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Originally Posted by Kiwiburger This - I think - is a major new piece to the puzzle ...
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New? Maybe if it were 2002.
How about an alternate view. Analog audio is perfect. It is accurate and musicial and an inspiration to work with.
Digital, while mathematically perfect in application it is not perfect in reality. Lets face it, analog audio electronics has atleast half a century headstart on digital audio electronics and application. That is a lot of catching up to do. While digital may crunch numbers perfectly, what happens if those numbers aren't accurate to begin with?
Im sure someone out there is thinking "but hey, my digital gear sounds great!"... I don't disagree so does mine! But so did my Digidesign 888 when I first got it in 1998. It sounded great until I got the latest and greatest that sounds better... Digital captures a process which is constant and continuous in time by means of periodic events. Over 100dB of dynamic range that are recorded to 24 different steps. All of which is going to affect any mathematics involved during mixing like level changes... eqing, compressing, panning, etc, etc.
Sure it may be the best digital sound we have ever acheived but it won't be the best and it is far from perfect. I refuse to believe that analog's tone is accredited to its indescrepancies, but rather years of reseach and design.
Digital needs to (and will) improve at being digital...