What made 70s Analog Recordings sound 70s?

What made 70s Analog Recordings sound 70s? - Gearspace

I'm really looking for the full-on, distinctive sonic experience of 70s recordings. There's something about those old records (especially early 70s, like early ...

Why were 70s recordings so refined and perfect sounding?! - Reddit

Sampling keyboards became full range, analog synths came back, digital recorders went 24 bit and high sample rate, and digital reverb and other ...

How did they record music in the 70s? - Quora

There's no reason it would sound much different today if you used all analog recording gear, especially anything you can get from that ...

How 70s Music Was Recorded (And Why It's Unmatched) - YouTube

Today we are discussing what gives that 70s sound.

What caused audio from the 70s and before to sound so clipped?

Probably you are thinking of the sound of analog tape recording. A tape recorder introduces compression into the recording.

1970s the dark age of recording? - Music Player Network

In my opinion the 70s were the dark ages of recording sound-wise, esp in the USA. To my ears a lot of 70s recordings sound dull, cluttered, ...

1970s films...audio + foley - Sound - Cinematography.com

This is probably more for the optical sound than for analogue the magnetic sound recording - they generally used Nagra, which are pretty quiet ...

The excellence of Mid 70's recordings.... - The Gear Page

And, another reason why things sounded that good back then? People did gigs…hundreds of times a year. Several sets were played a night. Several ...

7 Tips for Mixing and Producing '70s Sounds - Waves Audio

A lot of vocals on '70s records were stacked up, either by recording the same part twice or by using some form of ADT (artificial double ...

Is 70s sound a pipedream? | UAD, Apollo, and LUNA Forums

It has more to do with the choice of mics, the instrumentation, a way of playing, the sound of the room.

Rock bands from the late 60's early 70's ....why did recordings sound ...

A lot of it was the fact that the bands were VERY well rehearsed. Studio time was expensive, so they wanted to be on their best game.

how i get an analog 70s 80s sound? - Pro Audio Forums

I try to imagine recording in those bygone days, and mix like I think an engineer then might have done. All these things make up the formula for getting a ...

How To Make Music That Sounds Like The 70s & 80s - YouTube

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Recording quality by decade - Audiogon Discussion Forum

Kate Bush, who was a complete newcomer and teen in the late '70s, released her first album in 1977 and it sounds as good as analog gets. Ditto ...

My New All '70s Analog Basement Recording Studio w/Pics and Audio

The snare and bass drum have re-rings, but the toms do not, which is why they sounds so high pitched I think. The red drums do have re-rings on ...

Music Technology of the 1970s: A Timeline | Pitchfork

The technology behind digital audio recording, like the vocoder, dated back to World War II. And as digital alternatives to analog began ...

The History of Music and Recording Part 2: 1970-1989

Use Vintage Drum Kits: Or modern drums designed to replicate the sound of classic 1970s drum kits. Look for drums made from maple, mahogany, or other warm-toned ...

That FAT '70s Sound - The Musician's Room

How about the effect of tape itself? From the mid-seventies to the early eighties, pop music was recorded at pretty hot levels on analog tape. As you pushed the ...

How Music Production Changed in the 1970s - - Happy Mag

The essential components of what we take for granted in our modern setups – digital sampling, hard disk recording, seamless sound editing – were ...

The "Dead Drum Sound" Thread - Progressive Ears

... recording studios back then failed. The fact is that about 70-80% (rock) drums recordings made during the 70ies are just terrible, and (for ...