Recording method...

afterthefact · 07.25.2006, 08:31 PM

Which do you prefer to use when you are recording, digital or analog?

max · 07.25.2006, 08:40 PM

digital. cheap, versatile and tweakable to the limits. but analog is cool too - if you have the money to afford that.

afterthefact · 07.25.2006, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by max

digital. cheap, versatile and tweakable to the limits. but analog is cool too - if you have the money to afford that.

I don't know how it is in Italy, but I find it cheaper to use analog, plus a lot easier...

afterthefact · 07.25.2006, 08:41 PM

and there is a warmness on analog that you lose with digital

afterthefact · 07.25.2006, 08:45 PM

wow, I've already posted 3 times in this thread...

afterthefact · 07.25.2006, 08:46 PM

afterthefact · 07.25.2006, 08:46 PM

5...6

Cantankerous · 07.25.2006, 08:47 PM

analog

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 07.25.2006, 08:47 PM

I perfer digital because you lose very little quality when recordign over the same track + you can fix it up quite nicely, I dont know if you would consider it digital or not but when my mic worked I miced (mice?) my guitar into a digital 4trak and left it that way.

One thing I notice is when recording digital sometimes your equipment picks up frequencies and you have to cleanup the sound.

acousticrock87 · 07.25.2006, 08:50 PM

Depends on the music. Analog for acoustic/folk/blues, you know, gritty stuff. Digital for anything with heavier production and electronics, or when there's a lot of fancy guitar work. Anywhere there's a lot of effort put into the details.

Cantankerous · 07.25.2006, 08:51 PM

fuck heavy production. how do you think they did it in the old days when music was still good?

afterthefact · 07.25.2006, 08:54 PM

all I know is that right now I am doing some stuff with this one guy, and he is an excelent musician, but he records everything with garage band, and like if your timing is of by even a millisecond, he can just click a button and align it perfectly to the beat... music isn't supposed to be perfect, because it's supposed to reflect the person making it, and nobody is perfect...

Daddylikes · 07.25.2006, 08:54 PM

they did heavy production using analog methods. See phil spector and the wall of sound.

Cantankerous · 07.25.2006, 08:55 PM

word. but it was different because they knew what the fuck they were doing and they didn't have a goddamn clap machine.

acousticrock87 · 07.25.2006, 08:56 PM

Even with old stuff. Hendrix is better digital. Half of the Beatle's stuff (mostly Lennon's) is better digital. Bob Dylan is way better analog. That's just how I like it. Doesn't matter how they did it. Times are changin'. It ain't the 60's anymore. We got options.

Cantankerous · 07.25.2006, 08:57 PM

i hate digital.

afterthefact · 07.25.2006, 08:57 PM

happy 1000...

k-krack · 07.25.2006, 09:02 PM

i record on tape, because i dont have any other option.. i mean, the basement computer has a mic, but for somne reason sound recorder doesn;'t work, and you can't give a copy of sound recorder as easily (i could burn a cdbut that takes more work. plus, i have tons of tapes to use yet...) anyways, i love the sound of tape.. (any ideas as to why sound recorder would stop working? how i could fix it?)

terminal pharmacy · 07.25.2006, 09:03 PM

they both have their place, and digital is getting to the stage of analog warmth where you lose very little because of sample rates. sony have developed dsd which samples at 2.4mhz which is brilliant, where before things were at 192khz sample rate. 2.4mhz makes the divide grow smaller and smaller.

afterthefact · 07.25.2006, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by k-krack

i record on tape, because i dont have any other option.. i mean, the basement computer has a mic, but for somne reason sound recorder doesn;'t work, and you can't give a copy of sound recorder as easily (i could burn a cdbut that takes more work. plus, i have tons of tapes to use yet...) anyways, i love the sound of tape.. (any ideas as to why sound recorder would stop working? how i could fix it?)

wish I could help...
I used to record everything on tape, because that's all I had to work with... now all I have is a computer, and I will the old analog 4-track to death. Forget about how it just sounds better and everything, and it's still better, because doing it on computers is a pain in the ass. with tape, you hit record, play, hit stop, and you have a tape with your music on it. done and done.

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07.25.2006, 08:31 PM	#1
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Which do you prefer to use when you are recording, digital or analog? __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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max expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: sardinia, italy Posts: 1,262	digital. cheap, versatile and tweakable to the limits. but analog is cool too - if you have the money to afford that. __________________ A Dance Of Shadows - Kingdom Of Night
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afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	and there is a warmness on analog that you lose with digital __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	analog __________________ RETIRED
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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	I perfer digital because you lose very little quality when recordign over the same track + you can fix it up quite nicely, I dont know if you would consider it digital or not but when my mic worked I miced (mice?) my guitar into a digital 4trak and left it that way. One thing I notice is when recording digital sometimes your equipment picks up frequencies and you have to cleanup the sound. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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07.25.2006, 08:50 PM	#10
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Depends on the music. Analog for acoustic/folk/blues, you know, gritty stuff. Digital for anything with heavier production and electronics, or when there's a lot of fancy guitar work. Anywhere there's a lot of effort put into the details.
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07.25.2006, 08:51 PM	#11
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	fuck heavy production. how do you think they did it in the old days when music was still good? __________________ RETIRED
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07.25.2006, 08:54 PM	#12
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	all I know is that right now I am doing some stuff with this one guy, and he is an excelent musician, but he records everything with garage band, and like if your timing is of by even a millisecond, he can just click a button and align it perfectly to the beat... music isn't supposed to be perfect, because it's supposed to reflect the person making it, and nobody is perfect... __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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07.25.2006, 08:54 PM	#13
Daddylikes the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gnome, Alaska Posts: 929	they did heavy production using analog methods. See phil spector and the wall of sound.
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07.25.2006, 08:55 PM	#14
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	word. but it was different because they knew what the fuck they were doing and they didn't have a goddamn clap machine. __________________ RETIRED
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07.25.2006, 08:56 PM	#15
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Even with old stuff. Hendrix is better digital. Half of the Beatle's stuff (mostly Lennon's) is better digital. Bob Dylan is way better analog. That's just how I like it. Doesn't matter how they did it. Times are changin'. It ain't the 60's anymore. We got options.
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07.25.2006, 08:57 PM	#16
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	i hate digital. __________________ RETIRED
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07.25.2006, 08:57 PM	#17
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	happy 1000... __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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07.25.2006, 09:02 PM	#18
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	i record on tape, because i dont have any other option.. i mean, the basement computer has a mic, but for somne reason sound recorder doesn;'t work, and you can't give a copy of sound recorder as easily (i could burn a cdbut that takes more work. plus, i have tons of tapes to use yet...) anyways, i love the sound of tape.. (any ideas as to why sound recorder would stop working? how i could fix it?) __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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07.25.2006, 09:03 PM	#19
terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	they both have their place, and digital is getting to the stage of analog warmth where you lose very little because of sample rates. sony have developed dsd which samples at 2.4mhz which is brilliant, where before things were at 192khz sample rate. 2.4mhz makes the divide grow smaller and smaller.
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