Analog vs Digital Recording Options

[abbie]

I am relatively new to multitrack recording. Apart from having recorded a few pieces on my iMac, I have been recently transferring to my Mac some recordings I did 10 years ago on my 4 track portastudio for the purpose of 're-mastering'. I was struck by the relative richness of these old recordings to my more recent ones and was wondering whether I stumbled into the old analog vs digital problem. If so, does a product like T-Rack-S solve the problem or do I simply need to learn how to better use the EQ and VST plug-ins on my multitrack software?

[abbie]

Thanks for the reply. I am using an analog mixer and simply going in the sound-in rather than use an audio interface. What really struck me, as I might have mentioned earlier, was the sound difference between tracks recorded on a portastudio compared to the same type of track using the same mics etc. on the computer. Sound clarity is more pronounced when recorded on the iMac but the older recordings are much richer. I think I will look into the tube pre-amp you mentioned, as well as t-racks although I am not crazy about the price.