RICK FITZPATRICK
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Hello fellow analog fans......
I read a reply in one of the analog/digital "discussions", that emphasized the use of the "repro" head, for setting mics, monitoring, etc. Having almost non existant exposure to professional studio techniques and equipment, I remember when I became intrigued with this concept, although I "think" I understand. Let me explain.
From the time I first became interested in recording, I was under the impression(I think I read about it 20 or so years ago) that the only TRUE monitoring
scenario, "while recording", would be to monitor right off the tape. How else would you truely know what it was sounding like unless you recorded the whole song, and then played it back, as we all know the tape itself "influences" the sonics of the recording. But then its too late.
Ok, I said to myself, "IF....professional monitoring technique MEANS monitoring from the tape itself.....that implys that the signal must be DELAYED........
Now this may be right or wrong, but that is the POINT.
Having never really reached that point, all of a sudden I began to wonder if indeed my interpretation was "correct" afterall. Hence this thread. Let me explain further.
Right or wrong, in my amateur thinking, this implied that in order to monitor off of the tape, a delay would indeed occur, as there has to be a small distance between the record head and....what I now think...is the "REPRO" head, which translates into a time gap between the "live sound" and my ears hearing the "recorded" sound. Ohhhhhhhhhh shit. That implys a SOUND PROOF monitoring environment, not to mention owning a recorder that has this ability. .......20 years go by trying to get to that point........First, purchase the machines. No problem.....only takes 10 years to collect
first an 80-8, then an MSR-16. Then all the rest of the crap....mixers, mics, amps, etc etc etc etc...... "the small stuff"......WHICH IS NEVER FUCKING ENDING.... 
...anyway, you know what I'm saying.
THEN......midi..........ARGGGGGRRRRR.......then..computers....then forums such as this....... then.....ahem, digital "mistakes", then analog "enlightenment "synch enlighthen ....get MIDIZER........get another MSR...... ......not to mention trying to set up studio after studio after studio....
trying to set up this scenario.....all the time going through learning curve after learning curve, never really seeing the "light at the end of the fucking tunnel
.......not to fucking mention, during which time I've spent "lifetimes" learning how NOT to build a studio, how NOT to become an acoustician, how NOT to study physics, how NOT to buy a home for a studio, how NOT to become an engineer, how NOT to ground your electrical
system.....etc etc the fucking list goes on and on.......
.....I know one thing, this hobby is the damndest thing ever invented by man At the same time.....I wouldn't trade it for chasing a white ball around a golf course for anything......ha! Ok...all this while, trying to overcome the "time delay delima", which of course means building a control room seperated from the live room by way of sound "attenuated" construction.....
Sooooooooooooo.....time goes by, I'm at the point of considering a golf course.....fuck.....then it hits me. Somewhere along the line, I remember reading that the MSR's are only a 2 head machine........what the fuck does that imply.......OH FUCK.......REPRO HEAD MONITORING.......crap....have I been WRONG all this time ARRGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
(#$%^%*&(*(*&*&%$@@@!^***#$%^%%%&@@@@*#^&@)*&
And the MSR's don't even have a "repro head". FUCK..........what have I done..??????????
.......PUUULEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE TELL ME I HAVEN'T WASTED MY ENTIRE LIFE CHASING THIS PREPOSTEROUS CONCEPT....... 
fitZ
I read a reply in one of the analog/digital "discussions", that emphasized the use of the "repro" head, for setting mics, monitoring, etc. Having almost non existant exposure to professional studio techniques and equipment, I remember when I became intrigued with this concept, although I "think" I understand. Let me explain.
From the time I first became interested in recording, I was under the impression(I think I read about it 20 or so years ago) that the only TRUE monitoring
scenario, "while recording", would be to monitor right off the tape. How else would you truely know what it was sounding like unless you recorded the whole song, and then played it back, as we all know the tape itself "influences" the sonics of the recording. But then its too late.
Ok, I said to myself, "IF....professional monitoring technique MEANS monitoring from the tape itself.....that implys that the signal must be DELAYED........
Now this may be right or wrong, but that is the POINT.Having never really reached that point, all of a sudden I began to wonder if indeed my interpretation was "correct" afterall. Hence this thread. Let me explain further.
Right or wrong, in my amateur thinking, this implied that in order to monitor off of the tape, a delay would indeed occur, as there has to be a small distance between the record head and....what I now think...is the "REPRO" head, which translates into a time gap between the "live sound" and my ears hearing the "recorded" sound. Ohhhhhhhhhh shit. That implys a SOUND PROOF monitoring environment, not to mention owning a recorder that has this ability. .......20 years go by trying to get to that point........First, purchase the machines. No problem.....only takes 10 years to collect
first an 80-8, then an MSR-16. Then all the rest of the crap....mixers, mics, amps, etc etc etc etc...... "the small stuff"......WHICH IS NEVER FUCKING ENDING.... ...anyway, you know what I'm saying.THEN......midi..........ARGGGGGRRRRR.......then..computers....then forums such as this....... then.....ahem, digital "mistakes", then analog "enlightenment "synch enlighthen ....get MIDIZER........get another MSR...... ......not to mention trying to set up studio after studio after studio....
trying to set up this scenario.....all the time going through learning curve after learning curve, never really seeing the "light at the end of the fucking tunnel
.......not to fucking mention, during which time I've spent "lifetimes" learning how NOT to build a studio, how NOT to become an acoustician, how NOT to study physics, how NOT to buy a home for a studio, how NOT to become an engineer, how NOT to ground your electrical system.....etc etc the fucking list goes on and on.......
.....I know one thing, this hobby is the damndest thing ever invented by man At the same time.....I wouldn't trade it for chasing a white ball around a golf course for anything......ha! Ok...all this while, trying to overcome the "time delay delima", which of course means building a control room seperated from the live room by way of sound "attenuated" construction.....Sooooooooooooo.....time goes by, I'm at the point of considering a golf course.....fuck.....then it hits me. Somewhere along the line, I remember reading that the MSR's are only a 2 head machine........what the fuck does that imply.......OH FUCK.......REPRO HEAD MONITORING.......crap....have I been WRONG all this time
ARRGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! (#$%^%*&(*(*&*&%$@@@!^***#$%^%%%&@@@@*#^&@)*&
And the MSR's don't even have a "repro head". FUCK..........what have I done..??????????
.......PUUULEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE TELL ME I HAVEN'T WASTED MY ENTIRE LIFE CHASING THIS PREPOSTEROUS CONCEPT.......
fitZ
