Analog or Digital?
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5stringwonder
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pedals?
jono007
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I think it depends on your own taste and application. Plenty of artists out there use ONLY analog, or ONLY digital and plenty use both.
My personal opinion is that digital is more convenient - just look at the POD XTL or other similar processors. You get a perfectly usable sound that is easily portable for gigs/sessions/jams. It might sound a little sterile, but most average music listeners won't hear it. If you're recording, you can always throw some reverb into the mix.
But having said that, I do prefer analog. The reason is that digital IS processed. No matter how many times you sample the analog wave, it's still a sample. That would be fine if the guitar produced just one sine wave for each tone, but the complexity of the string being hit by a pick or fingers is that there are harmonics and other imperfections so that you don't get a single sine wave. The fact is that digital cannot reproduce analog exactly, and it still is a sample of a very complex series of sine waves.
My personal opinion is that digital is more convenient - just look at the POD XTL or other similar processors. You get a perfectly usable sound that is easily portable for gigs/sessions/jams. It might sound a little sterile, but most average music listeners won't hear it. If you're recording, you can always throw some reverb into the mix.
But having said that, I do prefer analog. The reason is that digital IS processed. No matter how many times you sample the analog wave, it's still a sample. That would be fine if the guitar produced just one sine wave for each tone, but the complexity of the string being hit by a pick or fingers is that there are harmonics and other imperfections so that you don't get a single sine wave. The fact is that digital cannot reproduce analog exactly, and it still is a sample of a very complex series of sine waves.
kentheman2000
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WHAHAHAHA!!!!! SNAP!
litford
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well, many of us have already given up using film cameras and gone the digital way. can we tell the difference between film grain and pixels?
so maybe digital effects have not yet fully replicated analog effects, but i think in the near future, many people will be switching over. (convenience, improved quality..)
but many will also choose analog, because perhaps at the end of the day, it does sound different. and who's to say what you use as long as it sounds good?
use digital equipment as you would use analog equipment, they're all just different tools for the job.
so maybe digital effects have not yet fully replicated analog effects, but i think in the near future, many people will be switching over. (convenience, improved quality..)
but many will also choose analog, because perhaps at the end of the day, it does sound different. and who's to say what you use as long as it sounds good?
use digital equipment as you would use analog equipment, they're all just different tools for the job.
