Parallel Analog Tape Compression

[Synthzizer]

Would appreciate some thoughts on this technique. Instead of parallel compression with a mix knob etc does anyone use actual analog tape for tape compression on tracks like a Snare? Hit the tape hard/select 15 or 30 ips to suit & playback into DAW then re-align and blend with original? What techniques anyone use for the re-blending of the original and tape tracks? Just had a thought about double take tracked parts as well. Saturate once then feedback again to another analog in-put for even more tape clamp then to DAW.

Old SonS article here http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996...mpression.html

 

[The Ghost of FM]

How would you deal with the time delay issues between the record and repro heads?

Cheers!

 

[witzendoz]

Forget the parallel and just use the tape compression. You will never get the waves to line up 100%

Alan.

 

[Chilljam]

You can't 'blend' the digital mix with the tape mix without getting a 'flanging' effect due to the minor fluctuations in tape speed.

Depending on style of music, slamming individual tracks (such as bass, gtrs or drum buss) to tape then back into the DAW can sound good but I've tried this and to my ears the straight digital tracks don't sit well with the tape tracks in the mix and I basically feel like I then need to run ALL the digital tracks through tape.