sequencers sound quality
sure.
i sold my scully 2" a couple of years ago. a well set up 2" machine is still probably the nicest format to listen to, but it's not THAT nice, and aligning the machine once a day isn't that great, not to mention the expense of tape($200 for about 15 minutes)...
the computer sounds great in the hands of a good engineer, crappy in the hands of a poor engineer, just like tape.
i sold my scully 2" a couple of years ago. a well set up 2" machine is still probably the nicest format to listen to, but it's not THAT nice, and aligning the machine once a day isn't that great, not to mention the expense of tape($200 for about 15 minutes)...
the computer sounds great in the hands of a good engineer, crappy in the hands of a poor engineer, just like tape.
Personally I think it depends on each persons taste.Some would have said that mixing with real analog equipment and valve compressors etc.sounded alot warmer than digital.But since then, digital recording has come a long way,and today algorithms are used for digital recording to to emulate analog compressors amplifiers etc.Creamware is the living proof of that.Cubase has its tape simulation option to soften clipping for example.
An excellent question.
R.Hargrave
An excellent question.
R.Hargrave
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I have found that there is a character on the way that tape records that make it sound better at firts.
Digital is more neutral, and you can, without dubt, get the same sound as a tape if you have the correct plug-in and you know how to use it, or sometimes more than one plugin.
There is a very interesing discusing on a forum at http://www.3daudioinc.com i recomend to everybody, as well, as a comparison digital/analog mix, and even many digital sequencer users.
There is a man, also that tells about how digital works. There is a thread that tells something like "why adding noise to your recording make it sound better". It´s a very interesting explanation of the way that digital works, to learn many of our deffects we have working with digital, that make us miss analog. There is a lot to learn there.
Digital is more neutral, and you can, without dubt, get the same sound as a tape if you have the correct plug-in and you know how to use it, or sometimes more than one plugin.
There is a very interesing discusing on a forum at http://www.3daudioinc.com i recomend to everybody, as well, as a comparison digital/analog mix, and even many digital sequencer users.
There is a man, also that tells about how digital works. There is a thread that tells something like "why adding noise to your recording make it sound better". It´s a very interesting explanation of the way that digital works, to learn many of our deffects we have working with digital, that make us miss analog. There is a lot to learn there.