The new Foo Fighters' record Wasting Light was done entirely without computers. No Pro Tools. What?! Even the mixing and mastering was done by hand:
We mixed manually on the API board, with me, James, Alan Moulder and Dave, all eight hands on board, all doing the faders, no automation; we couldn’t even do mutes. So every mix was a performance. Much like the recording was. I would focus on the vocals, and I’d get it done, and everybody would say, “did you nail it? Did you miss anything?” We all started sweating. We’d jump up when we got a mix. It was so exciting, and so different from how records are made these days.
The entire article is lengthy but totally worth it if you like geeking out over microphone choices and stuff like that.
By the way, the Foo Fighter's documentary is out on iTunes on June 7. I watched the first 20 minutes a few weeks ago and was totally engrossed, so I'm really looking forward to seeing the rest.