Analog or Digital? Why not both?

Now that more and more musicians have access to home recording equipment they have become less reliant on major recording studios for basic tracking. Digital multi track recording has revolutionized the way music is recorded today but it does have some serious drawbacks that cannot be fixed with a few plugins.

When we want a nice warm fat kick drum and a sizzling hi-hat we go right to our Studer tape deck. Drums are recorded to tape and then, depending on the circumstances, we dump right to Pro Tools and edit and mix with ease there.

What if you have a completed home recording and need the warm analog sound you expect? Simple. Bring your 24bit/48khz session, replace your drums and bass through our vintage Neve console and Studer tape {rent the tape}. Get a real drum sound, my over head mikes alone are worth more than the most expensive Pro Tools rig.

Get the baddest ass temple of phat bass sound that has been on every hit record since recorded time. Check out my selection of vintage British and American guitar amps. We will drop the tracks back on your Pro Tools session and you are out the door - to mix at home or continue to create. Enjoy the most awesome rhythm tracks that need no fixing, tweeking, EQing, plugins......nothing.

Put the arguments to rest, you have to track at least drums and bass on tape. Remember plugins copy the real thing which is tape and analog gear, how good they do that is basically convenience. Get off your ass and track in a real studio. Neve, Studer, meat and potatoes, Pro Tools, computers, tofu and broccoli.

Check out this read about Steely Dan's latest trip back to analog with a Neve board:
Steely Dan 'Everything Must Go'
by George Peterson
Mix, August 1, 2003

"After years of working in digital, Everything Must Go marks your return back to analog. . . "

 


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