I'm with you on that, Fritz. Mixing 16, 24, or 32 tracks was like playing an instrument! It got easier after the automated consoles were introduced. I took a recording course in 1977. The engineer described how they could not fade in and out a bad section of a track of a 24 track master quickly enough. The rest of the track was sublime, but there was one moment that was bad. So, they isolated the glitch by cutting it out with a razor blade, creating a small "window" in the 2" tape. No computer manipulations in those days. It did cost them reel of rather expensive tape. -Bruce D.
From: fdoddy@aol.com <fdoddy@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: 10cc Wall of sound... how they did it
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Friday, July 16, 2010, 9:55 AM
Ya gotta love all the limitations of tape. The youngsters who grew up on digi only don't know the frustration and subsequent rewards of fighting tape. Learning multitrack tape should be mandatory for all music engineering and production curriculum. How many times I have been stressed out punching a full band or orchestra!! That will drive you to drinking...
I've got some 4-track stuff from the mid-80's that I need to re-master and make available. It's pretty good music and was an engineering nightmare/delight. ..no DAW's or computers at all!!
fritz
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