During discussion in the following thread, fellow Gearslutz member Alcohol, was called out to share some music he had recorded.
record straight to tape vs protools, then tape
He bravely obliged, so I contacted him about using one of his recordings to do a little experiment comparing the sound of his ITB mix to versions bounced to various tape decks I have at my studio.
I created, in no particular order, the following bounced mixes using an upsampled version of his original ITB mix.
1 - OtariMix_01 - Otari MX55 (1/4" ATR tape, +3/250, 15ips)
mix bounced to Otari MX55 1/4" 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Tape (+3/250, 3.7dB overbias at 10k); conversion was Mytek 8x192 at 96kHz
2 - MCIJH110Mix_01 - MCI JH-110A
mix bounced to MCI JH-110A 1" 8-track at 15ips using Quantegy GP9 tape (+0/355, 4dB overbias @ 10k); conversion was Mytek 8x192 at 96kHz
3 - StuderMix_01 - Studer A807 (1/4" ATR tape, +3/250, 15ips)
mix bounced to Studer A807 1/4" 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Tape (+3/250, 3.7dB overbias at 10k); conversion was Mytek 8x192 at 96kHz;
4 - StuderHotMix_01 - Studer Hot (1/4" ATR tape, +3/250, 15ips)
mix bounced to Studer A807 1/4" 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Tape (+3/250, 3.7dB overbias at 10k); conversion was Mytek 8x192 at 96kHz; hit tape +4dB hotter than other Studer track.
5 - Original
The original mix, from Pro Tools.
6 - HelloGoodbyeMIX2496k
Original mix upsampled to 96kHz using Voxengo R8Brain Pro at highest quality settings
The above files can be downloaded here: The “Goodbye, Hello Experiment” « Red Red Rockit – The Blog!
Please note that you will need to perform level matching using the values listed next to files at the linked site. The results are posted there on a separate page as well. It would be fun to post some guesses here before you take a look at the results.
Enjoy!
Brad