Re: [LAU] Building a DAW

On Sat, 2009-05-30 at 15:10 -0700, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

  Studios have been using MDM's (ADAT) digital tape machines (Sony 3324,
3348), or dedicated hard disk recorders (Radar), leaving the digital
domain to enter an analog console, and then into digital mix-down decks
(DAT, Masterlink, CD) for a really long time now.

 Lots of hit records have been made this way.

 They sound fine to my ears. :-)

 If it's not a concern for George Massenberg, or Ed Cherney, it's not a
concern for me. :-)

 Best,
 Rich...

> I agree about the Dr_Pepper/Mr_Pibb nature of the question. But, I
> was only referring to the number of times the audio crosses the A/D
> then D/A boundary. In my mind, the fewer the better. All the other
> issues, automation, etc., are less of a concern for me.
>
> Cheers....
>
>
> On 30 May 2009 at 16:21, Ricus Vincente <wizardofgosz@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2009-05-30 at 13:14 -0700, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> >
> > This is one of those coke/pepsi hornets-nest questions.
> >
> > I guess it depends upon how much I like the automation in Ardour.
> >
> > Plus your question has two levels. The convenience of the automation
> > in the DAW, vs. the automation in the console, and the different
> > question of preferring the way mixing in the box sounds over mixing
> > through analog gear.
> >
> > There's no question in my mind that I always want my audio passing
> > through analog gear on the way out (I'm taking about good analog gear
> > here, not crap).
> >
> > Keeping the faders on my console at unity and making automation moves
> > with the DAW is something that is amenable to me.
> >
> > Best,
> > Rich...
> >
> >
> > > > I'm mostly interested in transport controls. A control surface with
> > > > faders would come in handy some times, but for mixing we have an actual
> > > > analog console (a cool vintage piece at that).
> > >
> > > Once you're in the digital domain, are you sure you'd want to go back
> > > to analog for the mixing?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > >
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