Back in about 1982 I recorded a 45 rpm single. That's not an LP, of course, but it was vinyl. In any case, the technology used was of course very different from recording a CD, in that it was all analog, and the initial recording and the mastering were done to tape. Nowadays, most recordings are made using digital equipment and stored on hard disk.
But aside from that, most of the steps of recording, and the concerns of the engineer were much the same. Getting a clean, accurate recording with minimal noise requires the same kind of attention. Mixing recorded sounds in a pleasing way is much easier now, and more control room "magic" is possible (though some of the most creative types (Les Paul, George Martin, etc.) did AMAZING things with mechanical equipment!) Perhaps the most amazing change in the advent of digital recording is that even a starving musician can afford a decent digital home recording setup, whereas a decent analog set used to be way out of range, financially, and take up a lot of space. On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:40 AM, MinnesotaMandolin <[email protected]> wrote: > > So I was thinking about LPs vs. CDs vs. all the other recording > mediums out there and was wondering if recording a LP was different > from recording a CD or an MP3 project. Anyone out there besides Mike > record any vinyl albums? Certainly the finished project sounds > different but is the doing any different? > > I'm not doing this myself, I was just thinking about stuff while doing > some chores. > > Happy St. Patricks Day, > > erik > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
