Author Topic: Sound ideas (Read 707 times)

Waffle · « **Reply #15 on:** October 12, 2004, 05:23:22 PM »

as for digital recording, if you are using cheap preamps, the the quality will suffer. If you are using good tube preamp with the medium being being digital, The quality is superbly better than analog.

But for some projects, especialy music - large 2" inch tape is a preference that some folks like. be it the tape saturation, ect....
but the signal to noise ratio is very high in a complete analog environment.

in the end though, it will end up being dumped into a digital system for mixing.

all in all - its a preference. I guarentee that if you took a sound recorded with the same mic and preamp, and recorded one take digital and one take on tape - the majority of people wouldn't be able to tell a differece.

unforunetly the old analog beast are thinning out.

Fruda · « **Reply #16 on:** October 12, 2004, 05:54:23 PM »

Excuse me, but Digital is in no way better than Analogue.

Digital with good preamps and connections is better than Analogue with standard connections, yes. But when both mediums are on even ground, Analogue is far, far superior.

Waffle · « **Reply #17 on:** October 12, 2004, 08:59:31 PM »

well if you can hear below 15hz and above 23khz at a nominal listening SPL..go for the analog

(pls note I gave you a 5hz leeway on the lows and a 3khz buffer on the top incase you have super human ears)

one thing that digital has that analog will never have is there is vitrually no loss of signal on mutiple transfers , ect...

Anything, even Digital recordings, if recorded correctly in a digital envioronment will sound good played on a tube amplifier. This taking in acount of tube premaps for signal, and tube mastering.

BTW - above post, you can see about recording to analog tape. Even using the same preamps / mics - no one will be able to tell the difference. Again, it's all a preference.

Anyway - this post is supposed to be about sounds for the game.

Fruda · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2004, 10:56:24 PM »

Just saying, with the added "bandwidth", you get higher tones with the analogue recordings --- tones you can't get on digital. You get a higher pitch with deeper bass. You just can't have that on CD.

And, don't get started with the signal to noise. If you clean your records, it's barely noticeable. And, cassette tapes have low signal to noise anyway, and are almost as good as vinyl.