.

Garage Studio

Your garage studio contains a small wooden desk and chair. On the desk is a Yamaha MT-50 fourtrack machine, a desk lamp, an ashtray, a half-full box of John Player Blue cigarettes, a yellow bic lighter and a pair of old headphones with a black 1/4" adapter on the end. The headphones are currently connected to the fourtrack output.

> examine Mt-50

She’s a beut' alright. The active red power light is visible under a thin film of dust.

> open bag

You open the bag. A musty fragrance raises out into the still air of the garage.

> get a tape

Having no way to execute any particular preference you grab a tape.

> put tape in MT-50

You put the tape in the machine

> put on headphones

You don the cans. The sponge covering is missing on the right side, exposing the sharp uncomfortable plastic.

> Press play

With fingers poised over the four volume controls, pan pots and eqs you attempt a mix...

[ your score has gone up by 50 points!]

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Five-Ø Lo-Fi Recording Sessions

Three guys recording music for years in a room with no perceivable exits.

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Art: Emmet Mullins