Digital vs. Analog: Tell Us Something We Haven't Heard

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Interesting. Plus, you get many warnings before the analog recorder / player goes totally "kaput", very much unlike digital. If it goes, it goes. No warning whatsoever. You also, in many cases, lose data which may or may not be recovered. With analog you keep it and can easily retrieve it. That's, at least, my experience.
 
I've got an s900 sampler from back in the day... It's a wacky 12-bit box of electronical/digital wondermint... It's got a cool sound. I also love my tape machines. Guess I like both...
 
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Interesting. Plus, you get many warnings before the analog recorder / player goes totally "kaput", very much unlike digital. If it goes, it goes. No warning whatsoever. You also, in many cases, lose data which may or may not be recovered. With analog you keep it and can easily retrieve it. That's, at least, my experience.
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I wonder too as the density of the data increases to the point where data loss is just unacceptably high from the smallest scratch, etc. if the size of the medium will have to increase as well. I wonder what the Compact Disc of the future will look like… hmmm… :D :eek: ;)
 

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Good point, Tim.

The way tech is progressing, I bet that one day, the Compact Disc will be looked upon as an audiophile's dream (along with the LP), when it gets discontinued in favor of something much of the same size or smaller, that can store 10x the data, in a hideously compressed state. One pin prick or a nick and ... poof ... data gone! :eek:

Hail the CD and the mightly LP! :D ;)
 
well myhatbroke says analog SUCKS because it's not as clear as digital and it has that annoying analog hiss and it sucks and all analog recordings sound like shit and therefore it sucks.

so digital must be better, right? :eek: :confused:


:p
 
zed32 said:
well myhatbroke says analog SUCKS because it's not as clear as digital and it has that annoying analog hiss and it sucks and all analog recordings sound like shit and therefore it sucks.

so digital must be better, right? :eek: :confused:


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Sounds like an open and shut case to me. Right. :D ;) :p
 
cjacek said:
Doesn't everyone ? ;) ;)
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No.
No sarcasm, no joke.
Definitely - No.
(That is not to say that everyone can not or may not have one. That is to say, that anyone who speak does not automatically has a point.) :D
 
zed32 said:
well myhatbroke says analog SUCKS because it's not as clear as digital and it has that annoying analog hiss and it sucks and all analog recordings sound like shit and therefore it sucks.

so digital must be better, right? :eek: :confused:


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Right! I mean I used to believe that too before I got my hat fixed. :)
 
people with points

You know, when people talk to me i sometimes have to wonder if their points and opinions are just the things that benefit their lives. Lets say for example some dude goes out and buys a ton of expensive digital recording equipment. Now, who knows if his setup sounds better than analog or whatever it may be, but his personal stake in the situation having already spent the money and learned how it all works taints his opinion to me. And this logic can be applied to just about anything. Now of course this isnt a hard and fast rule, but its always wise to at least consider who stands to benefit from certain points of view.

And i would assume that many digital setups are far superior in sound quality to my tiny little Tascam 38, M30 mixer, etc, but i trust myself enough artistically that i think ill be ok.
 
Also

Also, i used to stress over my equipment because i wanted to be using only the most tubey vintage authentic to the late 50s and 60s stuff i could find. And i stressed BADLY. I thought that id never be happy until i knew i was using the same things my heros used. But then one day i just snapped and realized that i was missing out on an opportunity to just use what i do have and make something that is what it is and that breathed some variety and uniqueness into the music i was working on. Trying to be a perfect sculpture of something is a tightrope walk that will fail at some point. But if you just let your circumstances breathe it WILL breathe life into your recordings (i believe).

I dont know if this has anything to do with anything, but i felt like saying it.
 
Dr ZEE said:
That is to say, that anyone who speak does not automatically has a point.
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I meant doesn't everyone *think* that they have a point. My reply was obviously a bit sarcastic (like rolling eyes) to myhatbroke's assertion about analog vs digital.
 
Oh yeah and just one more off topic thing

Heres some friggin christmas joy for you...

My roommate is a single father raising a 4 year old son. He digs music and wants to make some recordings but he has practically nothing to record with due to lack of funds. So i checked online and found a Tascam 388 that was in unknown working condition. So i bought it and put a tape in and it worked and all functions worked. So i gave it to him and now hes recording some nice sounding songs on it. And they may never be great hit releases or anything, but i dont give a fuck. I dont care about things like hits or even about fidelity. Life is about more than ME ME ME and being admired for having the best toys by the other dudes around you.

So screw you MCI. Your mentality is artistic cancer.
 
Good Friend said:
And i would assume that many digital setups are far superior in sound quality to my tiny little Tascam 38, M30 mixer
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Not superior by any stretch of the imagination but different.
 
cjacek said:
I meant doesn't everyone *think* that they have a point. My reply was obviously a bit sarcastic (like rolling eyes) to myhatbroke's assertion about analog vs digital.
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Careful! It was actually Zed32 saying what myhatbroke thinks... that's how rumors start ya know... :)
 
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i checked online and found a Tascam 388 that was in unknown working condition. So i bought it and put a tape in and it worked and all functions worked. So i gave it to him and now hes recording some nice sounding songs on it. And they may never be great hit releases or anything, but i dont give a fuck. I dont care about things like hits or even about fidelity. Life is about more than ME ME ME and being admired for having the best toys by the other dudes around you.
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An excellent Christmas present. I applaud you.

Though I wouldn't mitigate the effectiveness of the 388 and like formats. If the Studio 8 is in good, factory spec'd, well maintained condition, in the hands of the competent musician, it is capable of fine recordings, worthy of being released commercially, whether this is your intention or not. Madonna's vocals, for example, were done on one, on her Erotica album and Springsteen's Nebraska album was tracked on a TASCAM 144, which has far less fidelity than the 388. The TASCAM 38, that you own, if capable of even greater fidelity.
 
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