I think you really put your finger on something, Steve. There *is* something between the sounds in analog that is missing in newer digital recordings. Even listening to old 1930s jazz or gospel type recordings, there seems to be something else there. The sound is sometimes terrible, but other times it comes in tandem with perfection, and a whole different atmosphere seems to be transported through the music.
Ryan On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Sevn wrote: > I think there is definatly something very profound about the analogue sound of > real to real as opposed to ADAT. When you record digitally every millisecond > of time is accounted for and everything inbetween doesn't exsist. When you > use > tape, there exsists another dimension of time. Inbetween each kick drum is > some kind of space that often sounds like hiss or noise. I think this space > is > a result of the environment in which you are recording, and perhaps even the > physic vibrations in the room. One technique that can be used in recording is > to add an additional track, that is a recording of a desired ambient > atmosphere. One idea is to record yourself while you sleeping one night with > a > mic and speed it up and dub it in over a track with very low gain. > > Anybody else have any ideas? > > Sevn > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
