Computers fukk off...

[Erik]

...this is what a real recording setup looks like:

No digital, only death.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

awesome.

 

[NAD]

erik is so god damn becoming a hippie.

 

[Erik]

At school right now, we are working only with analog consoles and reel-to-reel tape. I get to learn how to edit tape with scissors and sticky tape; it's great fun.

 

[Erik]

erik is so god damn becoming a hippie.

Dude. It's



not

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

At school right now, we are working only with analog consoles and reel-to-reel tape. I get to learn how to edit tape with scissors and sticky tape; it's great fun.

so in 6 months it'll be "analog fukk off"?

 

[Erik]

so in 6 months it'll be "analog fukk off"?

Well, we will be moving on to Pro Tools, which, you know, is all handy and shit, and I do most of my recording digitally; it's certainly done shitloads for the ability to make semi-pro recordings for peanuts. There's something about analog equipment though; analog mixing -- recording tracks onto 2-track tape live through a mixing desk and having no AUTOMATION but instead fiddling with controls and riding faders as you go; something about the art and creativity inherent in knowing how to actually cut tape with your own hands and using sticky tape to piece together songs; those things have sorta been lost in the transition.

 

[NAD]

Dude. It's



not

haha.

i'm a full supporter of analogue shitz. not 100% FUKK OFF TEH DIGITAL but tubes, tape, etc. is definitely the preferred choice in terms of sound quality.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Erik, you crack my shit up.

Come to America, I owe you a beer.

 

[Erik]

Erik, you crack my shit up.

Come to America, I owe you a beer.

Yes. Later.

 

[Erik]

Now! This is what this setup sounds like (the first real shitz I've recorded on this machine, just some riffs I made up today and yesterday)

http://egj.campus.luth.se/~egj/4track.mp3

Goddamn. Analog warmth. Demo tapes don't sound like this anymore Besides, it makes me better at guitar since I have to learn songs properly before recording, none of this 200 takes with cut 'n' paste bullshit

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Now! This is what this setup sounds like (the first real shitz I've recorded on this machine, just some riffs I made up today and yesterday)

http://egj.campus.luth.se/~egj/4track.mp3

Goddamn. Analog warmth. Demo tapes don't sound like this anymore Besides, it makes me better at guitar since I have to learn songs properly before recording, none of this 200 takes with cut 'n' paste bullshit

That's a great point. I wonder if so many bands have trouble recreating their songs live b/c of this exact reason.