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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: a record was constantly loud |
| Date | Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:56:40 -0600 |
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At 07:35 PM 12/23/2004 -0500, Jaimie Vernon wrote:
>The two albums are now 5 to 7db's LOUDER than originally released......and
>now you can actually hear what the act had intended. Previous attempts by
>other labels left the play back exceptionally quite causing the listener to
>add their own unintentional 'hiss' by virtue of just having to crank up the
>volume
To make a good sounding master tape sound like a vinyl recording is dumb. Im
not against adding any extra EQ or a little compression. I've done it many
times to my own mix SOTT CD's to make the vinyl dubs match the volume
alongside
the digtal recordings. It all depends on the recording.
>And sorry to all you AM radio nostalgia listeners, but the format was crap.
>AM was broadcast in mono and the faux mono mixes on vinyl are a far cry from
>what most artists, producers and labels intended for the songs (Beach Boys
>and Phil Spector excepted). (bla blah blahedit)
Which is true, but most oldies artists still dont have any control over thier
catalog is mastered and repackaged. I remember Jan Berry in an inteview a few
years ago trashing the way EMI remixed his 60's hits.
>I listen to material on AM radio now and it's quite disappointing having
>listened to FM in STEREO for the better part of two decades. Maybe it's just
>me, but I prefer my music to be in hi fidelity. Something AM radio could
>never claim or aspire to. It was cute and exciting when I was 9 years old
>and had my little earplug rocking on to the hits of Wolfman Jack. But,
>c'mon....it sounded like tinny, bodiless, mono lo-fi.
I can understand why most under 35 yr olds wont listen to AM. AM radio is
obsolete technology and unless theres a successful way to digitally clean up
the noise (IBOC isnt great, trashes the analog signal, but its a start) I
doubt
most low watt AM stations will be around in 10-to-30 years.
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