I understand most mastering is done with a program called Sonic Solutions
and the media is something that looks like a video cassette, but is actually
a very high-res digital media. You can still retain analog "warmth" through
the mastering process, though, if you track to tape. The tape that you track
on compresses a bit, boosts some low end, and cuts off a bit of the highs,
and does all the things we love about tape, but even though the mastering is
digital, it's so high-resolution that it becomes almost completely
transparent (not counting what you add during mastering, of course. ie
compression, etc.) and is able to adequately retain the sound of the tape. I
think it's a misunderstanding that allowing the signal to touch anything
digital though the entire process necessarily robs the recording of analog
characteristics, and you hear this all the time.
g
on 10/9/00 10:48 AM, Softerandthicker@aol.com at Softerandthicker@aol.com
wrote:
quoted 17 lines In a message dated 10/5/00 3:45:45 PM, component@mindstorm.com writes:>
> In a message dated 10/5/00 3:45:45 PM, component@mindstorm.com writes:
>
> << Only on the 5% of recordings that are recorded analogue anymore.
>
>>>
>
> That 5% tends to be for the final masters. Fewer people are tracking to
> tape, but when the mix is done the natural compression that you get from
> tape, not to mention that you can hit tape with really hot levels, justifies
> its use. Analogue tape is very pleasing IMHO to the ear.
>
> dE3
>
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