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I'm sort of in this camp as well. I think it is at least partially due to
the fact that I learned recording on multitrack reel to reels and then
moved to cassette porta studios. I have a harder time tracking into the
computer. (Partially because I still don't trust software DAWs, I guess)
I do all my editing on the computer though, and I've gotten a lot more
comfortable mixing in the computer as well (partially because I do mostly
longer material, so blowing a fader move means a lot of time lost). My
process now is recording live tracks to ADAT sync'd with Cubase SX or my
MPC for Midi sequences and then dumping all the tracks into Cool Edit for
editing and mixdown... I still do most of my effects with my outboard
gear which I know and understand better than their plug-in counterparts,
also I think it sounds better, even with the extra D/A A/D D/A A/D
conversions...
Kevin
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From: goddard.duncan@mtvne.com
Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:39:21 -0000
>>>I've been using Cool Edit Pro on the PC for a few years now....
>Previously I've used tape, and had to edit out clicks in the audio with a
>razor blade.....<<
>
>agreed- I use sonic foundry stuff for editing audio and making cd's, and
>the sample-accurate editing is a boon. also, being able to redraw damaged
>waveforms (vinyl clicks &c) with a pen and tablet, and line up crossfades
>to the nearest sample....
>all great, for sure.
>
>but I've used several daw devices, basically glorified portastudios with
>hard drives (roland vs880, korg d1600).
>somehow it's not such a satisfying experience as laying something to
>tape.
>with the latter, one somehow feels that one has captured a performance
>rather than just trapped some data.... it may just be a sentimental
>thing, but it deeply affects my creative processes; there's a sense of
>having committed to a take of something when it's been put on tape and
>can't be manipulated so easily, and this sense gives one the freedom to
>move on to the next stage of the composition or recording. with the
>digital version, I feel that because more manipulation is possible, it's
>somehow mandatory.....
>
>anyone else feel like this?
>I'm going back to four-rack (revox 274) for writing, though I'll still
>master to cd and edit in vegas.
>
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