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In Reply to: RE: New fangled digital recording/mastering methods in the 80's posted by Duster on August 12, 2015 at 14:24:16
you might be right about this and I dont know of so many examples definitely but I think Zappa was one of the first to do mastering in all digital - as early as the late 70s or around 1980 - and then of course the result was released on vinyl and I always thought sounded quite good. The high end was admittedly very crisp sounding almost as a progenitor to the overblown high end of CD sound, but given it was on vinyl medium it was tempered by that.
His album "Sheik Yarbooti" was I think a good example of this. No surprise that he was one of the first, since his mixes were so complex with use of pieces recorded at different times and places dubbed together. To do that in the analog domain must have been crazy and I think Dweezil Zappa has commented on that in documentaries
JaroTheWise
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I agree that Zappa's albums from that era did sound great. Let's not forget Telarc!
Dave
They sounded good even previous to his foray into digital - I think that hearing Overnight Sensation on a high end rig was one of my first experiences of hooking me into this hobby
They sounded great but didnt have the characteristic digital sheen on the top that slightly later ones did I believe when he went totally digital. I recall it being audible mainly in the higher percussion and cymbals, but also a certain general tightness
JaroTheWise
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