I know this is super long but...

[nowaysj]

Totally wracking my brain, I have NO idea what this thread was about or who started it. Total mystery. Don't tell me.

[rickyarbino]

Agent, break it down. Compare and contrast digital and vinyl for the creation, capture, production, distribution, and playback, of music.

[ezza]

nah u all went off on some mad one

[ezza]

not happy tbf guys.

[nousd]

well fuck you spazza
I tried me best to answer yur question pal

[ezza]

nah u did well bro

give ya self a line

[nousd]

*kgch*
(closest I could get to the sound of snorting)

[nobody]

*knng* imo

[nowaysj]

AND THEY'RE OFF ON TANGENT #5!

[Samuel_L_Damnson]

basically analog=burial
digital = skrilz
end

[ezza]

didnt burial make his tunes by drawing fish on some computer midi thing?

[m8son666]

burial made his tunes using chalk

[Samuel_L_Damnson]

no guys ffs he made them using technics ffs. god dont u know anything about making tunes

[CreamLord]

lol ffs the amount of times people have seen my decks and ask me how I make tunes on them

[Samuel_L_Damnson]

I make tunes on serato tho to get the benefits of digital and analog

[skimpi]

haha some bird at work, who is even into like trance and shit, asked me if ill be making more tunes now i have my decks lol

[wolf89]

haha some bird at work, who is even into like trance and shit, asked me if ill be making more tunes now i have my decks lol

Well are you?

[jrkhnds]

that was a bit shit but fun at the same time.

shun.

[ezza]

man trying to find out what to do my dissertation is super long

just had a meeting and the guy was kinda vague

I JUST WANT U TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO

he said maybe something on taking a description of analog and try to figure out what it means and look deep into it. so like people say 'gritty' or 'warm' - so he said look into and find out what that means... which sounds confusing and i don't know how to write a title with the words 'warm' or 'gritty' in it any ideas?

he said ask my m8s what they thought as well and i don't have that many into gear so I'm gonna ask you guys

what would you find and interesting topic on the subject of analog/digital? what do you guys think would be a cool hypothesis?

if anyone could give some input id be really grateful

[Phigure]

IMO the argument that analog is superior for quality reasons is a losing battle. Sure, you technically have a continuous, physical representation of the sound waves, but with digital the resolution is so precise (192 kHz, 24 bit recordings for example), despite being discrete, that any physical imperfections probably alter the sound more than the conversion into 1s and 0s.

I think the more interesting observation to realize is that maybe it's not all about perfection. Look into how the grittiness / warmth comes from coloring the sound through the imperfections of the medium. Tape saturation is highly sought after for a reason, just look at how many plugins there are trying (and failing) to emulate it. Maybe the reason a lot of people are drawn to analog is precisely because it isn't a robotic, perfect, cold representation of audio.