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When the heads on my 8 track Tascam wore out, I saw the handwriting on
the wal. Replacing the heads was going to be VERY expensive, and the
last few years have seen 1/2 inch tape go in and out of production. l
took the plunge and went 100% digital. It's a whole new world, and
I'm loving it. I'm even enjoying re-learning recording, which has some
differences from tape. First rule: Saturation BAD with digital
recording. With tape, it could be used to advantage. No more. Minus
12db is your friend!

BTW - there's a guy making really good U-47 microphone replicas for
about 2k. I mean REALLY good. Once you get seriously into recording,
microphone collecting becomes a companion addiction...


I'd love to get my hands on an old, working reel to reel tape deck with
sound on sound and sound with sound. I used to have a Teac deck that was
fantastic, but it's long gone.

I bought a Boss 900CD last year with intentions of learning about digital
recording.
It's still around here somewhere but the learning curve is extensive. I
thought it was because I was just plain stupid, but apparently other users
of it have had the same experience.

http://www.bossus.com/gear/productde...?ProductId=718

The "easy to use" claim was written with a bit of poetic license.

Eisboch