Becoming Quote by Dave Grohl

Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders.

— Tony Visconti

Tape allows for a clean sweep of data that simply doesn't need to be on any form of disk but still needs to be…

— George Arthur Crump

All I know is that when I mix to digital and when I mix to tape I compare them and the tape always wins…

— Jim Diamond

I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be digitized and…

— Beck

The whole thing with recording is you have to know when to turn off the tape machine and just stop recording because you want…

— Linda Ronstadt

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

When digital recording came in about '84, everything started to follow into digital. Now, you've got the best recording media in the world, but…

— Peter Hook

To me, recording with live instruments and tape takes things back to an older sound that I like but that's still fresh.

— Adrian Younge

The old ways still apply. You can still send tapes to record companies, and there are record companies, you know, there are one or…

— David Gilmour

“A brand-new tape recorder, completely worn out. Bought with funny money that the store is willing to accept. Worthless money, worthless article purchased; it…

— Philip K Dick

Tape is the archiving champ and has been for decades. Reliable, less expensive than disks and available in large-scale robotic systems that store petabytes.

— Robert Harris

When you're recording live, really good vintage instruments onto two-inch tape, it's the best fidelity you can get.

— Adrian Younge