when I record on 2" I usually transfer into the box for mixing and Mix in the box.
I am becoming addicted to 100% mix recall's in a few seconds, no patching, no setting outboard, just the song (mix) exactly as I left it.
Sure there are sonic arguments both ways and these are already discussed at length here and elsewhere, but for me the advantage of being to revisit mix over and over again till its perfect is unbeatable.
days, weeks later, open the song, make the minor tweaks, run it off, my clients love it, its very liberating not being committed to a mix.
I love mixing a 10 song album, a song a day then on the 11th day revisit them all for touchups (everyone's had a chance to listen to them all and live with them)
then a week or two later, final touchups if there are any before mastering. Sure you can still do that on a desk and outboard stuff, but what a pain in the ass.
I am learning to live with it, even like digital mixing, I am correctly dithering, keeping my eye on plugin latency if there is any especially keeping clipping (internal and external) under control.
If you do it right It can sound great. if you dont you can expect all the bad things people say about digital to come true.
then a week or two later, final touchups if there are any before mastering. Sure you can still do that on a desk and outboard stuff, but what a pain in the ass.
I am learning to live with it, even like digital mixing, I am correctly dithering, keeping my eye on plugin latency if there is any especialy keeping clipping (internal and external) under control.
If you do it right It can sound great. if you dont you can expect all the bad things people say about digital to come true.
but love all my analog colored stuff on the way in.
