I mean, this might have been slightly impressive if he had demonstrated the use of an oscilloscope to correctly set the output level of the DAW/preamp to prevent clipping while still utilizing enough dynamic range to get a decent presence in the recording. This is basically just instructions on how to adapt 1/8 TRS to 5-pin DIN.

Back in the day, my brother and I took the read head out of one of these and re-installed it upside down. That way it read the 2 B-side tracks instead of the A-side tracks, and they are going in the wrong direction, so you can listen to all of the the cool hidden messages from Satan.

(Dance with the devil. Yes.) (Go forth. Yes.) (Boogie, boogie, boogie!) (Now the stars watch their silhouettes. Yes.) (They left Africa dancing. Yes.) (Their apex was dance. Yes.) (Homo sapiens existed for 200,000 years. Yes.)