pfarrell;542969 Wrote: > Phil Leigh wrote: > > Don't disagree with any of this... my Beatles point was that the > > multi-tracks are inherently "pre-eq'd" by the nature of the > equipment > > in use at the time > > Cute phrase. That is what all the knobs on studio consoles are for, > many > of them are a per-track EQ. You setup the EQ and hit record. > > Perhaps a few guys would ride the EQ, but most of the time it was set > and left alone. > > The big point about Beatles era recording was that it was done to > tape, > and all analog tape has a built in soft limit, hit it too hard, and it > doesn't go all square wave, it just gets nearly flat. Using the > natural > roll off of an analog tape was part of the art of audio engineering. > > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
Ah - the happy days when I traded my 32-channel analogue desk and twin 8-track machines for a 32-channel digital desk with full automation and unlimited channels of 24/48 DAW... In hindsight it wasn't progress - it was a VERY expensive mistake. I used to use a tape-head saturation emulation plugin, but it wasn't as good... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
