g. wrote:
quoted 25 lines On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:06:34 +0100 (BST), you wrote:>
> On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:06:34 +0100 (BST), you wrote:
>
> >Hi greg,
> >
> >> alas what the irdial essay failed to point out is that virtually all
> >> electronic music (if not virtually all music) is mastered from DAT so
> >> at best on vinyl you get a slightly mushed up 44KHz sample rate...
> >
> >yes, thats a good point. but akin *did* swing towards
> >completely analog recording in a later essay. He urges
> >us to use tape wherever possible, right up to the cutting
> >of the disk. I feel that's impractical (and noisy), so i
> >use a mix of analog and digital in my mixes, when possible.
> >probably most artists concerned about "warmth" in their
> >finished recordings, do so too. In short, i don't believe
> >the 96khz DVDs will be as good as yer all singing, all
> >dancing analog setup. that it will probably fit in a
> >suitcase, rather than a whole room, is about the only
> >thing i can see going for it. :)
>
> yeah. all analogue mastering is fine but expensive and impractical.
> we've got this huge stack of ampex red snapper masters/demo here for
> instance and it's like a 6ft high stack - totally awkward - it all
> gets compiled to dat anyway.
Editing with analog tape is a bit impractical, too. I usually use
analog drum machines for the warmth characteristic. Recently I sampled
some beats that I had programmed for the purpose of generally fucking
them up and turning them into breaks. I learned quickly just how much
the A/D conversion process sterilises sound. I had noticed it recording
to digital before but never so obviously as sampling an analog drum
pattern. It's a drag but I could never fragment and restructure reel
to reel tape with the accuracy of a sampler or a HD recorder. My
experience with tape splicing was not fun and didn't produce very good
results. Maybe with improved A/D convertors and maybe a "virtual analog"
recording system ala virtual analog synthesis, there will be an
improvement in the recording and mastering arts. For now I am sticking
with my digital recording of squashed analog signals.