From sm Sent Wed, Dec 24th 1997, 00:11
From sm Sent Wed, Dec 24th 1997, 00:11
written by lwtcdi <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx> >Yeah, but let's face it, it sounds like pure pap at 33rpm! The 'correct' >speed is obviously 45rpm, so I wish the artist/label would cut the >bullshit and stop pretending that Tom J knew what it was going to sound >like at 33rpm when he made it 45rpm. seem to be playing email ping pong, graham; it's all down to the physical cutting of the record point is an artist does NOT 'make' material at 33 or 45 rpm, what speed a record twirls round at is the result of a decision made at the cutting stage depending on the desired finished sound quality and number of tracks on the project, the original thang as recorded by the artist & mastered on DAT / whatever would *sound the same* pressed @ 45 or 33 optimum is obtained with minimum of grooves on maximum space a rough standard guide for superior reproduction [used by pressing plants] of 12" vinyl, [talking about singles *not* albums] is [max] 9 minutes per side @ 45 rpm and 14 minutes per side @ 33 to state the obvious the more tracks you cram onto a slice of 12" vinyl, the greater deterioration in both loudness, tone & dynamics you can of course cut both sides at different speeds, or different tracks on the same side at different speeds [hello U/R;] [s]m] http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/mfr "the experimental is now the conventional.the conventional is now the experimental"