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| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Honestly, to echo Geoff's first response, there's really no legit reason to try to multitrack on anything other than a DAW, unless you buy or have access to tape (2") and that would be for the analogue debate reasons.
I originally learned to mix on analogue but automated desks going in to DA-88s. Fucking pain in the arse and there's a reason they're basically worthless now. I also used Alesis HD24's which in fairness were a step up but again, made somewhat redundant by any basic DAW.
DA-88"s take special tapes and best practice is to run them for 30 mins each before first use so factor that in too, not to mention, they're fragile and getting increasingly rarer.
I know you may want to keep everything OTB, but the final recording medium is where you're really shooting yourself in the foot for the sake of purity by not using a DAW, even just for the I/O of tracking. It's going to end up in a digital format regardless so there's really pointless to try to go oldschool, unless as I said you have some really nice Studer or Atari tape machine and plenty of tape and secure storage nowhere close to powerlines, trainlines, humidity or moisture for their lifespan (which is only about 80 years anyway).
Oh and tape only actually has about 10bit usable headroom so your dynamic range is limited to 60db, so you better have an impeccable signal chain with zero noise floor to get to tape hot enough for modern standards. good luck  |
I don't know why you're still mentioning tape and analog, when I've clearly said I'm considering either daw or digital. The only reason I'm considering daw is for stems - otherwise I don't see the point, when I can just continue to use my mixer and a Korg D888 or Tascam DP-24SD for recording. Plus, as Geoff mentioned earlier, wih a daw there will be latency issues, which I don't see occurring if I use the other option.
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