ANALOG OR DIGITAL?? WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST??

AUTOMATIC PANIC · Joined: 22 Nov 2001 Posts: 286

IF U HAD TO CHOOSE A MIXER RATHER IT BE FOR RECORDING AT HOME OR DOING A LIVE SHOW, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE??

DIGITAL??

ANALOG??

BE HONEST!!

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AUTO

MIKE BURN

There is always a big discussion Analog vs. Digital....

I would bring it down to the following facts:

1st. Analog equipment sounds 'warmer' and is more 'fogiving' when it comes to distortion (wanted or unwanted...)

2nd. If we talk about mixing consoles in a price range starting from $ 30.000 (Neve or SSL), analog is a alternative nowadays to digital consoles, as they offer incredible fidelity and 'warmth' and compete to the overall handling and functionality of digital consoles.

3rd. If you want to mix a live band/act, a analog console is easier to handle and you get a good result faster. Digital consoles can be very tricky live. The popular Yamaha 02R for example can't be used from a beginner to run a live mix. Digital clippings are rather hard to control and if it's dark in a live environment, you must know every little knob and function not to damage the P.A. System and the ears of the audience.

4th. In the studio I would always prefer a digital mixing console, if you don't have the money to own a second analog mixer at the same time.

Conclusion: AUTO goes digital I think

MIKE

AUTOMATIC PANIC · Joined: 22 Nov 2001 Posts: 286

I BOUGHT ANALOG!!

mikeburn and friends · Joined: 03 Jan 2002 Posts: 91

Cool!!!!!!!! Which model ????????

MIKE

AUTOMATIC PANIC · Joined: 22 Nov 2001 Posts: 286

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bygon · Joined: 20 Nov 2001 Posts: 57

Good question.

(Are we all sure no one has posted a thread

like this already on any Board?)

I have been recording my stuff in analog for many years,

and lately I have started using Cubase...

there's good and bad in digital:

GOOD: you can add tons of tracks, and all stereo

(and this is very useful to me, I use to fill my songs

with multiple vocal parts)

GOOD: you can hide mistakes with effects

GOOD: you can easily delete parts exactly where you

want and replace them without being afraid to delete

anything else

GOOD: no hiss, no noise, just your sound.

BAD: just a single bug in your computer, and

everything may happen:

some instruments are not in time with others

you hear yourself with an echo in your headphone

your computer freezes while you're recording

etc etc

BAD: the sound is cold. Mechanical. Maybe "false".

BAD: when you move a slider, it seems that nothing

happens. With an analogic mixer, when

you lower an instrument a minimum, you can hear

immediately the difference

BAD: you can't do direct plugs. With my Tascam

analogic mixer, I can have a '60s-like bass guitar sound

plugging the bass directly into it and working a bit

with the equalization. i have tried to do the same with

Cubase. Awful, awful, awful, my bass sounds a

jurassic dinosaur growling.

BAD: midi gives you thousands of possibilities, even

make a totally messed up take become something

wonderful, but then it's not YOU playing anymore.

And the listeners notice that.

BAD: if you record ten takes of a part (because you

always make a mistake), you start filling your hard

disk, and your computer starts groaning if you don't

delete all the unused files. On a tape, you delete

mistakes, and re-record again, period.

BAD: if your leds go to red, it's a tragedy. On analogic,

this way you could have a sound even better than the one

you're trying to do.

BAD: you've got to read your software instructions

very carefully to start learning to use it

(with an analog recorder, just plug

all your instruments in and click record)

My response?

Digital. Because I love challenges.

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Steve Iannetti · GweiLo Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Posts: 697

Analog.....I like to " Red-line" everything.

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anrkeboy · Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 20

Let me show my ignorance. If I'm recording an acoustic guitar through a microphone into a computer, is it digital or analog? Although it's being recorded onto a hard disk rather than tape, it's still an analog instrument, yes? However, with synths, I'm taking a digital signal into a digital format, therefore it's digital? I'm a little confused as you can see, maybe a bit of help,

. Or is it just in the final way of recording? If so then I'm digital all the way, hehe.

bygon · Joined: 20 Nov 2001 Posts: 57

No, it's digital.

A cold serie of 1,0,0,1,1,1,0...

Analog is a recording on a magnetic support (tape).

Oh, there's a mid-way, DAT. It's a tape, but it's digital.

Don't ask me how it works tho, LOL.

Steve, I know what you mean. My old fostex is the place

where I take important decisions: "will this new song work

or will it not?". If the first awful, hissing, lousy recording

is OK, the song comes out to life.

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