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Q(uestion). What is the difference between the various types of
record in computing, a paper record, and the kind of record that
would be sold in the shop?
The pop record is a flat vinyl disk containing spiral grooves
which a mechanical arm ("needle") follows to convert the
movements from analogue to audible (via an amplifier of some
sort).
Does not the same hold true of a rock record or a jazz record?
Do you remember Bull Moose Jackson's ribald:
Then she starts to craving for my big ten-inch...
Record of the band that play the blues!
The disk can also be made of shellac, which, although noisier, has
its advantages.
The disk can also be made of shellac, which, although
noisier, has its advantages.
It could also be made of platinum which was used when pressing
records, but both types are very rare these days!
disks do not deteriorate over time (but because of wear) and
usually contain a more direct and transparent presentation of the
sound that was heard in the studio, because tapes were often heavily
abused during mastering and mixing.
I never knew whether those platinum disks, awarded to musicians,
were really playable on the turn-table. If they are, it is new
source for the remasterers of old records: bettern than both
deteriorated tape and worn-out vinyl...
The movie "Two sisters from Boston" has a good enactment of the
natural recording process, but somebody has removed it from Youtube.
disks do not deteriorate over time (but because of wear) and
usually contain a more direct and transparent presentation of
the sound that was heard in the studio, because tapes were
often heavily abused during mastering and mixing.
Quite correct, although it was possible (and done!) to abuse the
recording process long before it got to disk!
Quite correct, although it was possible (and done!) to abuse the
recording process long before it got to disk!
In the chest of singer, at the finger tips of the musiscian?
The first thing John Jackson did was to ask some friends who owned*daisy-wheel* attached'.
their own computers about what sort of computer to get. The first
person he talked to summarized it by saying:
'You need at least 2Gb of RAM with *twin USB-drives* and
*laser-printer* with associated software'. A second friend said:
'What you need is a *64-bit* machine with *VDU*, *hard-drive* and
At this point John went awaynpt undestanding a word, and almost gave uphope.
TASK. Explain each of the *emphasized* words above in simple
language in a sentence, to show the meaning of each.
In the chest of singer, at the finger tips of the musiscian?
More often at the fingers of a clumsy audio technician.
There, too. But with direct-to-disk recording with no
post-processing and fewer variables and adjustments, the whole
process was simpler and more transparent. The noble art of
microphone and musician placement served intead of polymicrophone techniques with close-miking, and downmixing from 64 channels :-)
It could also be made of platinum which was used when pressing
records, but both types are very rare these days!
One of the best recordings I ever heard (and I don't remember any
of the details now)
was a symphony orchestra recorded with a single microphone
hanging centrally from the ceiling. It shouldn't have had any
stereo effect but it certainly did!
It could also be made of platinum which was used when
pressing records, but both types are very rare these days!
I checked with my friend who told me that he thought they might
survive one or two playings but the coating is actually quite
thin and soft - not designed to be playable
Then it is better to use them for pressing a fresh record, and
remaster from that. Some hi-tech non-destuctive techniques exists,
such as a laser-scanning turntabel or some more expensive 3d
scannanning. But the results are no good.
No stereo there, but you don't need stereo to have a feeling of
space. Reverbertaion is much more important and may very well
register on a monophonic recording. The only remotely natural
stereo techniques are those employing two microphones and based on
phase difference (A-B, SASS) rather than loundness difference (X-Y).
Deplorably, very little of modern music is produced in tolerable
stereo.
Deplorably, very little of modern music is produced in
tolerable stereo.
Why bother with stereo in order to hear 2 or 3 guitars and a drum
kit? :-)
Yes. One of the best recordings I ever heard (and I don't
remember any of the details now) was a symphony orchestra
recorded with a single microphone hanging centrally from the
ceiling. It shouldn't have had any stereo effect but it
certainly did!
DH> Yes. One of the best recordings I ever heard (and I don't
DH> remember any of the details now) was a symphony orchestra
DH> recorded with a single microphone hanging centrally from the
DH> ceiling. It shouldn't have had any stereo effect but it
DH> certainly did!
Can't they add those effects later?
I believe that's the same technique that was accomplished from
the original mono recordings by the Beatles.
The major drawback of any stereo is the loss of defintion on
account of "cross signals" -- from right speaker to left ear and
vice versa.
Can't they add those effects later? I believe that's the same
technique that was accomplished from the original mono recordings by
the Beatles.
Dallas!Can't they add those effects later? I believe that's the same
technique that was accomplished from the original mono recordings
by the Beatles.
It's just not the same as actually recording that way. Of course,
going to the other extreme (as is sometimes done) you have 1 mike per player and then you can have all sorts of fun in the mix! :-)
1 headphone (left side of head) of 2 headphones for Two pupils?
Of course, going to the other extreme (as is sometimes done)
you have 1 mike per player and then you can have all sorts of fun
in the mix! :-)
Why bother with stereo in order to hear 2 or 3 guitars and a drum
kit?
The major drawback of any stereo is the loss of defintion on
account of "cross signals" -- from right speaker to left ear
and vice versa.
Which is why I use headphones for really critical listening! :-)
One mike per player is nothing! How many mikes do your see installed
on a typical drum set? This polymicrohone technique suffres from
bleeding (of the singnal to other mikes), phrase problems, the
playing of each instrument in its own (often artificial) acoustic
space, and the inablity to employ true (time-based) stereo, a
result that is completely and the sound engineer's disposal.
Good headphones are indeed indispensible for critical listening
from the the technical, sound engineering, point of view (or
hearing?), but I never get either the visceral or the spiritual
effect that a good loudspeaker has to offer!
Even the legendary Mercury Living Presnence relied upon three
"Voice of Theatre" loudpeakers, because they recorded with three micropones.
Good headphones are indeed indispensible for critical
listening from the the technical, sound engineering, point of
view (or hearing?), but I never get either the visceral or
the spiritual effect that a good loudspeaker has to offer!
True! And the same order of magnitude applies between speakers
and live music!
Even the legendary Mercury Living Presnence relied upon three
"Voice of Theatre" loudpeakers, because they recorded with
three micropones.
My platinum owning friend uses speakers for most of his recording
work (he has his own studio in the basement and does a lot of
small group recording).
True! And the same order of magnitude applies between speakers
and live music!
If not higher
What is basement and in which basementen, Dallas?Good headphones are indeed indispensible for critical listening
from the the technical, sound engineering, point of view (or
hearing?), but I never get either the visceral or the spiritual
effect that a good loudspeaker has to offer!
True! And the same order of magnitude applies between speakers and
live music!
Even the legendary Mercury Living Presnence relied upon three
"Voice of Theatre" loudpeakers, because they recorded with three
micropones.
My platinum owning friend uses speakers for most of his recording work
(he has his own studio in the basement and does a lot of small group
Has he a SoundCloud account? (pardon my impudence).
If not higher
Or should I have written: "If not a higher one," where `one' stands
for `order'?
My platinum owning friend uses speakers for most of his recording work
(he has his own studio in the basement and does a lot of small group
What is basement and in which basementen, Dallas?
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