obviously. if you're doing a CD and record, you have to master your tracks twice, because mastering to CD and vinyl are two vastly different things. in this way, I prefer digital, because you're having to master your way around the limitations of the vinyl
-Joe > > From: David Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/24 Fri PM 12:30:47 EDT > To: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 313 Org <313@hyperreal.org> > Subject: Re: (313) Re: legit mp3 downloads > > Yes, recently playing at a little house party, what I noticed was that > playing direct off my laptop has a different tone quality - basically, > there are a lot more highs present on the laptop tracks than on the > vinyl. It easy easy enough to EQ the sound system a little so that the > laptop sounds more in line with the vinyl playing previously, but if you > switch straight out you will hear a definite difference, not really in > resolution but all the highs can make the digital sound a little bright > if the sound is tweaked specifically for vinyl. Again though, twist a > couple knobs and this can easily be corrected. > > ~David > > robin wrote: > > >> May I be annoying, and raise a technical point here? > >> > >> Digitalised music is always an "approximation", so I prefer to stick > >> with "the real thing" and keep my vinyl. > >> In a decent sound system anyone can tell the difference when > >> comparing the "real thing" with .wav, .mp3 or any other standard > >> digital format... > > > > > > i used to think like that guilherme. thing is tho i've not met a dj > > yet who knows how to drive the levels properly on a dj mixer (and once > > one dj in a night pushes those levels into the red all that follow > > more or less have to do the same) and almost all club PA's are pretty > > poor quality. > > > > i also think that people's ears are trained to hear vinyl specific > > mastering. if someone plays something digitally that's been mastered > > for that media (off a cd for example) the sound is definitely > > different. i prefer my own recorded off vinyl files for that reason. > > > > robin... > > >
