How Long Is This Gonna Take? asks and answers one of the most important questions that any artist must consider before embarking on a recording project. The summary is pretty simple: while recording technology has dramatically lowered the cost of recording audio, there’s a lot more that goes into making a record that just getting bits onto a disk. In the end, not much has changed in terms of overall time and cost. What has changed is the many new ways that digital technology allow you to spend your time and your money, which is not necessarily a good thing.
Definitely worth a read!
Manifold Recording / The Miraverse 