grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
I loved analogue tape. I love digital drives. However each work is how each works. Whatever one's preference is, it's right for them. Two seemingly opposing things can both be true at the same time.
With that said, during the first 50 or so years of recording, artists, engineers and producers dreamed of, wished, and fantasized about the machine that could deliver multiple tracks and hissless sound. The great studio innovations of the 50s, 60s and 70s that we love reading about came about primarily as workarounds to the limitations that existed with analogue recording. They make great stories because we love tales of human ingenuity over adversity and many of the songs were great and the practices were often fun and very satisfying. As noted before, as soon as the Beatles heard EMI were testing an 8-track, they commandeered it. They didn't care that "Pepper," up until then the most revered album ever, had been done on a 4-track. Most bands, as soon as 16-track became available, they dropped 8-track. As soon as they heard about 24-track, 16-track became almost history. Digital, given the human penchant for "progress" and doing the same things differently, was as inevitable as breathing out following breathing in.
With that said, during the first 50 or so years of recording, artists, engineers and producers dreamed of, wished, and fantasized about the machine that could deliver multiple tracks and hissless sound. The great studio innovations of the 50s, 60s and 70s that we love reading about came about primarily as workarounds to the limitations that existed with analogue recording. They make great stories because we love tales of human ingenuity over adversity and many of the songs were great and the practices were often fun and very satisfying. As noted before, as soon as the Beatles heard EMI were testing an 8-track, they commandeered it. They didn't care that "Pepper," up until then the most revered album ever, had been done on a 4-track. Most bands, as soon as 16-track became available, they dropped 8-track. As soon as they heard about 24-track, 16-track became almost history. Digital, given the human penchant for "progress" and doing the same things differently, was as inevitable as breathing out following breathing in.
