quoted 35 lines I hate to contribute to this CD vs. vinyl debate, but I should point out>>I hate to contribute to this CD vs. vinyl debate, but I should point out
>>that your reasoning's a bit off. People are still playing records that
>>were made in the '30s. I read in several places (WIRED and the Dead Media
>>list, among others) that the expected lifespan of CDs is fairly short (the
>>info's stored on aluminum, after all). Sure, you could make MP3s of the
>>CDs, but then you're left with gigs of muddy-sounding music that you have
>>to repeatedly copy from computer to computer and back-up (all the while
>>hoping MP3-playing software isn't non-existent thirty years from now.)
>
> sure, but that doesn't have any real relevance to things pressed now,
> especially since the quality of vinyl is different. similarly, there are a
> lot of records from the 30's that are essentially non-existant due to
> wear. plastic vs. aluminum.. hmm..
>
> either way, i don't know of much electronic music that doesn't hit a
> non-analog form before it's pressed to vinyl. perhaps music made solely on
> analog equipment (ugh, 303's and 808's), instruments, and tape would
> benefit from an "analog" recording medium, but most people, both on this
> list and off of it, don't prefer that in new music. a 12" slab o' wax
> filled with DSP is sort of hilarious :)
>
> and there is an infinite amount of music in an infinite amount of ways in
> an infinite number of frequencies. it's just a matter of what you want to
> listen to, and what you choose to ignore.
>
> and the point brought up where this has been talked about to death isn't to
> stifle conversation, it's to prove that such conversations are moot, since
> it does boil down to personal preference. some people turn their bass knob
> all the way up, some people turn the treble knob all the way up. they
> could still be listening to autechre, but they're different songs at that
> point.
>
> cheers,
> /derek
>
anything that you listen to is turned into an analog signal... whatever
dsp trickery you do on your computer then bounce down to a 2 track stereo
mix included...so if you ran that mix out your computer and onto an analog 2
track machine it becomes an analog wave. meaning you could fatten up the
wave on analog tape for mixdown....any signal could benefit from this. just
because it was created by digital oscilators or software on your computer or
whatever doesn't mean it is listened to in a digital domain...i have no D to
A converter in my head.
I gues all I'm saying is if you convert to analog in your recording process
you might as well run it off to analog tape if possible because your purely
digital creations will be another analog wave like anything else and will
benefit from analog tape.
steve