Buggy Whips [was]Re: [sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?

[R. D. Davis]

Season's Greetings Everyone!

Quothe James Patchell, from writings of Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 11:42:22AM -0800:
>         You know, this thread has been cracking me up in some ways.  It 
> never ceases to amaze me just how conservative musicians can be.
> 
>         "Don't use something new, because 40 years ago so-and-so used 
> something else."

Ok, perhaps since I still drive a 32 year old car, use a Tektronix 500
series 'scope and ride a horse (don't have a buggy yet, darn!  ya
know, people still purchase buggys and buggy whips, and I have a NEW
catalog of horse-drawn transportation related items, etc. here
somewhere), I may appear a little too biased in favor of older
technology... one must admit that those automobiles can be a danged
nuisance and a danger on the roads when they don't slow down when
passing horses (said seriously, for that is a danger; please slow down
when passing them, turn the radio down and don't beep your horn).

>         Don't be intimidated by new technology.  Grab it by the 
> horns.  Hell, you might actually discover you can make innovative sound 
> with innovative technology.

With innovative uses of old technology, and with a combination of
both, the results can be amazing. :-) Let's not abandon all older
technology too quickly, after all, it never hurts to have a good
supply of candles in hurricane lamps on hand for power failures, just
like it never hurts to have a thoughts for a few plans for new tube
circuits in one's head. :-) Besides, older technolgy has resulted in
more easily repairable and hackable (modifiable) equipment.  Old
reliable technology to the rescue!  Old technology is dead, long live
old technology!

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