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Because it?s SxSW and pretty much annually there?s a new crop of bands that embody the latest ?low fidelity? (wish there was an abbreviation for that) aesthetic and/or embrace some kind of diy model, either of which often means recording on their own, I?d say a panel centered around making your own/...

sticking with ADATs. Well into the aughts...

made the jump to the new Logic but still use Tracktion 2 (not T3) for ease/speed of use and the one-window interface.

Doing something similar, at least for me, tracking our newest recording to the ol' Teac 80-8, so w/ two guitars and one bass, drums are limited to 5 tracks. Maybe not coincidentally, getting the best initial drum tracking sounds I've ever gotten.

I swam from the same boat - made the jump from adat to the daw-world via Tracktion 2 which I loved, still love (also on a Mac). Even bought T3. Also doing mostly straight band recording, previously no midi, no sequencing etc. But then about to start a new album/recording too, our G5 died, I upgraded...

another vote for the Guild Ashbory rubber-stringed wonder. I got one years ago at a store I worked with for cheap and it is unbelievably close (at least in my recording context which isn't straight-ahead jazz or anything). There's one on ebay but it is currently $400. That said, I did get one of the...

wonderful thread and exemplifies why I love Tape Op so (and the TOMB) - until I read this, I thought I was the only person hitting the high-pass buttons on most of my tracks.
Great discussion.