It seems they are expensive as heck, but I try to buy like 2 a month
at best. This month I bought Rush's Clockwork Angels and ABC's
Lexicon of Love 40th anniversary remaster.
Although I bought Clockwork Angels as a digital download, I felt
buying the vinyl record would be a good idea. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32
* Origin: -=[conchaos.synchro.net | ConstructiveChaos BBS]=-
(21:4/141)
I spent about $70 on used vinyl a few weeks ago. New vinyl prices are stupid.
I spent about $70 on used vinyl a few weeks ago. New vinyl
prices are stupid.
I spent about $70 on used vinyl a few weeks ago. New vinyl prices are stupid.
A few other things I wasn't aware of and/or took for granted..
[1] A vinyl record cannot reproduce as broad a frequency range as a digital recording. Too much high end, low end or volume can cause
[2] With less groove length per second of music (the closer the needle gets to the center), the resolution gets diminished. Sonically, this is equivalent to reducing the sampling rate of a digital recording from 96 kHz to 22.05 kHz - a huge difference in fidelity. That has ramifications
[3] Vinyl records have considerably less dynamic range than digital recordings. If the mastering engineer tries to make the record too loud,
I think if a record was played faster as the needle moves
toward the center, it would be able to still reproduce the
same frequencies throughout the record, but that's not the
case, as records have always had a constant RPM. In that
regard, I think the old wax cylinders that predated vinyl
records might have the advantage.
[1] A vinyl record cannot reproduce as broad a frequency range
as a digital recording. Too much high end, low end or volume
can cause distortion and make the needle skip.
i always thought this was funny.. vinyl aficionados have also tried to tell me that the sound quality is somehow better than the tape recording from which they were created.
i always thought this was funny.. vinyl aficionados have also tried to tell me that the sound quality is somehow better than the tape recording from which they were created.
to each their own i guess.. for older stuff i think i would buy a mint copy of the record, record it, and sell it along. depending on how digital
remasters sound if they're available.. just because they CAN make something better doesn't mean they succeed at it ;)
I feel like CD versions of albums usually sound pretty good. And there are some I can tell came from a master tape - Dire Straits' first album is one such CD where I can tell there is a noticeable hiss during quiet parts of the music.
I feel like CD versions of albums usually sound pretty good. And there
are some I can tell came from a master tape - Dire Straits' first album
is one such CD where I can tell there is a noticeable hiss during quiet
parts of the music.
Why does the master tape cause hissing?
hiss.. It's just the nature of the medium. Have you ever used cassette tapes for your own personal recordings or anything?
hiss.. It's just the nature of the medium. Have you ever used cassette
tapes for your own personal recordings or anything?
Not really.
Nightfox wrote to candycane <=-
Re: Re: Vinyl records
By: candycane to Nightfox on Tue Sep 12 2023 08:39 am
hiss.. It's just the nature of the medium. Have you ever used cassette
tapes for your own personal recordings or anything?
Not really.
Never even bought albums on cassette tape, or listened to anyone play a cassette?
get yourself a copy of Traktor Pro 3, an audio interface and some timec
get yourself a copy of Traktor Pro 3, an audio interface and some time
There are free ones that support timecode, too :)
I have about 100 cassettes of my bands recorded in the 70's, 80's,
and 90's. I am currently transferring them to digital. THey are all
in pretty good shape for their age... only one bad one so far but
that has some original music on it that I am trying to preserve.
--- RATSoft/FIDO v09.14.95 [JetMail 1.01] * Origin: STar Fleet HQ -
Atari ST! - bbs.sfhqbbs.org:5983 (21:3/171)
could record the timecode to a cassette tape and have an 80s simulator maybe throw in a 16x2 character lcd and a raspberry pi so you can pick songs the tape will play from the front of a modified tape deck, all se
could record the timecode to a cassette tape and have an 80s simulator maybe throw in a 16x2 character lcd and a raspberry pi so you can pick songs the tape will play from the front of a modified tape deck, all s
Not a bad idea! But you could also just use a tape audio adapter :)
such CD where I can tell there is a noticeable hiss during quiet part the music.
Why does the master tape cause hissing?
Not all CDs are created from the original masters. Some of them are created from tapes of the originals. That's usually because the original master has been damaged or lost. They just create the CDs from the best tape recording they can salvage. Sometimes the original master is so old and degraded that an early tape recording of the master will sound
BETTER than the original master.
ALONZO (21:1/130) wrote to candycane <=-
Not all CDs are created from the original masters. Some of them are created from tapes of the originals. That's usually because the
original master has been damaged or lost. They just create the CDs from the best tape recording they can salvage. Sometimes the original master
is so old and degraded that an early tape recording of the master will sound BETTER than the original master.
Sparks had difficulties getting a copy of the original masters for their 1977 album introducing Sparks, that they had to use a copy of the Vinyl record to make the digital release.
| Sysop: | Gary Ailes |
|---|---|
| Location: | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Users: | 132 |
| Nodes: | 5 (0 / 5) |
| Uptime: | 110:02:37 |
| Calls: | 733 |
| Files: | 2,171 |
| Messages: | 81,487 |