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I'm in a similar situation, and I'm going to go for it as well - to tape that is. I've had a mixdown deck - ampex atr102 for a year now, and I like just recording direct to it - to me it blows away digital, and I'm using top end pres and a/d's - cranesong.
To my ears, the difference is astounding, not even close. To me, it's not just that tape is smoother and more organic, it just sounds like a completely different universe (not just better, I just mean it sounds DIFFERENT)
Everything I've learned has come out of experimenting, why not experiment with tape? - as long it doesn't put you on the street, at the worst it will give you invaluable experience, even if it means going back to digital. |