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| From | ronald and karen sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: Pro Tools (for dumb fools), my #$@! |
| Date | Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:54:09 -0700 |
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hey, you can come over and record on my little analog deck any time...love
it...hahhahhahahh
rs
MCGaudio@aol.com wrote:
> Ryan Williams <ryan@headphonetreats.com> wrote:
>
> ProTools, like any lossless digital format, has no *sound*.
> It is entirely transparent. The quality of the Analog to Digital
> converter is the only variable factor, and in this day and age most are
> quite good.
>
> Of course it has a sound. Any digital process where you are affecting the
> sound in any way (volume, eq, effects, so on) is recalculating and
> reapproximating the analog equivalent of the sound any time you change anything. The
> different algorithms that may be being used will calculate your new stepped waveform
> in different manners, which all have a unique sound (although you may or may
> not be able to detect it.) And of course since you are using a stepped
> waveform to approximate a linear one, it is by definition a lossy format. It's only
> lossless in terms of if you make a digital copy in the same format, you
> (theoretically) end up with the same exact stepped waveform.
>
> None of which makes it bad. It's the use of it to suck the life out of music
> that can make it bad (such as comping 40 vocal tracks to make one lead vocal
> track, or tweaking the timing of cymbal hits until all the drummer's
> personality is gone.) Lots of great records have been made using hard disk recording. A
> great artist can make a brilliant record on any format.
>
> Mark
>
> np: Hawkwind - Space Ritual (likely not recorded with Pro Tools)
-- Ronald Sanchez
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