We still get tape in every month, but it's by far the exception and not the rule anymore........Hard to believe it was just 10 years ago (seems like forever now) I walked into my bosses office @ Sony and told him we really needed to add a PT rig to the room.....he failed to understand why clients couldn't just keep bringing their own rigs in for playback (remember those days.....fun). He saw that most material was still coming in on tape and DAT at that time and thought it was a waste...........2 words, paradigm shift......they shuttered that facility the following year and the east coast operation followed suit not long after.
While I doubt very much the lack of a PT rig in the west coast mastering room single-handedly brought down the empire - I think it IS indicative of the things that did, corporate culture over creative thinking. Taught me a very valuable lesson......
I digress - back to the tuna sandwich recipes!!!
