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Anyone here who actually prefers Digital over Analog?


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Especially if a lot of things are ringing together. If I play arpeggiated stuff, digital has detail that cuts through and the attack is maintained. If I could have analog where the first repeat isn't rolled off so dramatically that would be perfect. I can get the AD999 pretty good but not as clean as the dd3 that sits next to it on my new board.

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Especially if a lot of things are ringing together. If I play arpeggiated stuff, digital has detail that cuts through and the attack is maintained. If I could have analog where the first repeat isn't rolled off so dramatically that would be perfect. I can get the AD999 pretty good but not as clean as the dd3 that sits next to it on my new board.

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Nothing in particular, really. I was interested in responses concerning many effects. I Kind of agree with Nitefly.. I PREFER digital delay, but analog delay is a nice effect when needed. But other than that, the warmness of analog is something I've learned to prefer over the years. My dad is a tech nerd, and is a sound engineer doing modern music kinds of bands. So, I grew up thinking Digital was good and Analog was old, outdated, and bad. Not anymore, not after comparing. And Telephant, I totally agree.

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Especially if a lot of things are ringing together. If I play arpeggiated stuff, digital has detail that cuts through and the attack is maintained. If I could have analog where the first repeat isn't rolled off so dramatically that would be perfect. I can get the AD999 pretty good but not as clean as the dd3 that sits next to it on my new board.

 

 

the first repeat was perfect but there was a pretty steep dropoff after that

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It isn't either or.

 

Which is appropriate depends on the context of use. I have analog pedals and rack gear. I have digital rack gear. All of it has its place. All can sound good or bad depending on how it is used.

 

I prefer that which sounds good.

 

 

cheers,

Ian

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As far as Delays go, I prefer Digital, as it allows me to do looping and longer delay times, like the DL4. I love the longer times, the effects on them (echo park switch with tape, analog, and digital), etc. I do have one analog delay in my setup too, which is for short reverb like delay. But I would take my looper over any analog delay any day. But that is largely based on the styles I play.

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Also, I'd like to point out how much easier digital recording is than analog. I never want to splice tape again in my life.
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Seriously.

Look, I know analog recording sounds awesome. Everyone knows this. But I can't even tell you the kind of freedom digital gives me. Cutting, pasting, effects, undoing. It lets me to take way more risks, because I am not afraid of losing a performance forever. And greater risks often mean a better pay-off in results. I love digital recording and I don't care what anyone says.

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Seriously.


Look, I
know
analog recording sounds awesome. Everyone knows this. But I can't even tell you the kind of freedom digital gives me. Cutting, pasting, effects, undoing. It lets me to take way more risks, because I am not afraid of losing a performance forever. And greater risks often mean a better pay-off in results. I love digital recording and I don't care what anyone says.

 

 

Plus, there are ways of giving you an analog feel to digital recordings. I'm a big fan of lo-fi stuff, but honestly, digital is far cheaper and easier to use than traditional lo-fi recording techniques these days. And, there's increasing ways of achieving similar aesthetic results with digital recording as in analog. It's not 100 percent yet, but it's getting closer.

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