Multi-track hen teeth isn’t something new that came with digital technology, but the digital revolution has taken this recording process to a whole new level. Since a multi-tracked recording that has been saved onto a computer disk is nothing more than a computer file, it can easily be moved through the Internet to multiple locations. The biggest advantage is that a musician can now literally e-mail his unfinished recording to another musician. Then the other musician can lay down a new track onto the original recording and then e-mail it back to the original guy. Basically, the recording can be made one track at a time without the musicians ever having to leave their homes. This isn’t practical for large recording stars, but for small musicia
Costs for digital recording equipment quickly began to go down as well. In 1991, Alesis introduced an ADAT machine (Advanced Digital Audio Tape) that provided eight tracks of digital recording ability for only $3995.00. One can currently purchase a sixteen-track digital recorder with its own built-in hard drive for around $1500.00. Thanks to this digital revolution in recording, people could now have their material on the street for less money and time. The digital age has almost completely taken music out of the hands of the recording studio executives, and placed it back into the hands of the musician.
Of all the things affected by computer and digital advances in the music world, the most obvious are the final products of recording and sales
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