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From:
Andrei
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activity@activaire
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Date:
Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:38:39 -0400
Subject:
Re: [idm] live is always great
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On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, activity@activaire wrote:
quoted 4 lines Electronic music always sounds better "live" because it is closer to its> Electronic music always sounds better "live" because it is closer to its > original source. Each time a sounds is processed, re-recorded, or dubbed, it > loses something. So even though the records are produced well, the sounds > coming directly from the lap-top are more pure.
Huh ? You find that a laptop going through a shitty and usually distorted sound system (which is the case the majority of the time) sounds more "pure" then a mastered DAT or aiff/wav files directly transfered to a CD and played over a decent stereo system ? And I'm curious about what an aiff/wav file loses when it's "processed, re-recorded, or dubbed" since at least 2 of those things will no doubt be done digitally ? What the hell does "pure" mean anyway when you're dealing with digitally manipulated sound ? Andrei --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org