Analog vs Digital Recording Options

[abbie]

I am relatively new to multitrack recording. Apart from having recorded a few pieces on my iMac, I have been recently transferring to my Mac some recordings I did 10 years ago on my 4 track portastudio for the purpose of 're-mastering'. I was struck by the relative richness of these old recordings to my more recent ones and was wondering whether I stumbled into the old analog vs digital problem. If so, does a product like T-Rack-S solve the problem or do I simply need to learn how to better use the EQ and VST plug-ins on my multitrack software?

[geedoubleyou]

Yes I would. but it's really not an effect per say.

Just a front end for recording.

After I purchased my TDM-1000 digital mixer I noticed that my recordings were much brighter, than my previous set up of an analog mixer and Korg 1212 I/O.

The difference was the analog mixer card combo. Now with the digital mixer the analog to digital converters on the card don't come into play.

I noticed that my previouse recordings sounded different from the newer ones.
they didn't sound bad, but different.

For me the tube preamp restored the warmth while recording. It's hard to describe, but I can hear it.

Most of my recording is done direct, other considerations are room treatment, quality mikes and mixer.

It's always best to capture the sound you want rather than trying to fix it later.