In Reply to: RE: don't record hot in digital posted by Tony Lauck on March 25, 2012 at 10:04:35:
The more I read Tony's insights, the more I appreciate them.
Having cranked through more that 250 vinyl-to-digital restorations, I have come to believe that the recording step should document the source as accurately as possible without manipulation or embellishment (i.e. as accurately as you normally play the material on your setup). You shouldn't take extraordinary steps because this may be the "last take." Recording is linear and real-time -- for a large collection, you only want to do it once, but if you do it right, once is enough. (Imagine the task in front of the team that has to digitize the 20,000 John Peel LP collection.)
The time to choose the optimal final sound level is after all the clean and restoration steps have been taken. You can always re-visit the decisions later, when the time investment is only changing to a new tool, or adding a new operation, or tweaking settings.
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- RE: don't record hot in digital - tom.dennehy 22:10:39 03/25/12 (1)
- RE: don't record hot in digital - Tony Lauck 07:46:43 03/26/12 (0)