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Long-time analog guy -- need to go digital?

Hello all. I've produced radio commercials for 20 years. They consist of voice(s), library music, library sfx. I have a -10 studio. I use a Lawson L47 mic / A Designs P1 pre, Tascam 16-channel analog board, Fostex 8-channel standalone digital recorder, Tascam PE 40 4-channel / 4-band para EQ, 2 hi-Z compressors, Dynacord 'verb.

[Help Thoughts & Opinions]2 PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2 Digital Mixers Daisy Changed

Hey everyone I have a question and would like some opinions and thoughts on the idea. Since I've started my music production career,my studio has been mixer less, but now I'm looking to replace my M-Audio 2626 Audio Interface and a few PreSonus Studio Channels with 2 daisy chained PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2 Digital Mixer's.

Will digital mics ever be the standard

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On another thread I just gave a rant on how excellent quality preamps were a really great audio investment. Stable, long lasting technology, what could go wrong? Well, thinking about it, if digital output microphones become standard, we can all put our preamps next to our turntables. Now I don't see it happening soon. Right now the trend is to put more analog back in the signal chain.

Does modern vinyl still sound better than digital?

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I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this, but I wasn't sure exactly what would be the best board.

Anyway, we all know that something like Abbey Road sounds hundreds of times better on vinyl than on any remastered digital track, but does this same concept apply to modern day music?