Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital
From: Jeff Spirer <jeffs@hyperreal.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 06:57:13 -0800

At 01:00 AM 3/11/00 -0500, FIGLIO4CAP@aol.com wrote:

>You know, Mark, high-end audio went through the same kind of "digital and
>solid state revolution" some years ago...

I've seen this analogy used before and it just doesn't work.  At the 
production end - where the music is recorded - it's almost all 
digital.  High quality 1" tape is just about impossible to find - a friend 
of mine has to hand-select lots and hoards them for use in his studio.  And 
even he uses all digital after the initial recording (the equivalent of 
shooting on film and then using digital darkroom) for his 
recordings.  Other than a few die-hards like my friend and the extreme low 
quality end, everything is digitial start to finish, usually using 
Didigesign Pro Tools.

Also, I don't know anyone in the music business using anything other than 
DAT in the field.

The high end audio market is a luxury market that is often noted for its 
cultist tendencies, and has no impact on the production of music.


Jeff Spirer
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