From steve Sent Wed, Apr 22nd 1998, 19:02
From steve Sent Wed, Apr 22nd 1998, 19:02
Well, no sh!t. Actually, to paraphrase Sonic Youth, "The music is compromised as soon as it leaves your head." So, if you want to get down to it, as soon as it's played, it's altered by the limitations of the instrument it's being played through. But, as far as recording goes, an analog recording in perfect condition captures *more* of the sound than a digital recording of the same thing. That's just a fact. Steve. David Hodgson wrote: > > not the pure sound .... > > vinyl is not the pure sound - every piece of equipment you run thru changes > that sounds. When vinyl is made most of the low frequencies are rolled off - > and then inside your amp you'll have some frequency correction circuitry to > put the bass back - ever tried plugging a CD player into the phono ins on > your amp. The only pure sound is what you hear when instruments are being > played live. > Any form of recording adds it's own coloration to the picture > > You may like the sound of vinyl but please don't tell us it's the pure way > to listen to music cos that is garbage > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: steve [SMTP:xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 9:25 AM > > To: Idyllic Dreamers Movement > > Subject: Re: (idm) nu __ge[minidi]scom > > > > Not to mention that digital recording can NOT record and > > reproduce EVERY sound in the human range of hearing. Neil > > Young got out of his recording contract with Reprise because > > they MADE him record digitally (DDD). > > > > Your records may pop some, but if you take care of them, > > they will last as long as a CD. Plus, it's a lot easier > > to mix with vinyl. > > > > And don't complain about your 1200 not being top of > > the line! They're great pieces of equipment! > > > > Steve. > > > > robot wrote: > > > > > > David Hodgson wrote: > > > > > > > on the subject of minidisic > > > > what do other people think of the quality of Minidisc > > > > > > All compression is evil. Everyone should buy vinyl as their TOP > > > priority! Goddard once said that film was truth 24 frames per second. > > > Actually we all know that film could not possibly be TRUTH, and in fact > > > Goddard was commenting on how easy it is to lie with film. Digital > > > recording is the same! It can not possibly do music justice even if the > > > sampling rate is above our "comprehensable" rate and the bit depth is > > > "enough for us not to tell the difference"... It is still digitized and > > > therefore not the pure sound. If you add digital compression into the > > > picture this problem is ESCELATED! > > -- > > http://www.netwiz.net/~aleister/ > > xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx > > http://www.compare.net > > xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx -- http://www.netwiz.net/~aleister/ xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx http://www.compare.net xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx