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By the way, I love the b c h m o etc. Simply beautiful.
I don't have fond memories of tape, though. Back in the day everything was expensive. I had a just-above average four track Teac reel to reel machine which was very expensive. And the tapes cost a fortune. At the obligatory speed of 16 ips, a tape didn't last very long. You'd record your four tracks and to get any more you had to bounce down -- submixes. Theoretically you could submix 4 down to 2 or 1 if you didn't mind losing stereo, but in the real world you can't do many submixes unless you're a very good engineer.
My Zoom, a nifty little gadget for recording Quad, was quite cheap, and allows for as many tracks as I want with no problems caused by tape hiss. I'm showing my age: signal-to-noise has become a thing of the past. This gadget eats my Teac machine. And so it should, it's had the benefit of thirty years advances in sound recording. I'm just saying, don't get too misty for tape. It was pretty undemocratic.
My main memory of those days is just how d*mn heavy all the gear was! A 15 track Mavis mixing desk that took 4 people to carry; JBL Bass bins; multi-core cables etc.
Still I wouldn't have missed it for the world ... happy daze :)
To your points though - too much tech can get in the way of creativity. I still miss the simplicity of a tape deck - especially when songwriting for laying down a track, hitting rewind, and figuring out another part to play over it as it plays.
BTW - as far as weight goes - the little tube amps they make now are great for home jamming and don't weigh much at all. Get a lightweight cabinet and combine with small head and you're good to go. No more slipped discs in your back.
So I try to resist the temptation to "improve" and if there are hesitations, stray noises, etc, I think it's better to leave them in. It's like airbrushing out wrinkles. The product looks attractive but it's based on a falsity.
But I make music too, lame electronic stuff. Funny how easy it is find other music producers, even on Fontstruct!
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