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From:
Mike J. Brown
To:
Lazlo Nibble
Cc:
iDM List
Date:
Thu, 10 Mar 94 18:19:16 EST
Subject:
Re: SAWII Brown vinyl pressing quality...
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<199403102319.SAA23400@beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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quoted 6 lines I can't imagine trying to mix truly ambient music on vinyl. Snap crackle> > I can't imagine trying to mix truly ambient music on vinyl. Snap crackle > > pop would totally destroy the effect. > > As Pete pointed out, any surface noise rapidly becomes part of the atmosphere > of the mix. Unless you've got a serious scratch (*pop*...*pop*...*pop*) it > blends into the background pretty quickly.
If you're listening to only one record at a time, sure... But when you get several things going at once, say, the Star Wars Story album on deck 1, breathing/sucking noises on deck 2, drony stuff on deck 3, and beatsy stuff on deck 4, all those pops add up! :) Mike (who doesn't mind the pops anyway) Mike J. Brown _ ___ ______________Approach and Identify ............................................................................... Ambient Music Survey: FTP or Gopher techno.stanford.edu. Contributions needed!