[sdiy] Nifty Slider/Fader alert

[Richard Wentk]

At 20:45 05/06/2004 +0200, Rude 66 wrote:
> > Where I'm sorry I no longer have the titles from my collection on vinyl...
>I'm not
> > sorry to miss
> > the hiss, wow, pop, and skip of vinyl.
>
>that is still the biggest misconception of vinyl ever. yes, a lot of old
>vinyl sounds crappy. but if you have a decent turntable with needles, the
>vinyl you buy today is of superior quality to the old pressings.

Sure. And a DVD-A master created with the absolute top end gear - including 
Pultec EQs, or whatever you want - will sound just as good, if not 
significantly better.

>even though
>they still use the old technology, they develop as well. today they have
>crackle-free coloured vinyl, for example. if maintained well and played with
>decent needles, it should last a crackle-free lifetime.
>
>we've compared the masters on our vynalogica label with the vinyl release.
>the cd was cut to vinyl with a neumann machine, pultec eq's, etc. the vinyl
>sounds much better, warmer and fuller than the original cd master.. in the
>right hands this equipment can really make a difference.

Yes, but that's using vinyl as a special effect.

Hell, if you like the sound so much why not cut to vinyl, record off that 
and use that as the CD master? ;)

The bottom line is that analogue has a *sound.* A lot of people like it. 
*I* like it. But what it isn't is a neutral delivery medium, or one without 
obvious deficiencies - timbral neutrality and dynamic range being two of 
the most obvious.

>also all kraftwerk vinyl is repressed again for all you old timers..;-)

I always thought they sounded repressed anyway. :-)

Richard