James Jarvie wrote:
>
> > For that matter it may be
> > possible to restore the complete sound of Bach
> > playing the organ. But
> > why make it more difficult that it has to be.
>
> I somehow suspect that there are not alot of
> recordings extant of dear Johann playing the organ.
> More's the pity.
Of course there aren't. I was referring to an imaginary technology that
could enable one to trace back in time whatever resonances were created
by Bach, and then reconstruct the performance. Pure sci-fi, but not
impossible, I think.
> > I also notice a distinct decrease in quality when I
> > start to process the
> > ATRAC stuff with EQ or reverb or dynamic
> > compression, and the like.
>
> Why would you want to do that? I would want a
> recording to sound the way it was originally done.
See example in previous post of recording acoustic guitar. I don't just
use my MD for listening to my CDs or MP3s during my commute. I record
lots of other things which require mixing, sweetening and mastering.
> People today are so spoiled. Go back 15 years to the
> era of LPs and cassettes. Minidisc sure sounds like
> high quality to those of us who are old enough to have
> been music lovers in the pre-digital age. By the way,
> many of my favorite recordings never saw the light of
> day in the digital age. The music only exists on LP
> (or in some cases cassettes). The important thing is
> the music...not the technology!
I agree with the last sentence. (Incidentally, I cut my teeth on the
old Ampex 1/2 inch 4 tracks, when sync meant pushing play at the same
time, and if one deck got behind, you gently press on the reel of the
other deck to slow it down. Those were the days!) The important thing
is the music. And some of my favorite recordings are only on LP as
well, and some other of my favorites were recorded on an old Sony
Pressman style cassette recorder. The quality of the recording in no
way diminishes my enjoyment of the performance, but I would enjoy the
recordings even more, if they were of better quality.
What I'm really saying is, think about the future. If you are truly
concerned about capturing an acoustic event to save it for future use,
then it only makes sense to use the highest quality technology
available. Obviously that can't happen on every occasion, since there
are numerous tradeoffs that have to be made, which is why I still use my
MD to record certain things. MD can't be beat in some areas, so in that
sense it is the best technology available for the situation. But there
in the back of my mind is the thought that I'm short-changing the
recording.
-steve
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