Incognitymous: Given the positions in this conflict, is the CD being anally raped or is it giving some strange form of reverse blowjob that goes in from the back of the mouth and out the front?
Anonymous4: Cassettes always have sucked. Please don't use them as a representation of good analog technology, even if it's just for lulz. It's thanks to people going 'lol tapez mirite' that the cost of reels have shot up to three hundred dollars apiece. Analog is superior and I can guarantee your favorite albums, if released on a major label, exist somewhere on master tapes. No exceptions. Tape is EVERYWHERE and always will be.
Oh, and tape doesn't corrupt or become 'unsupported'. If you know how to handle and store it, that shit's gonna last for decades. And digital source recordings made twenty-five years ago? Don't make me laugh. Worthless zeroes and ones locked forever into their obsolete formats, whereas any geek with an electromagnet can play back tape.
imaajfpstnfo: I'm glad he doesn't have to live to experience the horribly mutated japanese zombies starting to attack the rest of the world on the 21. of December 2012
It's infinitely faster to work with. You can cut, copy, paste wherever you like without having to literally scotch a piece of tape together. You can automate everything you like without 10 guys moving sliders around. It costs 100 times less.
Analog synths are expensive, break easily, and generally suck.
The sampling rate and bit depth of the CD just happens to cover everything you'll ever hear. Also vinyl is waaaaaay overrated.
Anon4, sorry, but what the hell? The magnetization on the tape DOES degrade, and lets not talk about how the materials in the tapes will respond to aging in the oddest ways imaginable. At my job we had to dispose a couple of boxes of old AGFA tapes because the black coating was turning to dust, which would accumulate on the recorder's heads.
Anonymous12: Somewhere in our garage we have an old Atari 2600 with an attachment that uses tapes as the game storage medium. I might have to pull it out and see if it works with CDs.
Anonymous15: There are many factors in determining the quality of a musical format. Condition is practically the most important. Vinyl is generally agreed to sound better but a dirty and scratchy 45 is gonna sound like shit compared to a remastered CD. Likewise, a near-mint vinyl record will sound perfect compared to a scratched CD. Personally, I'll take any format that sounds great and is in good condition, though I tend to prefer tape formats (8-tracks and cassettes) and vinyl. You should see my collection.
Anonymous16: Quality and digital formats becoming "unsupported" aside. I prefer i-pods for their convenience. Yeah, analog sounds better and everything, but i'd rather go about my day with a tiny sliver filled with hundreds of songs in my pocket, rather than have a cassette player. Reason? space, weight, and amount of songs held, simple. Also CD players were a headache, skipping at the slightest bump, and cd's becoming trash after a few scratches? useless imho. And at least when an i-pod or other mp3 device becomes corrupted, you can normally reformat the damn thing and problem solved, just re-add the tunes and be on your way. Anyone who complains about having to add the songs to a reformatted device is either completely computer stupid, lazy, or won't organize their files.
Anonymous28: What catagory do computers fall under? You can store almost infinit songs on just one and the quality of them is much higher than either a CD or a tape.
Anonymous38: @anon4:
Good luck carrying around 800 casettes at a time. dumbass. Any iPod, Or heck, Even a regular fucking mp3 player pwns your ugly ass box of stanky shit in to oblivion by a force of magnitude. Choke on a pickled turd.
TheCastleman: No in all seriousness, I think people would not to have digital music, without it we couldn't take our music with us (for the most part).
Raiden_Snake: I'm not sure if I'm looking at porn or some kind of vulgar social commentary. In my humble opinion, both formats will be around for a very long time because of how easy and cost-effective they are.
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My walkman has survived longer than any of those fancy-schmancy CD players.
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Since you mentioned that, though, I am reminded of Conker's Bad Fur Day and the Cogs. I actually wondered about that same thing when I played it.
FATALITY
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Oh, and tape doesn't corrupt or become 'unsupported'. If you know how to handle and store it, that shit's gonna last for decades. And digital source recordings made twenty-five years ago? Don't make me laugh. Worthless zeroes and ones locked forever into their obsolete formats, whereas any geek with an electromagnet can play back tape.
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Featured because the guy who invented the CD died. Maybe he got too scratched over the years.
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Foo Fighters got an album on one now.
BTW: I got an old NES that still works! Old ways make things tough man!
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And this is awesome, much luls were had.
For video, Betamax is better.
Analog is alot better than digital.
You don't see movie theatres playing movies out of a blu-ray.
It's infinitely faster to work with. You can cut, copy, paste wherever you like without having to literally scotch a piece of tape together. You can automate everything you like without 10 guys moving sliders around. It costs 100 times less.
Analog synths are expensive, break easily, and generally suck.
The sampling rate and bit depth of the CD just happens to cover everything you'll ever hear. Also vinyl is waaaaaay overrated.
Anon4, sorry, but what the hell? The magnetization on the tape DOES degrade, and lets not talk about how the materials in the tapes will respond to aging in the oddest ways imaginable. At my job we had to dispose a couple of boxes of old AGFA tapes because the black coating was turning to dust, which would accumulate on the recorder's heads.
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All of the internet is basicly digital. The porn, music, news, media. Digital.
Analog, forced you to go out and buy stuff.
THEREFORE. Digital is a whore, analog is a dick, pic makes sense. GET IT?
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oh snap, oh snap. come to my macaroni party and we'll take a nap
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Betamax is the shit!
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Meaning it's still a whore who's gonna get fucked.
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MP3 all the way
Viynl > CD > Cassete
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Good luck carrying around 800 casettes at a time. dumbass. Any iPod, Or heck, Even a regular fucking mp3 player pwns your ugly ass box of stanky shit in to oblivion by a force of magnitude. Choke on a pickled turd.
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