sepiareverb
genius and moron
I for one miss tape for the sound, but digital is great in bang for the buck- number of tracks for example. I still use the digital 8-track like my old tape 4-track though.
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ruben
Guest
I too am in. Roxio Sound Studio software for EACH track, with some five hundred tracks behind - a lot of work but my friends, whata difference !
Cheers,
Ruben
Cheers,
Ruben
amateriat
We're all light!
In my former lifetime, I was an avid amateur location recording engineer, dragging a rather-late-in-the-day-for-this "purist" 2-track analog setup (HIgh-speed Tandberg TD20A SE and high-end-ish Sony one-point stereo mic) into halls, churches, tiny music rooms (including one mostly taken up by a Steinway Model B), and, once, in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine to receord a New York premiere of a Stephen Paulus work for orchestra, five soloists, and a rather large choir, with the composer conducting. (That was the highlight of all of it, right there.) Loved it, but it was back-breaking work to drag that kit around, I didn't like the sound from lighter digital alternatives at the time (and, trust me, I looked...I wanted a lighter solution that sounded good, but didn't totally obliterate my bank account), and photography, which I was long knee-deep into at the time, was calling me ever more loudly, so something had to give. But I had a ton of fun, got to hang with some truly wonderful musicians and singers, and learned a lot, close-up, about the music-making process I wouldn't have done by other means (I don't play an instrument, though I'm told I can carry a tune decently).
I'd thought about scraping together the bucks for a newer Mac laptop than I have and a portable mic preamp to try my hand again, but I can afford only one expensive pursuit these days (well, two...but I have the bicycles I want, and they're all paid for), never mind the energy involved.
- Barrett
I'd thought about scraping together the bucks for a newer Mac laptop than I have and a portable mic preamp to try my hand again, but I can afford only one expensive pursuit these days (well, two...but I have the bicycles I want, and they're all paid for), never mind the energy involved.
- Barrett
JonasYip
Well-known
I think many people will record basic tracks like the drums and the bass to 2-inch analog tape to get that warm edge-of-tape-saturation recorded sound, and then dump that to ProTools for adding a gazillion overdubs and for ease of editing.
But, yeah, I can't imagine not having the advantages of digital recording, or rather, I can't imagine being limited to, say, 24-tracks. And cutting-and-pasting the literal way, with a razor blade.
Much like I can't imagine not having the advantages of a digital workflow for my photography now...
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sepiareverb
genius and moron
It's also the time- as a hobby digital makes it faster like it or not.
I'm in no hurry to give up on my analog workflow for shooting though!
I'm in no hurry to give up on my analog workflow for shooting though!
deepwhite
Well-known
I'm not a "geek", but as a producer and songwriter I do record audio. ;-)
Got a small studio here. Made our previous album in there. Two PCs with Samplitude for audio and Nuendo for MIDI and many plug-ins. Yet what's to be proud of are the two racks of analog gears. I can't give up the digital workflow either, but I use as many analog gears as possible, at least for major tracks like vocal, kick & snare, etc..
Got a small studio here. Made our previous album in there. Two PCs with Samplitude for audio and Nuendo for MIDI and many plug-ins. Yet what's to be proud of are the two racks of analog gears. I can't give up the digital workflow either, but I use as many analog gears as possible, at least for major tracks like vocal, kick & snare, etc..