David Looser wrote:
My initial response to the thread was prompted by the way analogue audio
tape recording was being discussed as though it was still "state of the
art". Reference was made to "modern" tape formulations, how old are these
"modern" tape formulations?, 20 years?, 25?, hardly "modern". The
manufacture of analogue tape machines has effectively ceased and the number
of manufacturers of analogue audio tape has dwindled to a two or three each
making only one or two types, this is a dying technology. I realise that a
few studios still offer analogue recording to those clients who like
distortion, but it is a kind of technological ludditeism.

Perhaps, but it still sounds good, it's still billable, and there are still
plenty of customers demanding it. Equipment and media production have
dropped down to stable levels to support the low but constant demand of
the market. I don't see it expanding, but I don't see it going away either.
--scott

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