HiStyle Recording Studios

[Structo]

This studio uses the old analog equipment to record with.
Ribbon mics and reel to reel, 1/4" tape.

Cool looking studio!

[img:650:800]http://www.histylerecords.com/_image/studio.jpg[/img]

http://www.histylerecords.com/histyle-r ... studio.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6WobcGu ... re=related

Song recorded there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGn4LncY0g

[ampdan]

Wow, that recording sounded like it was made in the 50's. Looks like I'll be taking a trip into the city. Thanks for that link.

[selloutrr]

cool concept, I tried something similar when I first started, it turned out to be extremely frustrating, as only 1 in 50 bands were good enough to play the song in time, everyone playing correctly in the same take, and singing in pitch.

from a bandwidth stand point 1/4" tape is pretty small 1/2" was and the standard.

it's nice to see a push in bringing talent back to music. I wish it was profitable

[Drumslinger]

Man, that's cool. Gotta love them tube and ribbon mics!

[David Root]

Analog standard recording tape got up to 2" back in the day. These old Ampex, Studer and Revox are still around.

Don't know about 1/4" though, I think that's pushing it for pro recording.

[M Fowler]

Tom, thanks for posting I enjoyed that.

I know the digital world is great no denying that but I must admit I am drawn to the days of old and love that old equipment.

Mark

[selloutrr]

1/2" was / is the standard mix down format. ATR 102 or Studer 827. they have experimented with up to 2" 2 track head stacks but cost and reliabilty have both been huge issues.

for multi tracking 2" 24 track is the standard format tracking in 30ips or 15ips. Analog tape manufacturing became so expensive with enviromental regulations getting tighter, I'm not sure it's even produced anymore, The Scotch and Amprex 456 2" was Awesome! the last case I bought was almost 10 years ago on sale for $300 a real. Record labels no longer have the budget to burn on tape. to put it in perspective the average major release used 30+ reals to make an album.

using 1/4" tape as a multitrack is more band width then the 2" 24 track and keeps the cost of tape as low as possible. I suspect if they used 1/2" or bigger they wouldn't be able to stay in business as most bands will need to make multiple passes or takes to get an ok product and each take reduces the high end fidelity.. after 7-13 passes bepending on how hard you saturate the tape it's a loss and you have to start over, or scrub and demagnitize/ degoz the tape, clean the heads... calibrate... analog tape is wonderful... and costly.

In a blind listening test the IZ/Otari radar's A/D converters are the truest sounding to analog tape to date made. they were recycled off of otari's last open real digital tape multi track recorders.

[Reeltarded]

Hey, I am REEL tarded.

Of course it's still available! 499 Quantegy is about $400 for a pancake. It's the least dense storage media ever. heh

[selloutrr]

who do you purchase from? I could use a new case.