Re: (idm) manic compression

From thatcat
Sent Thu, Apr 23rd 1998, 21:03

On 04/23/98 09:59:56 you wrote:
>
>Aca wrote:
>> I have some bad news for you... every piece of recorded music you
>> have ever heard (vinyl, cd, tape, radio, tv, film, etc.) has been
>> compressed.
>
>i record digitally out of my mixing board onto DAT.  i then transfer the
>DAT to my computer's hard disk via SPDIF and then burn a CD from that. 
>there is no difference between what you have on the CD and what came out
>of the mixer.

right, but a digital signal is not identical to an analog (read: real-world, not a signal recorded on analog tape) although it may sound 99% identical to you. also, making three transfers to a signal, especially through spdif cables into a computer sound card, is going to alter the sound to some degree. so something is definitely compromised. also, the above poster seemed to be referring to the level-limiting form of compression, which is done to music at least in the mastering stage, if not earlier as well.

>can we please drop this now?

er, guess not.

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