On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:06:34 +0100 (BST), you wrote:
quoted 17 lines Hi greg,>Hi greg,
>
>> alas what the irdial essay failed to point out is that virtually all
>> electronic music (if not virtually all music) is mastered from DAT so
>> at best on vinyl you get a slightly mushed up 44KHz sample rate...
>
>yes, thats a good point. but akin *did* swing towards
>completely analog recording in a later essay. He urges
>us to use tape wherever possible, right up to the cutting
>of the disk. I feel that's impractical (and noisy), so i
>use a mix of analog and digital in my mixes, when possible.
>probably most artists concerned about "warmth" in their
>finished recordings, do so too. In short, i don't believe
>the 96khz DVDs will be as good as yer all singing, all
>dancing analog setup. that it will probably fit in a
>suitcase, rather than a whole room, is about the only
>thing i can see going for it. :)
yeah. all analogue mastering is fine but expensive and impractical.
we've got this huge stack of ampex red snapper masters/demo here for
instance and it's like a 6ft high stack - totally awkward - it all
gets compiled to dat anyway.
quoted 1 line will it make 44khz records sound old and jaded ??>will it make 44khz records sound old and jaded ??
probably, i think the 24bit dynamic range of DVD will blow people
away. i've heard reports...
quoted 1 line grin, people might have to 'upgrade' their CD collections.>grin, people might have to 'upgrade' their CD collections.
that'd be awful :)
quoted 4 lines stuart is right though, it *is* an imperfect recording>stuart is right though, it *is* an imperfect recording
>medium. Listen to records made before the advent of DAT,
>and those made (or mastered) afterwards. I don't have
>the "worlds best ears", but I can spot the difference.
hmm. well i've always agreed with the analogue argue in theory but in
practice...
quoted 11 lines why has the industry done this?>why has the industry done this?
>is it a "cost thing"? you can
>get 4 CD's into the same box as
>1 LP? making them cheaper to
>produce and ship? or what?
>
>soundwise, it sucks.
>
>you're a man "on the inside", please let us know.
>for instance, are warp pressing as much vinyl as
>they used to ??
erm, about the same i think. probably fairly stable numbers at the
moment, but there is a long term downward trend.
quoted 2 lines or have you switched over to>or have you switched over to
>primarily CD's ??
we always sell between 5 and 10 times as many cds as vinyl copies (for
an album that is). we don't sell any vinyl in japan and very little in
the usa.
quoted 1 line is this due to public demand ??>is this due to public demand ??
aboslutely. we make both formats available and people buy the cds.
that's it.
quoted 2 lines or the "financially viable" option ?? Not enquiring>or the "financially viable" option ?? Not enquiring
>about sales, figures, etc...merely curious.
CD's do have a greater margin on them. but we don't favour CD or vinyl
we do both. CD's favour the artist in terms of royalites too :)
quoted 4 lines I feel (a bit) cheated when i buy a CD. LP's used>I feel (a bit) cheated when i buy a CD. LP's used
>to be chunky, special, and full of bonus goodies.
>oh, *AND* you can roll a joint on them. 12" vinyl
>is still my prefered medium.
well yes. i always feel cheated by CD artwork and just the sheer
plastic *feel* of it. but then my spanners CD still sounds super shit
hot and my spanners vinyl is (unavoidably) crackly and dusty :(
might i add that some CD players sound much better than others. my new
sony CDP-XE510 for instance has far more weight, warmth and resolution
than the last shitty thing i had. it cost about 150 quid or something.
to get a similar sound from vinyl you'd have to spend upwards of 1500
quid.
g.