One comment about the turntables thread. Like a few other members of the
IDM list, I often spin out ambient/IDMish sets. Well 9 times out of 10,
when you go to a party, something usually dance-centric, the only
equipment available is of the vinyl-reading variety. If you get 1 CD
player, you are lucky. So one of the important reasons to have vinyl is
so that electronic music can be spun out, along side of its dancier
counterparts.
There's also the issue concerning how much faster you can scan through a
track on vinyl as opposed to plastic.
I think it's important to have this music played in public so more people
can hear and appreciate it.
I know we weren't talking about whether records should not be produced
anymore, but no one mentioned this aspect (don't think).
And no, I don't think I can tell, nor can my speakers or stylus reveal
frequencies over 22 kHz, but sometimes you can hear that nice compression
on a record. And sometimes that squeeky-clean digital sound of a CD or DAT
is jaw-dropping.
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