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| From | Ralph Alfonso <ralph@nettwerk.com> |
| Subject | lp speed vs cd speed |
| Date | Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:36:44 -0800 |
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>Wow, I'm really surprised someone actually reissued the Strand LP. Who is
>this person in Spain that did that, and how did they track down the band
>members or original label in order to put it out? In any event, I have a
>question. I compared the MP3 samples from Not Lame to the transfer I made
>from a copy of the LP, and immediately noticed a small but significant speed
>difference. I've seen this problem happen to other reissues, where they
>somehow got the speed wrong on the CD. But theoretically it could be my
>problem, although I usually am very careful to check the speed every time I
>play an LP. Unfortunately, I no longer have the LP to check against. So I'm
>curious if it's possible for people to tell, simply by listening to the slower
>and faster versions, which one sound more correct. Anyone want to give me
>their opinion, based on the MP3s at the following web page:
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actually, I just went through all this with my upcoming katrina & the
waves reissues
where the vinyl was faster than the master tapes... apparently, it
was not uncommon
at the lacquering/mastering stage to speed up masters slightly for
extra oomph....
what does a re-issuer do? we matched the vinyl speed since that's
what we were all
used to hearing...
so, a word to the wise.... best to compare the analog masters to the
vinyl for speed
and mastering issues... especially if no mastering notes/tones are on
the tape box...
i am also finding that, from talking to various re-issue engineers...
in a lot of cases,
it's actually better to transfer from vinyl for an exact re-issue...
very interesting...
so, sometimes, actually getting a master tape is not really better.... weird...
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