In our previous episode, Skye Merlin Poier said:
> Well, it seems to be RJ's signature. From what I hear, he records his songs
> once, then takes the DAT and plays it for all his friends around town, then
> fires it off to Warp or whatnot. I suppose the masters take some abuse and a
> less than pristine when they arrive (although, it does give the mu-ziq mix a
> strange, faded, worn-in-a-good-way sound... its odd, sure enough)
It's not DAT noise--if the tape was worn and the error correction chip
couldn't handle it, it would just drop out. It sounds like it was
recorded on analog equipment (probably the case for early stuff)
or introduced intentionally (sounds likely for ON). Someone else
mentioned DAT noise on Analogue Bubblebath 3. It does indeed sound
like the 'chainsaw' noise you get when your heads are dirty, but it
could have been wire connections, or, again, intentional. Now, the
noise you get on the vinyl copy sounds like a cheap record label...
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Brian
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