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RE: confusion again

Someone wrote that compression is the soul of rock music - or something similar. For Random Access Memories Daft Punk took the output from Pro-Tools to tape and back into Pro-Tools again to add something to the sound.

I've heard Bernie Grundman wax lyrical about how great analog tape is and that it is the best archive medium, I've heard an interview with Engineer/Producer Al Schmitt where he said he hated tape due to head flutter and stretching. I saw a short interview with rick Rubin recently where he said analog tape sounds great but it soon loses its magic - you replay it after a short time and it doesn't sound as good any more.

I agree that compression is necessary - and, I think, you need a noise floor to let you know where you are. Especially true of groove noise during the run in - it sets your expectations.

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