Arcade Fire all tape

doogie · 23rd November 2005

talking to a friend up in Morin Heights and he told me that all the Arcade Fire CD was all on tape no PT , there seems to be a trend up here in Canada to do this ... do you think this is just a fashion trend among neubiles or is there any legitimate relivance to going that rout and I'm not talking practicality obviously computer based recording has the drop there .. I'm talking sonics

themaidsroom · 23rd November 2005

legitimacy and relevance are very relative terms...........

if you ask me, it simply sounds better.......how does the cd you mentioned
sound to you ?

if it makes you curious find a room that uses tape and check it out......

- jack

BlakeMcKibben · 16th October 2006

From the sounds of it there are computers involved, but maybe it's just a digital mastering job. Cool CD.

Benmrx · 16th October 2006

Just wanted to chime in. I remember reading in a previous issue of Tape Op that there were no computers/DAW's involved in their album "funeral". But that there were also quite a few different tape mediums used.

I believe most of it was done at: http://www.hotel2tango.com/

If you look on their gearlist page, you'll notice.....no DAW of any kind.

slaves666 · 17th October 2006

Howard runs the studio here in Montreal. There are still a lot of places with tape in the coty. I think the record is a little muddy and low-fi, but that was what they were going for.

I think the best of both worlds is tracking the drums to tape to get the nice saturation, and to keep those cymbals sounds nice, then dump the takes into a DAW for editing and the rest of the overdubs. Mixing down to a 1/2 inch helps too.

DontLetMeDrown · 17th October 2006

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23rd November 2005	#1
doogie Gear addict Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 312 Thread Starter	Arcade Fire all tape talking to a friend up in Morin Heights and he told me that all the Arcade Fire CD was all on tape no PT , there seems to be a trend up here in Canada to do this ... do you think this is just a fashion trend among neubiles or is there any legitimate relivance to going that rout and I'm not talking practicality obviously computer based recording has the drop there .. I'm talking sonics

16th October 2006	#3
BlakeMcKibben Gear nut Joined: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 112	From the sounds of it there are computers involved, but maybe it's just a digital mastering job. Cool CD. __________________ Clarity Recording

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23rd November 2005	#2
themaidsroom Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Location: nyc / london Posts: 3,510	legitimacy and relevance are very relative terms........... if you ask me, it simply sounds better.......how does the cd you mentioned sound to you ? if it makes you curious find a room that uses tape and check it out...... - jack

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Benmrx Lives for gear Joined: May 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 4,300	Just wanted to chime in. I remember reading in a previous issue of Tape Op that there were no computers/DAW's involved in their album "funeral". But that there were also quite a few different tape mediums used. I believe most of it was done at: http://www.hotel2tango.com/ If you look on their gearlist page, you'll notice.....no DAW of any kind.

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slaves666 Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,170	Howard runs the studio here in Montreal. There are still a lot of places with tape in the coty. I think the record is a little muddy and low-fi, but that was what they were going for. I think the best of both worlds is tracking the drums to tape to get the nice saturation, and to keep those cymbals sounds nice, then dump the takes into a DAW for editing and the rest of the overdubs. Mixing down to a 1/2 inch helps too.

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DontLetMeDrown Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,789	From the site: p.s. we are not looking for interns at this time "