Digitally remastered vinyl?

One of the reasons they dropped the "DDD" "AAD" and "ADD" labels is that modern record production is rarely so simple in its use of technology. In a modern pop/rock recording the original base tracks of a song may start out as a digital recording within a computer running Cubase or some other sequencer/recording program. These tracks may later become synched to a 24 channel, 2" analog tape recorder and additional music tracks added. Everything could then be ported over to ProTools, a digital workstation, for editing and mixing. Rather than keeping it digital through the final mastering stage, alot of producers/musicians like the sound of their final mixes when they are transfered to 1/2" analog tape. Whether or not the submitted music is in a digital or analog format, most of the better mastering houses still use analog signal processors before downloading the material into a digital workstation (SADiE or Sonic Solutions) for final prep to redbook CD format. What's interesting is that great sounding records can actually result from such a serpentine recording process, but to Lugnut's earlier point, it's all about the skill of the engineers and the level of care they take.

I agree with Lugnut. There are excellent examples of both analog and digital recording. There are also less than stellar examples of either as well. I guess I'll have to get a vinyl preamp and break out my LPs again to see what the fuss is about. The last time I listened to vinyl, it was on a system much less accurate than I have now. I really did like the sound of vinyl but only about 30% of the LPs I bought sounded good. Most had so much surface noise, so many clicks and pops and so much distortion that they were painful. Combine that with the inevitable deterioration in spite of the great care I was giving them and I opted for digital. I think I now have a digital system that would rival most analog systems but I guess I should probably revist the issue just to make sure.

Very true most vinyl albums in 80s,90s,20s are digital mastered.So unless it was remastered that's it...