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In Reply to: Re: B16 Fostex B-16 is A dinosaur? posted by Rayman on March 28, 2001 at 15:08:45:
Well George for one is definately a digital man! Air studios in London record mostly on Sony dash 48's. Of course many great albums were recorded on analogue, and I didn't say that good results couldn't be achieved with a B16. However, the great albums you refer too were often recorded using large track format ie 2" 24 tracks and 16 tracks, not B16's. The albums may have sounded great, but that was down to both the brilliance of their performers and good producing/engineering, and many brilliant recordings have been done on digital. I get kinda tired of the digi/analogue debate, both can yeild great results with the right artists in front of microphones and the right engineers behind the desks, although it would be true to say that nowadays there are some distinct advantages working with digital, particulary if its the right system.The B16 is a good little machine, however it is an older design that has been around a while, many of the machines have had a fair amount of wear, replacing a head would I imagine cost around £1000, they do have a slightly odd bass sound due to the narrow track format, and I would suggest that they would be something of a rarity amongst studios, or fast becoming them due to their age. You can buy a Fostex D160 secondhand for around £1200 which can be backed up to a £400 black fronted Adat. the sound will have some distinct advantages over the B16 and its faster and easier to use in a session.
I'm sure that you will have hours of enjoyment using your B16, and maybe my joke about them being dinosaurs upset you, but make no mistake we are now firmly in the digital age, and there will be no going back.
Roland
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- Re: B16 Fostex B-16 is A dinosaur? - Roland 18:32:43 03/28/01 (2)
- Re: B16 Fostex B-16 is A dinosaur? - Rayman 19:31:09 03/28/01 (1)
- Re: B16 Fostex B-16 is A dinosaur? - Roland 05:47:41 03/29/01 (0)
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