I too mostly, but in this case only partly, agree on this going off the tangent. And the Metal Gods will know I can be a habitué..
In this particular topic, getting this specific sound does involve several dislocate technologies (specific mics, tape..), so very little of what's been posted is off-topic.
Kim is correct in a number of other cases. Thus, I think what should be split would be this very discussion on when or not to go seemingly off-topic. More specifically, methinks from post #13 and onwards.
As Bob Heil said it in his book "Concert Sound":
"One thing you can say about ignorance - it causes a hell of a lot of arguments!"
EDIT: Oh, it did get split already! Now I can't work out which is where - and I feel the tape part is part of the original topics..
I at least suggest:
1. Rename this part to Tape discussion, or something (which can be done from the same menu as when doing the split (I always did in the past)).
2. Split the discussion about spitting discussions into a separate discussion, so we don't end up discussing tapes and splitting discussions in the same discussion.