i have to write a thesis: is analog better than digital?

Knights Who Say Neve · Post by **Knights Who Say Neve** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:24 am

GooberNumber9 wrote:
Knights Who Say Neve wrote:One is a bunch of sine waves mixed together, and the other is a bunch of square waves. Once you know that, it's totally obvious.
Totally. Square waves sound fat and rich, sine waves are thin and boring.

But the square waves are digital. No pulse width mod though, unless you've got a bad connection.

I'm Painting Again · Post by **I'm Painting Again** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:44 am

poop123 wrote:i just need to know which one is better and why. I think myself that a mix would create a good sound but i need to know the extremes of both.

ask DSP, Magnetics, & Mechanical Scientists/Engineers they will have good contrasting POVs to recordists..

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:51 am

Your thesis is boring. I much prefer comparisons of Digalog and Anital.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:18 am

Poop123 = ampguy

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:33 am

If "poop123" is a reference to "Music123", I couldn't agree more.

??????? · Post by **???????** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:27 pm

what a novel and interesting topic!

The Real MC · Post by **The Real MC** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:16 pm

Tatertot wrote:Again, good luck with that paper! I'm sure somebody here would be happy to write it for you. What time is it due tomorrow?

I was about to respond in a similar fashion but I love that retort

0-it-hz · Post by **0-it-hz** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:19 pm

DIGILOG.

I'm Painting Again · Post by **I'm Painting Again** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:25 pm

those scientist guys are also not usually as mean-spirited as recordists..

themagicmanmdt · Post by **themagicmanmdt** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:12 pm

i'll write your paper for $20!

i've got my BA in biochemistry - i'm used to writing very long papers....

i'll even mention compressors - that'll blow your teachers' head off!

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:03 pm

Beauty&Wonder wrote:those scientist guys are also not usually as mean-spirited as recordists..

don't count on it, i know a few of them!

Recycled_Brains · Post by **Recycled_Brains** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:12 am

there's probably a 310 page thread over on gearslutz that you could just copy and paste into a word document.

maybe you should focus less on "which is better", and more on the pros and cons of each (a comparison), or maybe the historical development of both mediums over time.

that would be much easier, and a much more interesting read.

-ryan

Judas Jetski · Post by **Judas Jetski** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:02 pm

+1.

The evolution of the process is a way more useful subject of study. Somewhere I read that the fundamental logic behind digital recording is actually older than analog recording. (It didn't make any sense to me at the time, though, so I can't give you much more information than that.)

You'd have an awful time trying to come up with a meaningful thesis by contrasting the two styles. Unless your thesis was "Both styles of recording have their advantages and disadvantages and neither is clearly superior" and you developed your argument using other people's pro- and con- arguments.

GodDamn · Post by **GodDamn** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:38 pm

Tape is more fun. If I want to sit in front of a computer all day, I'd get a job in an office.

I'm Painting Again · Post by **I'm Painting Again** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:44 pm

RefD wrote:
Beauty&Wonder wrote:those scientist guys are also not usually as mean-spirited as recordists..
don't count on it, i know a few of them!

at least they know what they are talking about though!

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