[NSRCA-discussion] Gov'ment Job.......was: Re: Off topic

[Gray E Fowler]

Digital distortion is an absolute disaster, but is so easy to prevent, 
unlike analog which can creep up to clip.

Jimmy Page "remastered" all the Led Zep  1/2 track tapes for CD box set 
release. The reason is that in the analog days, the 1/2 track would be 
equalized knowing that the record pressing would loose and add certain 
frequencies. Digital acurrately reproduces. This has made recording much 
easier and cheaper. No longer is a chain of experts required to get a song 
from A to Z, even then it would change alot. I have help my musician 
buddies, still dumb enough to be in the business, record and release all 
digital "home" recordings that equal studio quality-and the performances 
and superior because there is no money clock ticking at $175/hour. 
Recording was like talking to a lawyer...get to the point at $175/hr!!!!! 

Anyone care why I have a tube amp guitar amplifier, but hate tube amp 
PA/stereo amps?



"Digital done well is great. Digital done poorly is really bad. I have 
three versions of Dave Brubeck's "Time Out" . . .   an original vinyl LP, 
an early digital release, and a later "Audiophile" digital release. The 
original LP sounds good, the early digital is bad. I assume whomever 
transferred the original analog to digital had the volume set real low to 
avoid clipping, then digitally "amplified" the data.  The result is hard 
to describe, but the "digital distortion" is most noticible on the 
persussion.  The later digital version sounds better than the LP.
 
Bob Kane
getterflash at yahoo.com "



Gray Fowler
Senior Principal Chemical Engineer
Radomes and Specialty Apertures
Technical Staff Composites Engineering
Raytheon
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