what did they use back then on the big studios? did they use tape or computers? do anyone have any info?
How albums were recording in '90?
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AdamWathan
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I think PT came out around 91 or so? Surely a lot of facilities still used console+outboard+tape for a good while though until PT really caught on. Studios started to adopt it eventually to get into the digital realm of convenience. Even then, I think, most mainly used PT to simply record what they were doing with an otherwise all-analog setup.
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AdamWathan
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In 1991 though it was pretty useless for an album production, only offering 4 tracks. Looks like the shift started to happen around 1997.
"The first version of Pro Tools was launched in 1991, offering 4 tracks and selling for $6000USD. Digidesign continued to improve Pro Tools, adding a sequencer and more tracks, with the system offering 16 bit, 44.1 kHz audio recording. In 1997 Pro Tools reached 24 bit, 48 track versions. It was at this point that the migration from more conventional studio technology to the Pro Tools platform took place within the industry."
"The first version of Pro Tools was launched in 1991, offering 4 tracks and selling for $6000USD. Digidesign continued to improve Pro Tools, adding a sequencer and more tracks, with the system offering 16 bit, 44.1 kHz audio recording. In 1997 Pro Tools reached 24 bit, 48 track versions. It was at this point that the migration from more conventional studio technology to the Pro Tools platform took place within the industry."
TravisW
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Adat started making pretty prominent headway, but most of the early 90s stuff in decent studios was on analog tape.
The first serious demo my band at the time ('99) cut was onto two synced ADAT machines, and iirc they sent those down to DAT for the master. I dont remember even seeing a computer in the control room and that was after they had proliferated somewhat. We did however transfer the dat master over to pro tools in a different studio at the local community college, which had one of those all-in-one Macs that you could see inside of.
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Benny H
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What's the story again with Metallica (the album)? ...they nearly lost it all or had some kind of 'almost major fuck up' at mastering.. but somehow it was saved.
They talk about it on the 'classic albums' DVD but don't explain it in detail.
They talk about it on the 'classic albums' DVD but don't explain it in detail.
