another 2cents on the subject- i disagree with the notion that analog recording captures "everything", and this is what makes it sound warm. Magnetic tape stores the sound on tiny magnetic particles whose polarity can be changed by the record head- the precision of which is probably pretty comparable to digital. 44.1 or n(?) amount of particles per millimeter of tape- both are pretty accurate but not exact- the main difference is in-between the bits of recorded sound. On digital- this is nothing/silence- on analog tape this is noise and all sorts of randomness that seem to make the sounds thicker or fuller.
ps-no more OT posts i swear- but cant really help it w/ all these OT threads floating around.. -p On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, .. - wrote: > > > Does anyone on this list think that, for music created exclusively on > > computers, or even with external equipment (to the tune of synths, > > drum-machines), that pressing the tracks on vinyl preserves sound quality > > that cannot be achieved on compact disc? (dvd audio is another debate) > > To perhaps clairify: if music is CREATED in a digital environment, is there > > any reproduction quality to be gained by mastering it to an analog one? > > This dilemma wouldn't exist in traditional live music as the original > > sounds > > are produced in a natural (read: analog) environment. > > Good point. Whenever I hear techno heads get into an analog/digital > holy war, I think of a couple of things. First, the music that we make is > usually going to be played off of worn 12"s over big grungy warehouse > systems. Sound fidelity is great, but it's not completely relevant. Also, > 99.9% of producers master to DAT or ADAT. There have been several times that > I've heard people ramble about the sonic advantages of vinyl, only to find out > that they're just sending DATs over to the mastering plant. > > I think there are two sonic reasons that people stick with wax, aside > from the utilitarian reason that it's better to DJ with. Vinyl is way less > dynamic than digital. In order to have something sound decent, you usually > compress it pretty severely. Super-compressed music sounds great on > a big sound system and moves big quantities of air. That's the story of > Swedish techno eh? Also, vinyl mastering remains a more hand-on and personal > process than digital mastering. The mastering engineers that everyone flocks > to - Ron at NSC, Simon at the Exchange, Stuart at Metropolis, Dubplates and > Mastering - have a personal sonic aesthetic which they add to your tune. That > additional stage can add a lot. > > J > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
