Maybe a new trend? (Mastered to vinyl, transfered to digital)

[Blue Jinn]

Found this interesting re: Arcade Fire, mastered to vinyl, then transfered back to digital, apparenlty w/o putting the CD thru a Loudenator....

The albums definitely have a lot of warmth to them, more of a vintage sound. Do you record on tape?

Every single song started its life on tape. We would fill the tape and then transfer to digital. Every mix, once finalized was mastered to a 12-inch lacquer and then re-digitized from there. So what you're hearing in the end is each song being played from a turntable.

Arcade Fire Engineer Mark Lawson Takes UA Hardware on a Trip to The Suburbs - Blog - Universal Audio

Vinyl « Arcade Fire

 

[miroslav]

So it's tape to digital to vinyl back to lacqure.....not heard of that process before.

Not sure how going to 12" lacquer ads "warmth"?

 

[digidoon]

Maybe it´s the friction? ;-)

 

[Chilljam]

All I can say is that the results these guys get is absolutely phenomenal... listening to any of their three records on vinyl is a real treat for me and not just because of the sound!

 

[Lance Lawson]

I'm not a huge fan of vinyl since I don't care much for turntable rumble and other vinyl artifacts. However I'm 100% in favor of mastering to tape then into digital.

 

[Rickson Gracie]

I'm not a huge fan of vinyl since I don't care much for turntable rumble and other vinyl artifacts. However I'm 100% in favor of mastering to tape then into digital.

You will not hear rumble on a well set up turntable and a well pressed vinyl record. Any artifacts that are perceived only enhance the sound. This is the opinion of me and many other audiophiles who strive for best sounding playback possible.

 

[jjones1700]

Now THAT sounds like an awesome (albeit expensive) process!