pfarrell;380661 Wrote: > Alfafa wrote: > > Good studio taperecorders(ex. highend studer/revox machines) can go > > 20hz-35khz +/- 1 db if you use the proper tape. > > Not according to the published specs: > http://www.theaudioarchive.com/TAA_Tape_Studer_A820.htm > > # Frequency Response (+/- 1 dB) > > * 30 ips - 60 - 20,000 Hz > * 15 ips - 30 - 18,000 Hz > * 7.5 ips - 30 - 12,000 Hz > * 3.75 ips - 30 - 8,000 Hz > > This machine, the A820 is a professional studio stereo recorder using > 1/2 tape. Most tracking was done on 2" machine, typically with 24 > tracks. If you do the math, each track on the A820 is a 1/4 inch. On a > 2" machine, they are 1/12". Less tape nearly always means less quality > (snr, frequency response, etc.) > > And even if the tape machine could do 30kHz, the mics, preamps, > mixers, > etc can't. > > Wishing that there is tons of masters with significant signal over > 20kHz > doesn't make it so. > > With modern stuff, there is tons of ability to record high > frequencies, > but today's market is mp3s, audio quality is not important. > > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
Totally agreed about analogue tape (it was good but not that good, even with manufacturer-alignment and the best Ampex money could buy...!) and I've seen ADAT tapes in some very high end studios... often they would be used as a convenient way of recording a vocal or guitar part in (say) the UK for an album being mixed in the US... just courier the ADAT and you can sync/dub it in at the other end in a way that was near-impossible with analogue tape and SMPTE sync... This happened a lot more than most people would think and it was before the high-speed Internet we have today, where you could just send the bits down a wire... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables Outdoors: Boombox+Creative Sub (If I remember to turn it on...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57631 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
