muziknut2@juno.com wrote: Weirdest of all, I think, is that despite the upgrades, EC was recorded in analog! Peace. DER AUTOMAT ® wrote: That is because Kraftwerk didn't upgrade Kling Klang studios from analog to digital until 1989/90. In 1986 what they do was to record Electric Cafe in a studio in New York city instead of Duesseldorf. I'm writing: This is pretty interesting actually.. They upgraded Kling Klang to digital in 1989-90, and at the same time, Kraftwerk died. I guess this can be used as a proof that digital things ain't necessarily good! What happened with The Mix was that the soul of the music vanished (imho), and they've never found their way back to the good old analog magic. They probably never will, blinded by technology and impaired by perfectionism that they are. There's no wonder electronic music was much better in the 70s and 80s. The same can be said about most technology things actually.. As long as you have to be smart and work hard to produce the results, some people manage to turn out works of art, but when every pooper can do something in ten minutes, quality is long gone. This holds true for music, and also for computer hardware and software.. Sure, today's stuff is really advanced and can be used for very nice things, but the old stuff is much more intelligent in a way, especially the software. At least it's a defence for being nostalgic ;) Peo