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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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4. Great Point

Reply to keep_left (Reply #3)

Thu May 1, 2025, 03:52 PM

May 1

It is amazing how far recording tech has come.
First, a DAW like ProTools Ultimate allows for 2,048 tracks recorded & 256 tracks recorded at a time. So ,synching two recorders would be unnecessary.
Then even if a sync code got lost, it would take 3 mouse moves & a click to line everything back up.
The 8 Marshall tracks must have been what Quincy thought was "too metal".
I'm still just using a 16 track, direct to hard drive recorder. I never thought a dedicated computer & the software was justified for the little recording I do.
It's still way better than my old Tascam 4 track cassette recorder!

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