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gainreduction · 11th November 2005

I really miss that short break you got when you pressed locate on the tape recorder and waited for the tape to rewind and locate. That was a breath of fresh air in the studio that's gone now. In DAW-land you go back in a second and you hear the damn song all the time, no breaks.

What was fresh about that small down time was that once the music played again your ears and brain was a tiny bit more fresh. And during that down time a conversation may start that makes the break even longer which makes the music even more fresh once you hear it again. I really miss that.

Another thing I miss about tape is that you listened to longer runs of the song, from top to end even a lot of times. Looping a verse 100 times in a DAW makes me puke now. I felt more creative on tape, maybe 'coz it was more limited than a DAW.

Now I'll stop whining and go back to staring at the screen and not listening.

Oh, what I DON'T miss about tape is (when mixing) trying to eq the only hit on the floor tom that's in the song. Gotta love a loop in DAW for that.

11th November 2005	#1
gainreduction Lives for gear Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,377 Thread Starter	I miss rewinding tape I really miss that short break you got when you pressed locate on the tape recorder and waited for the tape to rewind and locate. That was a breath of fresh air in the studio that's gone now. In DAW-land you go back in a second and you hear the damn song all the time, no breaks. What was fresh about that small down time was that once the music played again your ears and brain was a tiny bit more fresh. And during that down time a conversation may start that makes the break even longer which makes the music even more fresh once you hear it again. I really miss that. Another thing I miss about tape is that you listened to longer runs of the song, from top to end even a lot of times. Looping a verse 100 times in a DAW makes me puke now. I felt more creative on tape, maybe 'coz it was more limited than a DAW. Now I'll stop whining and go back to staring at the screen and not listening. Oh, what I DON'T miss about tape is (when mixing) trying to eq the only hit on the floor tom that's in the song. Gotta love a loop in DAW for that.