Budding audiophile/vinyl questions

T.G · 04-05-2011, 11:48 AM

Pete - the studios recording on multi-track magnetic tape is actually fairly common and done intentionally for a few reasons. Remember, most studio recordings are done by placing mics in front of the stacks and not direct connects into the musicians amps which, aside from synths/keyboards would still be an analog signal in most cases, so going to tape isn't really a big deal, plus, when converting to digital later, you get much higher quality by doing multi-pass conversions that can't be achieved in real-time.

Most of those USB MP3 turntables suck ass. You're much better off with a good turntable, sound card and a copy of protools.

04-05-2011, 11:48 AM	#11
T.G Grrrrrr Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: The Other Adam Posts: 15,561 Trading: (37)	Re: Budding audiophile/vinyl questions Pete - the studios recording on multi-track magnetic tape is actually fairly common and done intentionally for a few reasons. Remember, most studio recordings are done by placing mics in front of the stacks and not direct connects into the musicians amps which, aside from synths/keyboards would still be an analog signal in most cases, so going to tape isn't really a big deal, plus, when converting to digital later, you get much higher quality by doing multi-pass conversions that can't be achieved in real-time. Most of those USB MP3 turntables suck ass. You're much better off with a good turntable, sound card and a copy of protools.