The Sound of Tape Vs. LP

While this did not provide sufficient quality for audiophile playback back in the 1960s and 1970s, improvements in the quality of the tape itself brought ...

"The sound of vinyl" is just an effect. Here's the proof - RedShark News

It's worth remembering that if you have a single click or pop in a digital recording, it's considered to be ruined. With vinyl, you get clicks ...

Vinyl, CD, MP3, Cassette,… which sounds best? Ask The Producer!

Vinyl sounds so much better, and so does reel to reel, any day! Cassettes suck, yes of course because the tape is so small, 8 track tape even ...

Vinyl vs. CDs: What sounds better? - Disc Makers Blog

This is partly driven by the fact that a vinyl record has a so-called “noise floor.” Basically, when the volume level of the recording gets low ...

In general do you think Tape sounds better than plain digital?

Tape preserves more spacial information (in my book), or, rather, PCM digital degrades it more than tape (or direct cut vinyl). Yet we don't ...

The sound of the Reel Tapes : music comparison between digital ...

Tape has a number of advantages over vinyl: it doesn't crack when played, and there's no surface noise due to the mechanical playback of vinyl.

Vinyl/tape wear degradation vs. digital - AVForums

With vinyl, the intention is to minimize damage to the fragile medium, the stylus (and cartridge) being the mechanical wear items. Consumer- ...

Comparison of analog and digital recording - Wikipedia

Sound can be recorded and stored and played using either digital or analog techniques. Both techniques introduce errors and distortions in the sound, ...

Analogue Productions Ultra Tape - Acoustic Sounds

Analogue Productions is the vinyl, SACD and now audio tape reissue label owned by Acoustic Sounds. ... or email subscriptions@acousticsounds.

The Producer's Perspective: Why I Prefer Recording to Analog Tape

Tape is kind of like wine – there were good years and not so good years. My favorite was Quantegy or Ampex 456. But as different as tape can ...

Recording to Tape: Why or Why Not? - Perfect Circuit

Tape imparts a certain sonic quality to the sound you just can't get naturally with digital audio. It is warm, pleasant, and well rounded from a ...

Does a Cassette Tape Sound Better Than a CD? - YouTube

This is a fun video that we made to compare the audio quality of a cassette tape and CD. Enjoy! Albums: Led Zeppelin IV, Secrets (Allan ...

DSD to Vinyl Versus Analog Tape to Vinyl - What's Best Forum

Do you think Paul is correct? Do you agree with him that a DSD recording of a performance which is released on vinyl ultimately sounds better ...

tape recording or digital recording of vintage vinyl - AudioKarma

Lastly, a long time ago, likely pre-CD, I remember an artist complaining that the recording/mastering engineer made his recordings sound like ...

Another tape vs. vinyl experiment: in which I enlist the ears of a ...

Not because it isn't a great album – it is, it's really rocking. But there's something about the sound that I've always found a bit 'dense'. A ...

Is there a plugin that can do this weird old tape sound? - Elektronauts

Legowelt released an ableton rack as well smackos or something similar. In ableton there's also the vinyl sim plugin which with a bit of ...

Tape plugins or Actual Tape what exactly to listen for - subsekt

Older machines have their quirks, different tape stock has it`s own sound in terms of the Gauss rating and therefore how resilient to drive and therefore ...

Digital or Analog?: Pro Tools Mix 24: Work of the Devil? - Tape Op

... vinyl. I will focus on the sound (or, more accurately, my opinion of the sound) of Pro Tools, not on the supposed by-products of digital editing (i.e. ...

Analog Tape As High-Resolution? No Way. - Real HD-Audio

AIX) editing the master tape of Christian Jacob for a vinyl LP ... difference in sound between 96 24 and same material from the original tape

Recording to tape vs digital direct comparison - Vi-Control

My first film scores were recorded to tape, and I also prefer the sound. Unquestionably, there are many audible differences between digital and ...