Vintage Equipment Quotes

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 thing. I didn't consider myself a collector, but boxes of vintage gear would turn up virtually every day.

I think musicians like me are drawn to those older desks, not just because they're legend and lore but also because they do something really specific that is hard to emulate or re-create digitally.

Do some living and get yourself a typewriter.

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 reduced. I do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded. I've been arguing with people for 10 years about tape versus digital, and I believe tape is absolutely essential in getting the sound that's conducive to the enjoyment of music. I wonder if it's going to go back to that. Sometimes I think it has to. As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact.

I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines.

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 from the 60's and early 70's, everything in there is old.

For 'Death Magnetic,' I used what I always use, which is my standard touring rack, which is filled with some Boogie stuff and a Marshall that I've had forever.

I bought all the stuff, but nothing was as satisfying to me as using the Rolleiflex because it was one shot.

My studio is fully analog. There's nothing modern. There's not even a computer in my studio.

I did a club one night - the speakers were old as hell. My jokes were coming out in black and white.

My music sounds different because the techniques are archaic, seeing as most people only record digitally.

My sound is just vintage Vox AC30s and Marshalls... Matchless amps are cool as well.

You can tell a good ruined lens, right from the get-go.... That’s the kind of lens I'm looking for.

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 reduced.