I would guess that the main difference would be at the mastering stage of the process, not the recording/mixing stage.
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Topher Gayle <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
