In
1989 I pondered "There must
be more to life" and
so after 27 years as a recording engineer in 1995 I jumped my Emerald
City ship... Well having lived through the sixties I have experienced
the transitions from valve to discreet to transistor to ic and didn't
relish the digital jump since it was too expensive and very ugly. Hence
when Mitsubishi released a 32 track digital tape recorder for
$150,000.00 in Australia and a few years later it was worth next to
nothing since the 16 bit coverters were outdated by a 2 dollar watch,
that decimated values.
Ten
years later we have achieved some sanity along with 24 bit sound which
approximates the analog world we left behind.
It is a disgrace... but digital has changed everything and the portability and services are expanding exponentially and some day the sound will be again be wonderful. Traditionally new technology arrives and it takes time to adjust. A good song does wonders.