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The '60s Hammond organ is a perfect example of an analog sound that musicians crave today.
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And without noise reduction, whether it's DBX, Dolby A, B, C or SR, it's unbelievably noisy. If I were to take a signal and record it at 120db, it would be massively distorted on analog tape, regardless of the machine used. But if I record that signal through high end digital convertors (Apogee, RADAR, Lynx, Metric Halo, etc.), that signal is clean and undistorted. When that signal is then mixed with other signals that are properly gain-staged, it's much easier to create a truer, cleaner, undistorted reproduction. |
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But that type of "analog" instrument isn't congruous with digital or analog recording. Choosing to mic up a Hammond organ is a matter of taste. |
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I have both vinyl pressings; the single LP put out in the 80's and the double 180-gran reissue that just came out.
I think the one from the 80's sounds better.
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Sometimes, guys overthink things. But, I'm sure that the remastered DVD sounds much better than the direct-to-digital transfer. Let's face it: 98%, a good old album on a great stereo is going to sound better, richer and deeper than the same CD. People are used to hearing harmonic distortion because it's pleasing to the ear. |
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the original 80's CD put out by CBS sounded like dogshit. the first remaster by Virgin in 1994 sounded GREAT. The one they put out recently, that had the bonus disc of outtakes...sounded worse than the one from the 80's. The bass is boomy and it's just LOUD - it's stripped of all dynamics. So glad that a lot of the records coming out have backed off from the 'hot mastering/loudness wars' trend. It's all fine with nû-metal or raps musics (music that generally lacks dynamic subtlety), but when they start doing all that with old analog music from the 60's and 70's, it changes the way the music actually sounds. Hell, the original Crowes CDs sounds way better than the Remasters that came out in that Box Set, and those were recorded within the past 25 years. That being said, the original Van Halen and Black Sabbath CDs sounded like DOGSHIT, and the remasters that Rhino put out are amazing. I'm pretty impressed with the care Rhino takes. And I definitely do like my Beatles Mono Remasters box set...
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There are very few people working professionally (especially those on deadlines) that aren't using digital emulations of analog organs and synths. As Trent Reznor put it "Arturia has made a Vintage Synth bundle that sounds exactly like the original, except it works flawlessly". |
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Hey, more power to Neil Young but I think it's a little silly considering the masses listen to music on their mobile devices with .5" speakers.
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The one hope that the "new" higher resolution 24 bit/whatever sampling rate download formats gives (other than potentially better quality end user material) is that they help the industry start trending away from the "loudness war" that has plauged it and subsequently the consumer for the past 20+ years. Anywho, back to what I was originally looking for: Has anyone downloaded the PONO music app? It looks like they require it for the hi-res music downloads on their site, but I'm not overly excited about another clunky music player on my machine. Unfortunately, their hi-res downloads cost approximately 10 to 20% less than HDTracks. I've been pretty satisfied with MusicBee as my player/organizer and MediaMonkey as my downloader. I don't really want to switch to a whole new operation with Pono just to save a couple of bucks on my hi-res downloads. Anybody using the Pono app that can offer an objective analysis of it's operations? Last edited by Saccopoo; 07-28-2015 at 11:36 AM.. |
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