[sdiy] can you really *not* hear the difference? (was: Frequency Counter Software)

[cheater cheater]

Oh, I'll say it again, I've never said lo-fi was bad.
But hi-fi isn't bad either.
You could use that for some things... e.g. putting a very high quality
violin sample through a LPF... which would actually *not* break the
sound, just.... low-pass-filter it. Know what I mean?
It's like having this sample recorded on a $10/meter mic cable or on a
$10/spool cable.

Sometimes you want the post-production to be hi-fi.
(actually, I'd say you want that most of the time 8P )

cheers,
D.

On 10/12/05, Dave Kendall <davekendall at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> There is an important difference between sound generation, and sound
> recording/reproduction.
>
> Use whatever quality stuff you need to make the sounds you want to hear, and
> then record/monitor on the best gear you can get, that degrades the results
> the least.
> (Unless that's part of the effect you want - e.g. tape compression effects.)
>
> We wouldn't have rock music as we know it, if someone hadn't decided that
> the sound of an amplifier not being able to cope wasn't, in the right
> circumstances, actually quite a cool sound.
>
> (Mind you, some might say we should go back in time, find this guy, and
> shoot him, but I guess it's horses for courses :-)
>
> Dave.
>
> on 11/10/05 22:22, cheater cheater at cheater00 at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Hi Andre!
> >
> > On 10/11/05, Andre Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr> wrote:
> >> On 2005-10-11 20:44 +0200, cheater cheater wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is it only me or does the synth-diy scene kinda force itself
> >>> to make crappily sounding things?
> >>
> >> Some of us can hear the difference and *like* it lo-fi.
> >>
> >
> > well of course. I'm not saying lo-fi is bad. I'm saying no hi-fi is bad.
> >
> >> Take Jürgen's PS-3200 clone for instance. To me, it's one of the
> >> best sounding synths I've ever heard. It must also be one of the
> >> worst in terms of specs as it's designed to be cheap
> >> (single-transistor VCAs). I'm willing to bet this is not a
> >> coincidence.
> >>
> >
> > People do the same while taking $400 for a single module.
> > feels like a cheapskate rip-off to me...
> >
> > cheers,
> > D. 8)
> >
>
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