Yeah.... back in the day, as was mentioned in the story.... you had to spend a lot of time setting up the machine, cleaning and de-gaussing the heads, setting bias for the tape you were using.... and the whole project could be ruined if the tape jumped the reels, as was common on the 4 track machines, or you had the brakes set wrong and they slammed and stretched the tape. (Witness the glitch in John Lennon's Cold Turkey recording)

We can get the warmth from distortion plug ins or tube mic preamps..... and I would bet the tape afficianado's couldn't tell the difference.


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