Bands that record to analog???
DewieCox
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I got into vinyl awhile back and it got me wondering what bands still use analog technology to record their music. I know PJ, Tool, RHCP, and the Black Crowes do, but what other bands will I see the full vinyl benefit with?
I thought about posting this in m&g forum, but figured that people with deeper knowledge of individual bands would know more.
I've noticed some Radiohead sounds amazing on vinyl, esp stuff like How to Disappear Completely and Exit Music. Do they record to tape?
I thought about posting this in m&g forum, but figured that people with deeper knowledge of individual bands would know more.
I've noticed some Radiohead sounds amazing on vinyl, esp stuff like How to Disappear Completely and Exit Music. Do they record to tape?
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I can only think of one recent one and that's Ben Harper's Lifeline.
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I am pretty sure RA was put to tape. MC said it was their anti-protools album, in fact. I had never heard that about S/T, either. The S/T sounds 10x better on vinyl, so I just figured it was analog. Must be the mastering process, then.
I think there are alot more than you think. I woulda never thought Tool recorded in analog, but, unless they did things different than what I've read, their studio efforts are put to 2".
Is there any benefit to recording in digital???
Basically everything digital is easier. It's easier to loop effects, backing tracks, vocals, create layering of guitars, synths, and drums. You're not limited to 16 or 32 tracks so you can mix your tracks independently of each other....
With digital anyone that can operate a computer (with a little practice) can produce a mix or recording. Digital has a crisp clean sound since there is no audiotape to flutter across a magnetized recording head, no static or hiss and other hindrances that are common with analog recording.
That being said, digital still doesn't thump like analog.....a good analog recording will rip your insides apart
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It's all good. I wish it was the other way around and tape was the way. I'm a junior vintage gear whore. There are bands that do the original tracks on tape then dump it to pro-tools.
I totallly agree, but ANY album sounds better on Vinyl
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But they're both heavily influenced by Sabbath and the like so it works really well and proves for interesting atmospherics :geek:
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
yes - Liam records everything Analog, I believe there is an interview (maybe 7 worlds collide 09') where he talks a little about it - but the recording makes the I'll Be Lightning on vinyl sound A-MAZING! ! !
Um... I can only imagine.
No, really, all I can do is imagine. My roommate bought me "For Emma, Forever Ago" (Bon Iver... also on analog I believe) and "I'll Be Lightning" on vinyl for Christmas last year. And I promptly broke my record player out of sheer excitement (*ahem* or something...)
Who's going to let me come over and spin!?
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I completely blanked about them. Of course they do. Usually says it somewhere in the liner notes.
You can get UK imports of their more popular albums. I've got Icky Thump, Elephant, and White Blood Cells. The only one I've never seen is GBMS, and it's my favorite so hopefully it'll actually get a public release. There are some copies, but only a handful were made.
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About 15 years ago when I was in college I took music business and music recording for about 1.5 years. We worked in a professional studio in Queens, NY and they (as most) used analog 24 track I believe. In the class they said that even artists who record in digital often will mix down to two-track analog to "warm" up the sound. Analog kinda distorts the sound (not in a grunge distortion way) and makes the instruments sound a little more melded. Not so good for techno or anything, but for rock, a big plus. ...but it's been SO many years. Would love to read about PJ's recording processes now-a-days.
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
Theres a .....Satan or 2 up on the wall in that pic. Wonder if they'll open an online store, soon? I'll probably end up driving the 4 hours to get GBMS, if they don't soon.