ammitsboel wrote on Tue, 03 May 2005 15:41 |
So you never get analog sources?
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In the past 6 months I've received two (both 1/4" 15ips). Frickin bloody shame.
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Also, nobody knows what the future will bring,
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Yes - but we can look at geological facts and know that the impending peak of global petroleum production will shift our economies in our lifetime. One potential victim among thousands: vinyl record production.
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but I think it slowly will turn into music on the HD for fun and an analog format for real music(maybe on vinyl) but of course i could be wrong.
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Judging by how many DJ's (who are truly the ones who have kept vinyl alive - NOT the analog purist audiophiles!!) are switching over to laptops and CD players that "scratch" - and considering how digital distribution is just now finding its wings - I unfortunately think you're mistaken on this one.
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Well, have you ever been to a disco where they had record players and cd players...? the difference is staggering!
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I agree - vinyl just sounds "right" for tons of musics. I think the rolled off high end on vinylis just a lot more pleasant when things are cranked up and the fact that the bass end is often refocused from the "rumble" to "thump" frequencies makes it have more impact often too.
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At least with vinyl I know that people won't play it back through shitty DAC's.
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Yup - instead they play back with shitty stylus, cartridges on miscalibrated transports going into crappy preamps
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I like to feel that I can play music through my processing gear without too much degradation, with the state of the art of CD production I don't find it is possible, with vinyl i believe my chances are better.
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Best of luck. Just realize that there is a loudness war going on with vinyl too and often the cutting engineer who does more filtering and lets the track get a tiny bit more distorted for the sake of an extra 1db is the one who gets the return work - same as in CD mastering. I pride myself on being able to deliver an extremely clean record but in sessions clients often choose to go with the loud test cut rather than the clean one - and as in CD mastering - the client is always right.
Best regards,
Steve Berson