dave grohl's garage

[cjdenecia]

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[suedepudding]

Dave is da man...and I record @home as well but, I think he is kinda nutty for going back to tape. I bet I could fool his ear in a blind test between tape and a digital track with a certain ssl plugin on it and IMHO life is way to short to be dancing around an un-automated mixer for hours just to get the right fader movements.

[Jay]

[Liquidirt]

You have to admire his hands on approach to mixing down, and I can totally understand the non-automated aspect of mixing down, you will never get the same end results twice. I do way prefer digital in the end. Done both and never want to go back to that hissing Dolby Reduction crap. Much easier to work with and there are plenty of plug-ins to get that warm feeling if you miss it. Really cool to see some people are still tackling analog. It is a TON of work. the guy is a freak of nature with his abilities for sure. I bow before him.

[charvie]

That was a great video, it's kind of cool to see someone still using tape and the results speak for themselves, the last album sounds great.

[jaymz]

it's stupid.

musicians get bogged down in stuff that their listeners couldn't give a rats ass about.

he must be bored.

[Mark Kaufman]

Yeah, why doesn't he just stick to Waves like everyone else on MySpace?

I have a lot of respect for him too...although that new Foo Fighters track "These Days" repeats everything too many times--should have shaved the last minute and a half of long-ass prechorus/chorus reiteration. In the course of one listen, I grew to love it, then eventually feel it was overplayed.

[meatcigars]

Love those 850s. Try finding tape stock these days.

[cjdenecia]

[jaymz]

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