Is Digital Really Better Than Analog????

Hi everyone,

I think I am on to something, that really is at the epicenter of music for me, SOUND QUALITY!!
Now most people would agree that digital music brought music to the masses in such a way that could probably never been realized without the format! I do. But and this is a big but, do you really want to sacrifice all the sound quality? Well at least most of it, what does the statistics say, you lose about 93% of the warmth and feeling of the actual performance by publishing your songs digitally!! Really 93%? Are you serious?
All I know, and I don't know much is this. Someone a long time ago told me one thing about recording music, and it has stuck with me till this day. He said, "All you need is a great microphone, perfectly placed, don't even worry about the board, in fact, disconnect the board, and run the source right into the tape machine"!! Wow, that sounds like Pro-Tools doesn't it?
Well no it doesn't. But I challenge you! Buy Chuck Berry's Great 28 on vinyl, and then on CD. Play them back to back and see which one you like better! I did this myself about 2 months ago and was amazed at all the warmth and feeling the vinyl had to offer! Maybe I am nuts but my band recorded an album about two years ago, which we are still trying to finish. It will come out eventually. But we recorded that on 1" tape, not even 2" tape and we transferred it over to Pro Tools and it pretty much sucked the life out of the performances! I have to tell you what an eye-opener!!
I keep going back to that guy in the control room in 1981 telling me how to record. I was a young shithead, who didn't like people telling him what to do. I tell you if I listened to him, things would have been a lot different!! Anyway, I can play you a rough mix of the 1" tape now and replay you a done mix on Pro Tools and I guarantee you, 98% would pick the tape rough mix!! Anyway, don't even get me started on being able to change the pitch and all of that crap!! The bottom line is can you play live? Can you deliver the goods? The problem is because of the digital age the tools have changed, the bar has been moved! I used to like when a record would speed up and slow down! I hate 116 beats per minute!! Is that rock n roll? NO, please say NO!! Rock n Roll is feeling, it is a primitive feeling, it is an organic thing! I hope you think so too.... Rock On!!! Joe