Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!pesnta!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!internet!Ron Natalie From: Ron Natalie Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Live albums Message-ID: <6087@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 15:38:37 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6087 Posted: Mon Nov 26 15:38:37 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 28-Nov-84 05:14:55 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 9 It's probably not the problem of making mistakes. Any musician worth his salt can probably do 20 minutes of music straight through. They can always do another take (problem is you have to start the side over). The problem is convenience. Direct-to-disk died when magnetic tape was born. For the same reason I use a power tool rather than hand tools. The little added care I can get from the hand tool isn't worth the inconvenience. -Ron