Will Analog Multitracks ever be made again?

[mshilarious]

...and, see, that's the problem. If you had just left us be, way, way down, at the BOTTOM, under the "Special Forums" section, right near "Kitty place" or whatever it was called then, then we most likely would not be subjected to Mr ez-will's "greatness" 'cause, in most probability, he would not have even found us. Maybe we should have stayed in obscurity.

You had greatness thrust upon you.

 

[cjacek]

You had greatness thrust upon you.

I guess so.

 

[The Ghost of FM]

how have i hijacked this thread? ... It ain't my fault that i am successful AND happen to know-it-all, too .

How?

Well maybe these gratuitous comments might have led folks to think that.

Here's a few of them from this thread...

lol. i've been playing music for 30 years you idiot.

before i address your specific concerns, let me suggest that you change your username to The Mediocre Cobb. you'll NEVER achieve greatness ...

ed posts at A&A about 3 times/year you dipshit. why don't you go back to RP where you and roman can stroke each other off.

i'll say one thing about you old guys and your outdated equipment: y'all are freaking passionate about your recording carriages. i've squeezed more negative rep out of you sensitive crybabies in the last 2 or 3 days than i was able to collect in the previous 5 years on board.

Yeah, totally on topic!

Cheers!

 

[cjacek]

Here's a couple more of my personal ez favorites, for the evidence locker :

lol. yeah, i'll never get over the fact that i can't record onto a cassette tape or a 1/4" reel to reel anymore. it's devastating.

you analog guys crack me up with the better sound thing and all the other excuses you make up. freaking ridiculous.

i don't visit junkyards or electronic waste facilities so i'm not sure where i'd run across any of that scrap, but if i see something in a trash can on the side of the road i'll pull it out and shoot you an email.

i don't need anything new to mock. i've got an entire forum of people that have convinced themselves that recording their crappy music on an analog deck makes it sound better.

that's enough material to last a lifetime.

okay, good. there's one convert. the rest of you need to take sweatbeats lead.

i'm just razzing you guys. i really don't care if y'all prefer an antiquated mode of recording as long as you keep recording.

 

[jedblue]

are you all so serous in the analogue world?

lighten up...its christmas...maybe santa will bring you all some digital goods to make electronica

merry christmas!

electronica kc? Is that like the stuff I'm making at the moment with the old analog mono synth and recording directly to cassette tape?

 

[mshilarious]

I <3 ez

 

[kcearl]

electronica kc? Is that like the stuff I'm making at the moment with the old analog mono synth and recording directly to cassette tape?

can I hear it?


I listened to some of the stuff in the top thread, can say Im convinced (not that Im kidding myself about being anything but a n00b at recording) some nice stuff and good musicianship but there's just as good, to my ears, comes through the MP3 clinic... when n00bs like myself arent cluttering it up that is

good stuff anyway


And lonewhitefly I liked your songs...nice psychedelic vibe to them, and not too Steely Dan

 

[lonewhitefly]

can I hear it?


I listened to some of the stuff in the top thread, can say Im convinced (not that Im kidding myself about being anything but a n00b at recording) some nice stuff and good musicianship but there's just as good, to my ears, comes through the MP3 clinic... when n00bs like myself arent cluttering it up that is

good stuff anyway


And lonewhitefly I liked your songs...nice psychedelic vibe to them, and not too Steely Dan

thanks! looks like we can all now love each other get in the holiday spirit

 

[kcearl]

steady on...analogue will die and vinyl is never coming back





lol

 

[jedblue]

can I hear it?

on.on.on.on

 

[ez_willis]

...and, see, that's the problem. If you had just left us be, way, way down, at the BOTTOM, under the "Special Forums" section, right near "Kitty place" or whatever it was called then, then we most likely would not be subjected to Mr ez-will's "greatness" 'cause, in most probability, he would not have even found us. Maybe we should have stayed in obscurity.

nope. when i browse the board, i check my user cp for threads i have particpated in, then hit the New Posts button. if something strikes my eye and i feel like commenting, i do. it's not like i sit back and plan on disrupting anyone's own little forum.

 

[jjones1700]

... it's not like i sit back and plan on disrupting anyone's own little forum.

I call bullshit! I can't blame ya EZ, the Cave is pretty boring nowadays. Same silly crap on a day to day basis. Just go easy on these folks, they are good people.

 

[SteveM]

So I guess we can conclude that it's much better to record to tape. And despite popular vote tape decks will be continued to be made in the future.

 

[Victory Pete]

Analog Forever! Down With Digits!

Just a thought!
VP

 

[Blue Jinn]

On a serious note: somebody on GS with serious MechE/Chicomm manufacturing experience estimated the cost of a new modern 2", given the small market, as $100K.

That is less than the MSRP of a top of the line MCI in 1973 ($27,000) if adjusted only for inflation, (2008 $129,500) http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

The thread didn't draw a distinction initially among "pro" and "consumer" (e.g. the sailors buying the 1/4" deck in Japan) and the esoteric "pro-sumer" (the tascam 38's etc.)

Each market is currently served by a robust secondary repair market. But if digital hadn't come along, I would guess that you'd still find the cassette portastudio favored over the e.g. the MSR-16, for both cost and convenience reasons.

 

[kcearl]

on.on.on.on

sounds nice and fat....are you going to build on it or is it a minimalist piece?


not like the rollin eggs one heard you do months ago is it??

 

[jedblue]

Minimalist kc, just one man and one mono analog synth going freestyle for 30 minutes at a time. And aye, rOn.KnOb's nothing like Donald Deep Jeffs.

After all, Donald's into all digital recording...

 

[heatmiser]

" Will Analog Multitracks ever be made again? "

Geez, I sure hope so 'cause I'm not really mechanically inclined and it is only a matter of time before my 688 shits the bed.

Personally I have no interest in using a computer as a creative tool and the older some of these tape rigs get, the more I fear I will actually have to learn how to fix them.

 

[grimtraveller]

the quality of sound

What I meant was that many of the things that digital users get criticised for doing, record producers had been doing for decades. And we still got great songs. Who cares if "Strawberry Fields" or "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "I am the walrus" or "Defecting grey" or "Blinded by the light" or "The chain" or "Bridge over troubled waters" were cut and pasted together ? Not I.
The sound quality bit will always be a matter of opinion but my comment wasn't about sound quality. Because digital recorders replicate all the important analog functions, that may well dissuade companies from {in their eyes} 'going backwards'.

 

[grimtraveller]

Personally, I have to wonder why in the hell anyone would WANT to record on to a cassette of 1/4" tape. It does NOT sound better AND it's a pain in the ass. The ONLY reason I can think of is poeple are afraid of change.

I'm ambivalent on this because sometimes, why should one change ? There are times when there are good reasons to change but choice is important. And so is variety. I mean, I find it interesting that people can still watch 12 inch screen black and white telly. But if they do, they do ! Personally, I won't. But that's my choice. I made the switch to digital after 15 years on analog, which I still use now and again. Both have their merits.