Should I Chuck The Analogue & Go Digital?

[bvaleria]

I know exactly what you are trying to say-I guess it's a difference of opinion-give me the money and I'd have a analog set-up for rercording.

At the moment I have not got the money so I do have a digital unit (korg D16).

*chuckle* Krystof01... you can't be seriously coming down on digital recording based on the capabilities of a KorgD16, can you???

It'd be kinda like saying - analog sucks - my DAT player sounds *way* better than my 4-track...

High-end (Apogee/Rosetta A/D) digital is very, very good.... high-end analog is also good, but as others have said, good digital represetation will give you a more honest representation of the original signal... most of what people like about analog is the warmth (a form of coloration) introduced by the compression abilities of tape...

Bruce Valeriani
Blue Bear Sound

 

[kristian]

damn straight.

yep. analog is the best for tracking. its easier to edit on a digital machine. an it really doesnt matter what you have. just use it. i would take a 2" 24 track over and protools syste,m or apojizz comverters. its just a matter of taste. but the best out there you cant tell the difference. im sure 1/3 of the stuff on the radio is tracked on tape sent to pro tools and edited. another 1/3 purely digital. and another 1/3" tracked and master analog, then has cds and LPs and cassettes made. so i dunno.. Blaargg. im going to the corner store i want some coke.

 

[virtual.ray]

Blaargg?

 

[kristian]

yea, and again. Blaargg. now im 2 posts ahead of you!

 

[Paulie]

Kristian, very bad spelling . Whats up dude

 

[Iglesiasthemaster]

the best of both worlds!

well heres what i do...
everyone knows that analog tape sound is very unique and beautiful, but unfourtinatly its not digital ...i have a Tascam 414 porta-studio, and i hooked it up to my computer, thus BOTH! i took a Sterio chord that goes from 2 RCA inputs, and combins it in 1 1/8" jack. i plugged that into the back of my computer (the input jack on the sound card) and i have used programs like Cool Edit Pro and Soundforge 4.5 to record things on the computer. a good idea is to keep the Monitor knob all the way down to zero on the 4-track. than, you can plug in your instruments into the 4track and adjust the EQ. once thats done, you press the record button on WHATEVER program your using on the COMPUTER! Set the levels on the recorder between 7 and 8, and adjust the trim accordingly. you can plug headphones or speakers into the back (output) of your sound card, instead of your Mixer. thus, you can record up to 4 tracks at a time, with the beauty of analog sound, and the advantage of digital! if your intrested to know more about this idea or anyothers i have, e-mail me! blacktop_rec@hotmail.com

 

[dobro]

Iglesias - doesn't that mean you're bypassing the tape completely? Just using the preamps in the Tascam? If so, you're recording digitally, and not getting analog sound at all, right?

 

[Iglesiasthemaster]

yes!!!!!!

well you can press the record button on the tape, and that will give you the sound. but the reason i didnt say it is because some people think that because you are recording onto the computer as well as the 4 track, that you have to treat the recording like a 4-track recording (rewinding the tape, ect.) but the trick is for those people, is that you have to keep the tape rolling constantly. yes you can press stop button between takes, but NO REWINDING! ya get what im sayin? so like your really pressing record on both the 4-track and the computer. (hehe im 15 years old, i still have that problem where i cant get the words from my head to the paper ya know?)thanks man...