[TerraVibe]

One of the great aspects of technology is this forum right here, we get to communicate with people around the world and share knowledge and opinions. In every craft, there are many factors that contribute to the outcome and result. Many people here covered different and very interesting aspects of the recipe for great recordings and productions.

Some people believe it is the vintage gear and tape and I believe that indeed tape has something that my Apogee converters, or Lynx or Lavry cannot yet achieve. If I want to get in trouble an buy (and maintain and calibrate) a tape machine...I am not sure.

Or are the skills of a great engineer and the mix more important? I have a feeling that people weren't so sophisticated back then and also had to experiment a lot and they needed a lot more effort to do so. I just think that they had the right gear and a recipe that was working.

My grandfather always complained that old cars, machinery, tools (actually just about everything) were better quality in his days...I start to feel the same...vintage gear somehow sounds better.

Anyway, it would be ideal to listen to some raw tracks of a record we all know from back then so that we can compare, I would personally understand some things.

Is it possible to get a big sound in the digital world? It is!

There are many great modern productions out there, but the majority are not! Is it possible to get that great sound of the 70's? I am not sure. That is what I am tying to find out! Maybe I am just romantic and instead of "losing" my time, I should just record, produce and put all my efforts in advertising and promoting my music...because at the end who is gonna listen when nobody knows!

All I know is that when I listen to a lot of that era's music through a nice pair of speakers (or even in my car) i hear a warm, 3-dimensional velvet sound that amazes me...