Quote Originally Posted by dodgyedgy
Having said that, the most important thing is to recognise that if something works for you then its good, the sound quality and quality of the sound can be debated as not all sounds must be crystal sharp as they can be interesting without that. On the flip side the most basic of sounds can still sound great when recorded well and used in the right place.
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I do wish I used my hardware more, 'cos I do find it more enjoyable, but sometimes software is easier and tempting to use because of it.

I find it easier to mix in software, but that's mainly 'cos I cant afford a massave great desk - and so can give more sounds their own channel that I wouldn't be ablt to do with hardware at the moment.

I like the sound of my Hardware when I use it - it adds a bit of a distinctiveness 'cos of the particular set up. I reckon sometimes we have access to too much software so it's hard to mould a coherent sound between tracks 'cos everything changes - this can be good or bad.

I do think you can(or are encouraged to) play about a bit more with hardware in some ways - sometimes 'cos the restrictions of each bit make you need to. What I mean is say you have a crap drum machine and desk and a cheap fx box. It's then you start thinking "well what happens if I put this in here and feedback that through there...

But then the software means you can record that and then do something different and sample that - I remember years ago having a few old bits of kit, a minidisc and a cheap sampler and repatching, "multitracking" between the minidisk and a tapedeck and the sample etc... That's when it gets creastive...

In response to the main question - why do we need to be obsessed with "Analog" anyway. Digital has a quality of its own that can be just a good if done right - Listen to Ken Ishii who uses no analog kit if you don't know what I mean!