In Reply to: Re: Michi - - your thoughts on this . . . posted by Michi on September 6, 2005 at 08:37:50:
>>Really, through that whole chain: bouncing to analog<<Bouncing to analog? No. Ainlay mentioned using a 2" 16-track analog as his source, so there was no bounce to analog. That's where he started.
And right now I'm sure you're thinking, "No way - BIA was a digital recording. It said so right on the CD artwork." Well, reality often doesn't match up with what's printed on the cover. :-) Anyway, in 1985 digital recording was new in the pop/rock world, and it wasn't proven, so it wasn't trusted. It was standard practice at the time (and for a number of years afterward) to make an analog multi as well, just in case.
So, again, speculation, because I haven't talked to Ainlay and I haven't seen any documentation, but I suspect the analog source tape he used was just that - the backup multi. It's what I would choose to use today, instead of some nasty digital multi off an ancient Sony DASH.
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- Re: Michi - - your thoughts on this . . . - racerguy 17:04:30 09/06/05 (17)
- Racer, I wasn't saying he did. I was simply giving input as to.. - Michi 09:02:38 09/07/05 (1)
- I know - racerguy 09:24:10 09/07/05 (0)
- Re: Michi - - your thoughts on this . . . - Martin419 02:45:41 09/07/05 (1)
- You continue to show you have no idea what you're talking about (nt) - racerguy 05:57:35 09/07/05 (0)
- "So, again, speculation, because I haven't talked to Ainlay and I haven't seen any documentation" . . . - Martin419 02:16:56 09/07/05 (1)
- As I have said before. . . - racerguy 06:27:41 09/07/05 (0)
- So, there *was* an analog safety backup made? - Christine Tham 17:46:14 09/06/05 (10)
- Re: So, there *was* an analog safety backup made? - racerguy 18:06:56 09/06/05 (9)
- Re: So, there *was* an analog safety backup made? - Christine Tham 18:24:18 09/06/05 (8)
- Re: So, there *was* an analog safety backup made? - racerguy 07:43:14 09/07/05 (7)
- Oh no. They did NOT use "analog backup" for BIA's 5.1 mix . . . - Martin419 07:59:50 09/07/05 (6)
- It's nice to see - racerguy 08:09:50 09/07/05 (5)
- Re: It's nice to see - Martin419 08:32:09 09/07/05 (4)
- Re: It's nice to see - racerguy 09:19:57 09/07/05 (3)
- Re: It's nice to see - Martin419 09:53:23 09/07/05 (2)
- Not done thrashing about, I see - racerguy 10:15:59 09/07/05 (1)
- Weak. n.t. - Martin419 10:18:31 09/07/05 (0)