Steve Smolian wrote:
>Major label stuff yes,but indie rock was still analogue/tape,until about the 
>turn of the decade/century,

A lot of major label pop/rock was also still recorded to tape. Most of the leading mastering engineers were reporting less than 50% digital until just the past five years when the bottom fell out of recording budgets.

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