>I had this notion that part of the reason I liked the sounds of analog >tape and vinyl was coz they recorded EVERYTHING. The atmosphere included >the inaudible range of frequencies that we still respond to. Certainly the >old CDs would cut those frequencies out (space or something). Is this >still the case with digital recordings? > > emma > mee-thod >-it's in the way that you groove it-
That's more of how minidisc records. It chops out all but 10% of the sound leaving what's supposedly audible to the human ear as a means of compression (the numbers may be off, but you get the idea). AFAIK, DAT and hard disk recording does not artificially alter the recorded sound spectrum in this way, it changes the *rate* of recording as Hughblaze pointed out. It's like film, rather than tape (frames vs. continuous). In my experience as a minidisk owner, this works fine for material that has already been mastered (like a DJ mix), but not so well for live recordings. I can perceive something lost with an unmastered recording onto minidisk from how it sounds coming out of the devices that I don't notice when recording on my hard drive. It's all a matter of how close you pay attention anyway. After listening to a minidisc for 3 minutes I can't really tell the difference. You get acclamaited. Tristan ========================================== PHONOPSIA<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5102/index.htm "FrogboyMCI" on AOL Instant Messenger New Album, "Québécois", online now. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
