Rakie
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Oooh, One last thing to think of Ralph.
Tape.
It's pretty much gone... Even the biggest bands record in protools, even though tape sounds MUUUUCH better, it's getting phased out. Engineers don't want that.
Also more and more music is being mixed "in the box" meaning not using outboard gear... The highest of the top 40 / flavor of the month stuff is still done on a board with nice analog gear.. But even some of that is touched in pro tools
Since pro tools is a digital platform "bits" of music fall off when it gets quiet, meaning if you have a recording of a nice big cymbal hit, and you have it decay... well, towards the end it's going to sound like "shhhh" as it gets quiet it'll sound like "Sh_h__ch__hch___" thats another reason, tied to lack of analog tape, that mastering is done the way it is today.
Kinda sad.
At any rate !!! Sorry to Hijack this thread Urjo. I hope you find what you're looking for, keep us updated.
And if you're interested in some of the processes of recording today let me know Ralph
Tape.
It's pretty much gone... Even the biggest bands record in protools, even though tape sounds MUUUUCH better, it's getting phased out. Engineers don't want that.
Also more and more music is being mixed "in the box" meaning not using outboard gear... The highest of the top 40 / flavor of the month stuff is still done on a board with nice analog gear.. But even some of that is touched in pro tools
Since pro tools is a digital platform "bits" of music fall off when it gets quiet, meaning if you have a recording of a nice big cymbal hit, and you have it decay... well, towards the end it's going to sound like "shhhh" as it gets quiet it'll sound like "Sh_h__ch__hch___" thats another reason, tied to lack of analog tape, that mastering is done the way it is today.
Kinda sad.
At any rate !!! Sorry to Hijack this thread Urjo. I hope you find what you're looking for, keep us updated.
And if you're interested in some of the processes of recording today let me know Ralph