Olymoo

Olymoon, dammit, more coffee out my nose and on keyboard.... argh!! hahahaha... SO SO SO SO SO true....

 

True, unless you're listening on a $10k headphone+preamp system with a WAVE or AIFF medium.

 

cool.. tell us what headphones and system you have.. maybe I'll start saving up..

 

I really like digital editing and like the ease of digital recording. I will never, for the love of god, go back to analog workflow.
I still have my old tape recorder in my studio and I use it for saturation but that's it.

 

One of the reasons I like working with tape is the linear analog signal chain and the lack of computers with their digital glitches simplifies things for me. This technique in the video puts tape sound into a DAW (back to cost of tape and a machine, again) but puts computers and more complication into the process. I bet one of the tape model plug ins would test his ears in an A/B comparison.

 

If you are serious about doing away with the cost and maintenance of tape (digital and analog),
consider the Radar hard disk system. With cost of hard disk and Blu-Ray these days, backup
and storage is no longer an issue.

iZ Technology Corporation
http://www.izcorp.com/

 

I always wonder who buys stuff like this these days...

 

I've known about this system since the mid 90's. When talking to A&R and producers from Nashville,
they confirmed my choice as they were moving in this direction. Many of the top mixer/producers
use this system. Including Daniel Landois. You know who he is right?

I started off with analog tape, moved into digital tape and then digital/analog systems.

Just like the oil industry, the audio industry must adapt and move forward with technology
that replaces what is becoming out-moded systems and tech.

 

I like the 'low price guarantee' in that link!

 

Yips, tape sure is expensive these days, but if your living is based around clients needs it might just be the perfect thing to purchase. It would be a tax deductible business expense and every year you could deduct a bit more if you play it right. If you used your machine for let'stand say, 800 bucks day for 150 days in the year, you would bring in, what, 120,000 bucks. It would make sense then as a business expense.
Recording to tape is not like recording to disk in that when you get into the red it doesn't sound like the end of the world, but rather the tape compresses the input and you can get a nice sizzle that tends to cut through a mix. Editing is so much easier in the digital domain that also that you would most likely drop your tracks into the software of your choice these days. Before with lots of tracks, the board would be divided up amongst a bunch of people each responsible for a certain group of tracks or even just the perfect time to turn an auxiliary send knob to the delay line for that most important 2 bars.
Of course we get to use emulations of analog gear, but really and truly, nothing can do justice to a real vocal or instrument chain like hardware. Different strokes for different folks, and love the digital domain, but you cannot take away my hardware without me coming at you to track you down and take it all back.

 

superliquidsunshine has a valid argument. The one thing with the Radar system is that it replaces the
tape machine if that is al that is required. Directly from your console to Radar system.

The new Radar 2 Studio is allows you run OS 10 or Windows only, running your DAW of choice
natively or, the Radar system just for tracking. There is also the option for a dual-boot from separate
hard drives. You configure the system you want at purchase. A fully configured system is half the price
roughly of a comparable Pro Tools System.

 

What about ANALOG EMULATION (not digital plugin) of TAPE MACHINES?
AnaMod ATS-1 modulating up to 4 tape machines, up to 4 tape formultion models, has bias control, 7.5 or 15 or 30 IPS speed, LF and HF eq, Hiss, upgrade cards. Unfortunately, no wow'n'flutter (as said on their site, by people's demand it is not included). My comrade has it in his studio. And I have demo track recorded and mixed only in analog plus with this device.
http://anamodaudio.com/ats1.html