On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 5:15:30 AM UTC-5, Phil Allison wrote:
JackA wrote:
It's pretty obvious,
** Famous last words from a fool ....
mechanical apparatus that had to "cut" and "play" vinyl records was
not capable of reproducing the large amplitude peaks of recorded audio.
** That IS fascinating.
I expect you have never heard a "direct cut" LP from the 70s and early 80s. Made prior to CDs and were the highest quality recordings available to the public.
The dynamic range was huge, background noise negligible and sound quality a revelation - mainly because there was no ****ing tape involved.
Sheffield Labs were one of the main players and this LP was big hit for them:
https://vinyl-west.de/catalog/49865/...es-version.jpg
You might say they naturally trimmed the peaks resulting in greater
loudness...
** Only a know nothing fool would say that.
Oh my god - look who just did...
.... Phil
Phil, as you know, I enjoy hearing studio talk/chatter of popular songs. In the beginning, a lot of material was recorded "live". This yielded the optimum sound quality, since no later overdubbing was needed. HOWEVER, imagine the cost paying an entire orchestra to play the same song, sometimes over 20 Takes! Direct to Disc was even worse, since those had to be rehearsed and rehearsed, until an engineer was satisfied with crossed fingers.
Take for example Nice 'n Easy, a Mr. Sinatra album, '61 I believe, Mobile Fidelity was quick to offer it (CD), since it was a live, studio recorded album. Heck, even outtakes sounded impressive!
Jack