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[H.I.Z.]

Is it really worth the work, recording digital for high definition, transfering to analog tape for that rich - fat sound for the mix-down, then mastering digitally using scrubing software ??

[dagosto]

I would say that it is much cooler going the other way around. Recording to tape and then going digital to edit. Then mixing down to 1/4" or 1/2" tape to send to mastering. I would say this is worth it.

[johnS]

I found something NOT to try. This past weekend, as an experiment in fattening up drum sounds, I bounced a drum submix from Protools to my old Sony Reel to Reel, then re-recorded the track back into protools from tape. Of course, the tape player does NOT play at the exact same speed every time. So the re-recorded track lagged behind for a while, then sped up. By the end of the song the re-recorded track was a whole beat or two ahead of the original Protools track. So what did I do? I spent a good two hours slicing up the re-recorded track to line the hits up with the original. Was it worth it? Uh, no.