Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-28 Thread Roger Tricker
I thought that what was meant was that a recording was made on a, near tonally identical, piano and compared with the original. Then, as the piano sound was deemed to be near identical, the extra 'noise' could seen and removed. The new piano sound can then be discarded leaving the original

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-28 Thread Owen Smith
You'd need to record this new reference piano in the same recording venue, with the same furnishings (curtains, seats etc.) and a similar sized and potentially attired audience if one was present for the original recording. Otherwise you're making it sound like the same manufacturer's piano

RE: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-28 Thread C E Macfarlane
Yes, I was quite shocked by that part of the program ... My reaction was more practical, but heading in the same direction. I thought Well a Steinway sounds different to a Fazioli, and the same piano sounds different when played in the RFH than in Wigmore Hall. :-) Quite, and

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-28 Thread michael norman
I am not so forgiving. It sounded like good-old-fashioned-British arrogance to me! The point is that by removing clicks, rumble, etc he is merely restoring the recording to as pristine condition as can reasonably be done given that the original recording is damaged by such artifacts and is

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-27 Thread Jim web
In article CA+L9Mav+WTCNAAL+d6RVJ7+cT+ndXg3V4F+=xaobvqz6gzj...@mail.gmail.com, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: Although this discussion is largely closed I just wanted to draw attention to this show on R4 that investigates the whole art of remastering

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-27 Thread michael norman
On 27/04/15 09:25, Jim web wrote: In article CA+L9Mav+WTCNAAL+d6RVJ7+cT+ndXg3V4F+=xaobvqz6gzj...@mail.gmail.com, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: Although this discussion is largely closed I just wanted to draw attention to this show on R4 that investigates the whole art of remastering

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-27 Thread Kevin Lynch
I finally listened to the programme earlier today. It was really interesting. They had spoken with a three remixing engineers working in different genres. There appears to more latitude with are remixing early twentieth century music, as the microphones and recording techniques at the time were so

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-27 Thread Jim web
In article ca+l9matp2wjhyypwshx1kvr3mufdpkyn4dljfhfjzdput-b...@mail.gmail.com, Kevin Lynch klyn...@gmail.com wrote: ...He can see the Frequency response on his Digital Audio Workstation and he's happy to replace the tonal characteristics as he knows what it would have sounded like then. I

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-26 Thread Roger Tricker
Thanks for the link, Very interesting. Roger -Original Message- From: Kevin Lynch Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 6:37 PM Cc: get_iplayer Subject: Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic Although this discussion is largely closed I just wanted to draw attention

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-26 Thread Kevin Lynch
Although this discussion is largely closed I just wanted to draw attention to this show on R4 that investigates the whole art of remastering http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s3h40 I have not listened to it yet but it's in my queue Synopsis below Kevin Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores digital

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-20 Thread Kevin Lynch
When people talk about music/audio quality there can be a tendency towards group think. I just wanted to open up the discussion to the other more subtle, subjective. parameters of quality and how they are lost in the musician to consumer (mass market) production process . We are all in agreement

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-20 Thread Jim web
This is drifiting OT but since the comments below were made I will respond on this occasion and hope people are OK with that... beyond that if anyone wants to discuss this - take it to uk.rec.audio. :-) In article CA+L9MatjHhgt_m=rrfjozuivedc_zp_v+efhqsnrwxjl3lg...@mail.gmail.com, Kevin

Re: Sampling frequency on Radio programmes - Taking it off topic

2015-04-20 Thread michael norman
On 20/04/15 14:16, Kevin Lynch wrote: When people talk about music/audio quality there can be a tendency towards group think. I just wanted to open up the discussion to the other more subtle, subjective. parameters of quality and how they are lost in the musician to consumer (mass market)