[DJamesGoody]

Talking about the deftones et al, with regard to recording 8 track, it is without question, a compromise. A record like White Pony relies on isolation, in particular kick, snare, etc..... fine one can bounce, but you will need to leave the kick and snare on separate tracks, because of the processing necessary to create power with this type of record.

Mind you, I don't care to defend a record like White Pony, because I don't think it's particularly good - but there is no question that heavy records require certain flexibilities specifically within the drum sound. You sometimes need your ambient mics to be separate so you can alter dynamics within song sections, etc..

Heavy records along these lines are generally also played by drummers with little sense of dynamic. In other words, these guys are smashers. Therefore, if you decide not to do the typical close mic setup on the drums, you're in for a pretty ghastly time with controlling cymbals, etc......

Personally, I don't think it has anything to do with being "brave" or whatever....... it has to do with doing the right thing for the task at hand. I don't give a shit if I use 120 tracks - if it's right, so be it. I can just as easily go into another record intending to use nothing more than 8 tracks if it's good for the material.

The Daptones records are essentially carbon copies of things done 35 years ago. To me, that's far from brave. It may be good, but it is certainly not innovative. I get this feeling that a lot of the discussion about using 8 tracks, or "going old school" is about people trying to be hip, or cool, or have some cache.