Analog vs Digital

[Thomas Casault]

Hello everyone, I am a newbie and I am building my first home studio.
I would like to know what are the main differences between an analog and a digital system.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

 

[Massive Master]

Can you elaborate on that just a bit...? Analog tape? Analog console? Analog signal chains?

 

[mikemorgan]

digital is "000101000110011100011100011111"

analog is "buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

 

[Thomas Casault]

Analog console

 

[gagaku]

digital is "000101000110011100011100011111"

analog is "buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

LOL, it's kind of true as well.

GGK.

 

[NYMorningstar]

There's only 10 kinds of people that understand digital, those that do and those that don't.

 

[suprstar]

There's only 10 kinds of people that understand digital, those that do and those that don't.

digital is "000101000110011100011100011111"

analog is "buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

LOL +1 for both of you

 

[Dani Pace]

You can boost levels with analog to the point where your peaks (on the meters) are well into the red zone without everything clipping or distorting, with digital you want to keep volume/gain set well below this. Digital clipping sounds really nasty. You don't want to push either to the point of distorting or sounding garbled but analog is a little more forgiving than digital if you happen to get the levels a little on the high side.