Hi Gang.
Maybe because my experience behind a recording console is limited, or because I am a member of the Gen-X digital era (or both), I simply cannot tell the much-discussed difference between an analog recording and a digital one.
I have heard musicians like Lenny Kravitz make the case for analog, citing its natural warmth, its natural signal compression, its inner-harmonic distortion. I have also heard musicians cite the clean, hiss-free nature of digital.
For the life of me, I can't tell one from the other, and I have tried. Are there any recordings out there that demonstrate the difference? A respected mentor suggested I invest in decent analog tape playback unit, and it made me wonder about this all over again.
With all the hype about digital units, is there any reason to choose analog?
Maybe because my experience behind a recording console is limited, or because I am a member of the Gen-X digital era (or both), I simply cannot tell the much-discussed difference between an analog recording and a digital one.
I have heard musicians like Lenny Kravitz make the case for analog, citing its natural warmth, its natural signal compression, its inner-harmonic distortion. I have also heard musicians cite the clean, hiss-free nature of digital.
For the life of me, I can't tell one from the other, and I have tried. Are there any recordings out there that demonstrate the difference? A respected mentor suggested I invest in decent analog tape playback unit, and it made me wonder about this all over again.
With all the hype about digital units, is there any reason to choose analog?