Which MRL tape to get: 15 or 30 IPS ???

[sage691]

I'm going to be using my 2" machine mostly for tracking grand piano, fat electric bass, electric dist. guitars, and drums. Musical style is more on the aggressive side -- definitely no jazz or easy listening here !!

I'm also probably going to transfer previous digitally recorded material to 2" just to fatten & warm up the tracks before dumping back to DAW for mixing. I would assume 30 IPS would be best for this ?

Audio Village says you can use same tape for both speeds with a conversion chart, but to select the speed you'll be using most.

What do you 2" slutz think ? I should probably get the 15 IPS tape, right ?

The previous studio who had my 2" machine had a 30 IPS tape.

Does it really matter ? Man, I never dreamed going 2" would be this frickin complex!