{"id":60,"date":"2011-05-01T19:58:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T16:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicexcite.com\/wordpress\/?p=60"},"modified":"2016-12-14T05:29:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T02:29:48","slug":"%d7%90%d7%a0%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%92%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%94-%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicexcite.com\/?p=60","title":{"rendered":"Elite Analogic"},"content":{"rendered":"

A year ago I had a guest post on my good friend\u2019s fascinating blog: the multi-artist, polymath Benjamin\u00a0Esterlis, AKA Morphlexis<\/a>. This post represents one of my greatest loves for the analog mediums in the world of sound.<\/p>\n

Benjamin wrote an intro for my post:
\nSome months ago I got an email from Amir in which he told me how he takes my mixtapes and records them over magnetic tape reels in a way that he can experience them at their full potential. Wait a minute. I read this line over and over again to be certain that those were the words. \u201cReels\u201d and \u201cmagnetic?\u201d Is there somebody out there who listens to these mixtapes exactly as I imagined how this type of mixtape would be played in a perfect world?!\u00a0It took me a few minutes to wipe the excitement and sweat off and to come to my senses to write reply with a little quest: Tell, demonstrate, take photos!
\nThe positive reply from Amir would soon come, and he even told me that his photographer friend Maya Kapel got into the plot and they were going to document the process soon. A few days ago, just for my birthday, (Amir, you don\u2019t have a clue how happy you made me) I got the full demonstration: \u201cHow to convert digital mixtape and get it out to the open analog space\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0From digital slavery to analog freedom<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\nOver a one year ago I discovered this sacred wonderful blog. I found that Morphlexis was dealing a lot with issues I could relate to as a musical creator. I decided to sample from the presented mixtapes. First, I was so impressed with the delicate work of art created from the interesting overlaps between the tracks. The fact that the mixtape streams through continuous line without any silent breaks, and the incredible creativity and well-chosen selection of pieces – all surprised me. I was immediately completely captivated with the rest of the mixtapes on his blog. People who are familiar with me know how difficult it can be to please me with music… and Morphlexis does it for big!<\/p>\n

Now, we\u2019ll examine one of my deepest \u2019scratches\u2019 – my compulsive love for analog audio equipment. I guess most of you confirmed music lovers, know the general notions about analog recording formats. Now, I\u2019ll present you my method for taking these digital mixtapes and making an improvement to the analog world.
\nSince I\u2019ve become familiar with them, it was clear to me that they must receive their appropriate musical honour. Let\u2019s say that I have spare time to sit and listen to music at home (unfortunately it doesn\u2019t happen much).\u00a0I\u2019m really upset with the thought that I\u2019ll listen to music on my computer, even though mp3 file conversion satisfies me these days. \"AkaiStill, the notion that I\u2019ll sit and listen to music that breaks out from digital decoders really decreases the musical value for me. I believe that when music plays as a complete product from digital format it loses it\u2019s life and the resolution quality doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019ll be better to have the maximum resolution possible, since digital \u2018out of tune\u2019 is not audible.\u00a0When we play music through analog format, it will always have a chaotic influence from the environment – temperature, gravitation, friction, etc. The advantage of analog format usage is inaccuracy<\/b>. In the 1980s and 1990s, when there was a digital alternative for analog recording, the general perception was that this analog inaccuracy was a disadvantage. No one bothered to mention that this analog inaccuracy is chaotic. What turns it to be unmeasurable, it can change from any external cause. I compare it to playing on an acoustic instrument. Any hit, pluck or blow never repeat its previous one, no matter how we try to do it accurately. It will always have a different physical effect on the performance. Therefore, live playing is much more hypnotic and appealing to the ears than listening to sterile digital synthesised programming. Like acoustic musical instruments, the analog audio equipment restores the audio documentation each time from scratch. It will always add a slightly different change, an unpredictable, chaotic characteristic. This is what gives the music an added value when live. (I guess not every person will agree with me, but there are plenty of others who will prefer the frozen sterility of digital audio devices, and this is a matter of taste of course).\u00a0So I decided to convert these mixtapes into analog format since I have the equipment and a lot of appropriate medias (I refer to reel-to-reel<\/a> audio tapes and tape recorder)
\nI started the job immediately:<\/p>\n