Even Dave/Foo Fighters route things into digital after the initial tracking. As long as it's tracked direct to real tape the authentic sound is captured, after that it goes into Pro Tools in a lot of cases. Everything is digital in regards to mastering these days, it is far superior, no question there.
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Even Dave/Foo Fighters route things into digital after the initial tracking. As long as it's tracked direct to real tape the authentic sound is captured, after that it goes into Pro Tools in a lot of cases. Everything is digital in regards to mastering these days, it is far superior, no question there.
I pretty certain BoB has said that he likes to use all digital, and not use tapes. So, I think there is a possibility they do it all digital.
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I was actually in the same studio they worked on lighting bolt in about 2 weeks after they wrapped. It's a popular studio in LA and im 99% sure they recorded in all digital...
Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
I was actually in the same studio they worked on lighting bolt in about 2 weeks after they wrapped. It's a popular studio in LA and im 99% sure they recorded in all digital...
Do they save $20/year like the rest of us by going Digital???
Vinyl rips of Backspacer & S/T sound much better than the CD counterparts. This has nothing to do with digital / analog though recording though as many digitally recorded albums do not end up sounding brickwalled. S/T sounds worse than Backspacer though. This is just my opinion but I took my fair share of audio engineering courses in college and have some knowledge on the subject.
Vinyl rips of Backspacer & S/T sound much better than the CD counterparts. This has nothing to do with digital / analog though recording though as many digitally recorded albums do not end up sounding brickwalled. S/T sounds worse than Backspacer though. This is just my opinion but I took my fair share of audio engineering courses in college and have some knowledge on the subject.
Given that they all have the same master as their cd counterparts I can't see how that would be the case. Could somebody with a little know how make them sound better? Likely, but I can't see them being improved that much.
S/T vinyl still has that harshness and Backspacer is pretty muddy on the denser tracks.
I'm inclined to think that high res rips of the cd's with a little fixing would probably sound best of all.
Either way, no reason those release don't sound better than they do.
Vinyl rips of Backspacer & S/T sound much better than the CD counterparts. This has nothing to do with digital / analog though recording though as many digitally recorded albums do not end up sounding brickwalled. S/T sounds worse than Backspacer though. This is just my opinion but I took my fair share of audio engineering courses in college and have some knowledge on the subject.
Given that they all have the same master as their cd counterparts I can't see how that would be the case. Could somebody with a little know how make them sound better? Likely, but I can't see them being improved that much.
S/T vinyl still has that harshness and Backspacer is pretty muddy on the denser tracks.
I'm inclined to think that high res rips of the cd's with a little fixing would probably sound best of all.
Either way, no reason those release don't sound better than they do.
Form what I understand of it, vinyl records have physical limitations that a digital recording simply do not have. This comes into play when working with compression and loudness because a vinyl record doesn't have the data capacity that a CD does... somehow it prevents SOME brickwalling... maybe I'm wrong but this is how I've always understood it.
Too much digital and the music is robbed of its qi, too much analogue and it gets stuck in a swamp. It's basic yin / yang theory man
It's impossible to recreate certain harmonics in digital - Yield on original vinyl is a fine example of a balanced record. 'Tone' is much more important than 'dynamic range' to me.
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So they the master would be digital?
I dig the Foo Fighters approach more of doing it analog.
A band that talks so kindly about vinyl should really do it analog I think. But digital is easier and faster I guess.
Even Dave/Foo Fighters route things into digital after the initial tracking. As long as it's tracked direct to real tape the authentic sound is captured, after that it goes into Pro Tools in a lot of cases. Everything is digital in regards to mastering these days, it is far superior, no question there.
A great read:
http://productionadvice.co.uk/daft-punk-mastering/
I never noticed this. I must not have an audiophile's ear.
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The main recording is analog; the overdubs are digital.
Stuff can be brickwalled regardless of how it's recorded. The last 2 PJ albums have not sounded good..
Given that they all have the same master as their cd counterparts I can't see how that would be the case. Could somebody with a little know how make them sound better? Likely, but I can't see them being improved that much.
S/T vinyl still has that harshness and Backspacer is pretty muddy on the denser tracks.
I'm inclined to think that high res rips of the cd's with a little fixing would probably sound best of all.
Either way, no reason those release don't sound better than they do.
Backspacer in particular is horrible, especially if you compare it to the beautiful warm sound of Yield.
Form what I understand of it, vinyl records have physical limitations that a digital recording simply do not have. This comes into play when working with compression and loudness because a vinyl record doesn't have the data capacity that a CD does... somehow it prevents SOME brickwalling... maybe I'm wrong but this is how I've always understood it.
It's impossible to recreate certain harmonics in digital - Yield on original vinyl is a fine example of a balanced record. 'Tone' is much more important than 'dynamic range' to me.
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