>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.
Interesting observation - but not exactly the case. Every millisecond of
time is accounted for with tape too - I guess you just mean that the nature
of the medium and dirty heads produce different sound on each playback.
Actually, I think he was trying to say that digital recording takes a "snap
shot" of sound at a given point in time. Usually these snap shots, or
samples, are taken at rates around 44-48 thousand times per second. This
information is played back in much the same way as film to produce the
illusion of a continuous flow of information.
What happens between those snapshots, however miniscule, is lost. Digital
recording, by its nature, loses some data in the process.
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