Experiment digital to analog in progress

[pelly crushendo]

O.K. this my first post (just looking for any feedback). Me and my partner in music have a small budget and are about to embark on an experiment we have confidence (somewhat) in. We are recording drum sounds (individually) at a nice studio 2 inch studer blah blah, and using Propellerhead's Reason program (on mac computers) to do our drums. Then we are going Pro tools with that (using Neve preamps mostly) to do the majority of tracking. Keep in mind this project is NOT industrial, but more on a Chamber Pop level incorporating real strings, brass, acoustic and electric guitars, and multi vox etc. Anyways, we plan on going back to the 2 inch studio after tracking and (semi) automating, then, cautiously, taking our protools session to tape(semi-hot) then mixing from there. Does that make sense. Basically our idea is to use digital for basic line recording(good mics akg 414, Neuman,etc.) but then push those signals to tape to get the warmth and mix down from there. Has anyone tried something similiar ? I'm sure someone has feedback on this. In theory, we feel confident, we are trying to save money on a small recording budget with our indie label. Yes, we would rather track everything on the 2 inch first, but does it make sense that you could still capture warmth post recording ?

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

If you track properly you don't have to bounce to analog at all.... good digital means clean recording -- any "coldness" comes from poor converters....

But hey, whatever works for ya!

Bruce

 

[TexRoadkill]

If I wanted analog I would track to tape and mix on protools.

 

[Igormeister]

Generally, "warmth" of tape comes from magnetic saturation, so you need to track it hot.
I have worked on Studer A80, A800 and A812.
Opinion is that sound must hit tape first, but big guys discovered that you can get same results transferring track from ProTools or ADAT back to tape for mix.
Go for it.