There is just a major difference between the sound of…

I like to work with a combination of analog and Pro Tools. I love the sound of analog tape, but there's so many things…

— Kate Bush

I really like the sound of analog things where clearly there's something being touched. You can sense that something is handmade. So much with…

— Andrew Bird

I don't have any computers in my studio, it's all analog tape. All analog tape, all old equipment, I mean my mics are like…

— Adrian Younge

I think the whole obsession with old gear is completely overblown. You don't need old-fashioned gear to make a great-sounding record. You don't even…

— Tony Visconti

When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is.

— Dave Grohl

No one has any faith in the tape anymore - everyone just relies on computers and considers the hardrive to be the safest option,…

— Dave Grohl

“48-track tape machines out there. Check out the Internet for used analog and digital tape machines made by Ampex, MCI, Otari, Revox, Sony, and…

— Robert Wolff

I always think of albums as the format. I think it's perfect. I don't think you can tamper with that. It's not just sound,…

— Jim James

I started getting back into buying old analog gear while we were recording. Lots of old drum machines and synths. It wasn't a conscious…

— Martin Gore

You can't live in the digital and die in the analog.

— Dean Cavanagh

“But analog photography peaked in 2000.2”

— Erik Brynjolfsson

I work with digital audio, which is like sculpting, a form of chiseling down metal or wood. And I take audio and move it…

— Tim Hecker

I think any new technology that helps connect and create social cohesion is great. But at the end of the day, you and I…

— Peter Guber

'Muppets' is incredibly analog, 'Alice' is very digital.

— James Bobin

There are historical analogs, which are not exact, of course, but are close enough to be worrisome. This is a whiff of early Nazi…

— Noam Chomsky