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Kraftwerk, Analogue Or Digital, Which Sounds Better?

LucyLandRover

Hello, 

I am a big fan of Kraftwerk but consider they sounded so much better when recording on analogue than digital. I wonder what others think? I would love to see them perform live on Moog synthesiser's  as they did back in the 70's. The original version of Autobahn sounds so much better than the new, digital recording. my favourite album is The Man Machine as this was released the year I was born and amazes me how modern it still sounds. Neon Lights is my favourite track.  

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  • How are you listening to it?    Youtube?      Unless you're into old vinyl with a pure analogue setup, it's digital somewhere in there.

    I have to agree though, all old recordings up until the mid-80s were wonderful - so 'real' gritty and astonishing the quality they managed with little tech.      I was into early Depeche Mode, Ultravox, John Foxx and BEF/Human League pre-Heaven 17.

    Directly it all went digital and the engineers were just maxing everything out and throwing loads of distortion and reverb in to make a flat, soul-less wall of noise, I lost interest.

    The old 'Paint it Black' by the Stones still makes the hair on my neck stand up.

    I buy and sell vintage synths - I love all the old tech - right up until about 1987 when everyone brought out Romplers - digital synths which just replay pre-loaded samples - like the GM/GS/XG soundset - soooooo dull!    typically, things like the Roland D-series and other equivalents like the M1

    I loved my old CZ101, my Poly 61, ARP Solina and Octave Kitten - so nice to play with.

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  • How are you listening to it?    Youtube?      Unless you're into old vinyl with a pure analogue setup, it's digital somewhere in there.

    I have to agree though, all old recordings up until the mid-80s were wonderful - so 'real' gritty and astonishing the quality they managed with little tech.      I was into early Depeche Mode, Ultravox, John Foxx and BEF/Human League pre-Heaven 17.

    Directly it all went digital and the engineers were just maxing everything out and throwing loads of distortion and reverb in to make a flat, soul-less wall of noise, I lost interest.

    The old 'Paint it Black' by the Stones still makes the hair on my neck stand up.

    I buy and sell vintage synths - I love all the old tech - right up until about 1987 when everyone brought out Romplers - digital synths which just replay pre-loaded samples - like the GM/GS/XG soundset - soooooo dull!    typically, things like the Roland D-series and other equivalents like the M1

    I loved my old CZ101, my Poly 61, ARP Solina and Octave Kitten - so nice to play with.

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