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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Hi Atmasphere, I certainly hear that! ;-} Nothing like approaching the lead-out and someone makes a clam. Good luck with the project. I bet it's wonderful. Best regards, Barry www.soundkeeperrecordings.com www.soundkeeperrecordings.wordpress.com www.barrydiamentaudio.com
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Hi Andre, Sure, sounds great! Just point those folks to this page and the rest of the Soundkeeper site. I'm always on the lookout for artists and love all kinds of music. Assuming an artist's music moves me, it is really a matter of whether or not they are up to what I call "recording...
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Hi Atmasphere, Sounds like a cool project to me! Best regards, Barry www.soundkeeperrecordings.com www.soundkeeperrecordings.wordpress.com www.barrydiamentaudio.com
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    :D A purist for sure! Thank you. My experience in recording, mixing and mastering (for vinyl, then CD) has taught me that at least 90-95% of a recording's ultimate sonic quality has already been determined by the time the signals are leaving the mics. (They haven't even entered the mic cables...
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Hi Andre, Almost all of the multitrack and mixed recordings I see coming in are done at 24/44. Higher rates are not used simply because most systems will choke at higher rates with the number of tracks used in a typical mix. Hopefully, this will change in not too long but still, in my view...
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Hi Andre, Interesting that some find the treble "soft". I would describe it as "hard". But then, every hears things differently from everyone else. What I find amazing are those times when folks hear things the same way. Of course, this does happen but in my experience, it doesn't happen as...
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Hi Andre, Engineers will often choose certain microphones (or other gear, including recorders or even formats) for the colorations they add. My own preference is to avoid coloration (bad or good) and try to let the sound of the event itself determine what is heard on playback. DSD? I know...
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Hi Sam, Thank you. Like the rest of the recording, it was accomplished with no pan pots and no faders! It was simply a capture --in real stereo-- of what the band did. ;-} Best regards, Barry www.soundkeeperrecordings.com www.soundkeeperrecordings.wordpress.com www.barrydiamentaudio.com
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Hi Andre, Thank you for your kindness. To answer your question, I would have in the past but not since I heard what the ULN-8 can do at 24/192. It is the first recording device (and the *only* one so far) in my experience that delivers results I have not yet been able to discern from...
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Thanks Ronm1, There's a bit more about the project in a recent blog entry. Best regards, Barry www.soundkeeperrecordings.com www.soundkeeperrecordings.wordpress.com www.barrydiamentaudio.com
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    A peek behind the scenes at a recording session

    Hi all, Been a busy year and I haven't posted in quite a while. I recently did a few recording sessions for which we shot some video, hoping folks would find a behind-the-scenes view of the sessions of interest. The middle of the video features a short "tour" of the recording gear I used...
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    Early Stereo

    Hi Myles, With a very directional pickup combined with what *appears* to be parallel aim, I'd say this is not stereo (i.e. coherent) but in fact, dual mono (like most commercial releases ;-}). Best regards, Barry www.soundkeeperrecordings.com www.soundkeeperrecordings.wordpress.com...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi LL21, Understood. In my opinion, that is the mastering, not the word length. Again, doing all intermediate processing at longer word length than the target is just good audio engineering practice. But in my experience, the engineer always makes a bigger difference than the hardware or...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi Tim, There is room below the "cassette". Don't forget 8-tracks! We need something to liken data-reduced digital formats to. ;-} Best regards, Barry www.soundkeeperrecordings.com www.soundkeeperrecordings.wordpress.com (The Soundkeeper Blog) www.barrydiamentaudio.com P.S...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi LL21, Actually, what I was referring to was CDs made from original recordings that were done at high resolution, such as a 24-bit, 192k original recording. The term "24-bit mastering" (or "24-bit remastering") is more than a little bit misleading because it implies something unusual...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi LL21, Thank you. I hope you hear something(s) there that interest you. Unfortunately, all too much of what is sold as "high res" turns out to be plain old Redbook stuffed into a high-res "package" (i.e. upsampled and the low-order bits padded with zeros). Sometimes, a different mastering...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi microstrip, Thank you. Regarding 24/96, with the understanding that I can only report on how *I* hear it (and the further understanding that some poor folks will still get their knickers all twisted up as a result), I think 24/96 can be better than cassette. ;-} Okay, seriously: To my...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi mep, To be clear, I did not say 16-bit/CD is the audio equivalent of cassette. (I didn't say it because I don't believe it.) I was declaring *my perception* of the rank of each within the digital and analog realms, respectively. I see both as compromised formats at best. They *can* sound...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi rbbert, Actually, in my world it would be more like LP > analog reel tape > CD but properly done 24/192 (not so common) beats them all. To my ears, recording to lacquer disc (even a pressing from said lacquer) is more faithful to the input than any analog tape. As far as my comment...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi mep, Perhaps a bit hard on the old cassette. ;-} However, I prefer a deck that uses a standard playback EQ curve rather than those that hype up the top end (and compensate only with their own record EQ -- fine for tapes they recorded, painful --to my ears-- for tapes recorded elsewhere)...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi Tim, If that's how you hear it, that's how you hear it. No problem. Again, most folks complain that they sound "dull" or "too bassy" but one person's bass might be another's mid-bass... or something. ;-} Could I do them better today? I have no doubt. At the time, did I do them to the...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi Myles, At the time, the 1630, especially when equipped with Apogee's retrofit filters, was the state of the digital art in terms of mastering. For a long time, it was the only game in town. As one of the first engineers to master for CD, my opinion was always that digital was a step down...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Hi Tim, Not sure if your questions are addressed to me. As to your second question, I have my opinion. I'll keep one to myself. Since I was the mastering engineer for the other, I'll talk about that one. I'm referring to the first Zep CDs. Outside of the fourth album ("Zoso") which was...
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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

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    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Ain't no such thing as RIAA EQ'd tapes, master or otherwise. RIAA EQ is applied to the cutter head coils. What many appear to be confusing is the use of so-called "EQ'd limited copies" as the source tapes for many (but certainly not all) early CDs. Some background: When a lacquer is created...
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    Mastering engineer says the LP is the most accessible high-resolution music format

    Hi tomelex, We may be using different terms to describe the same thing. Or just looking at the same thing from different points of view. Or we may just have different preferences in how we choose to listen. Speakers don't exist in nature but neither do headphones. What *does* exist in...
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    Mastering engineer says the LP is the most accessible high-resolution music format

    Hi tomelex, I believe what you are referring to is the crosstalk in a typical stereo speaker setup, where the left ear hears the right speaker signal and right ear hears the left speaker signal. I know of one acquaintance who has used an absorbent wall running from a point between the...
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    Mastering engineer says the LP is the most accessible high-resolution music format

    Hi tomelex, I have a different perspective. Stereo is found all over nature. Start with you and I (and the other folks here). It is precisely via our stereo hearing -- nothing *other* than a product of nature -- that we can localize sounds. Try it with one ear covered -- just doesn't work...
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    Forgiving or resolving?

    Hi microstrip, Perhaps you took my post to suggest the recording is important and the system is not. If so, then I apologize for not being more clear. I would never consider the playback system an "accessory". Without it, there would be no point in the recording system or the recording...

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