Re: [ARSCLIST] Long-term/preservation audio

[Karl Miller <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Aaron Luis Levinson wrote:

> I can say from a commercial music business perspective that almost
> every rock band
> in the world has their album mastered to analog 1/2 or 1 inch tape.
> Virtually all the existing Ampex ATR-100 series machines are being
> restored and sold to high-end mastering and recording studios around
> the world. I think it is quite likely that the "analog niche" in pro
> recording will not disappear in the foreseeable future and that this
> cottage industry would easily sustain a small business that was
> dedicated to producing a small batch high quality product. The
> mastering lathe will survive for the same reason and I for one am
> thrilled that this is so. People have been predicting the demise of
> analog for nearly twenty years and the fact it is still being predicted
> seems to make the proponents of digital seem incrementally less
> oracular with each passing year.

I am reminded of the line...perhaps from a song recorded by Danny and the
Juniors..."rock and roll is here to stay, it will never die." Well maybe
analog is here to stay, but it can be quite expensive...

Karl