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• Muchas gracias, amigos y amigas (I know there are some out there) - psgary 19:26:15 07/01/02 (3)
  In Reply to: At the risk of baring my ignorance . . . posted by psgary on June 30, 2002 at 19:28:55:

  If I understand them correctly, the explanations help explain why so many classical recordings sound flat and undistinguished. Too much mucking about with compression, I'll wager.

  I'm going to hazzard a guess that many recording engineers have little knowledge of classical music and have not attended many concerts. Thus, they compress away and mess with sounds.

  This strikes me as an apt analogy: the problem with TV directors and ballet. Directors show their ignorance of the medium through overuse of closeups, etc. They've been taught that you can't just stick a camera in place and leave it there. As a result, ballet on tape and film is very unsatisfactory. Rarely is the whole stage shown, which nearly destroys dance. What the director is failing to realize is that dance isn't just about movement. Equally important is the dancer's relationship to space, i.e. the stage. So you need to see the stage - a lot! Their lack of knowledge about the artistic medium hampers a really effective presentation of the dance. What they've been taught has to be ignored some - or much - of the time to dynamically capture the performance on tape. We need TV/movie directors who are ballet afficiados to direct performances of dance.

  This is not a slam on recording engineers. What I'm suggesting is that we need recording engineers who are highly knowledgeable classical music buffs to properly capture the music on CD/LP. Don't you think that would help?

  Thus ends one man's opinion. Next?
  
  
  

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  • you may have left out ....... - TOOL 08:57:15 07/02/02 (2)
    In Reply to: Muchas gracias, amigos y amigas (I know there are some out there) posted by psgary on July 01, 2002 at 19:26:15:

    I tend to think the CD producer may be the one that really calls the shots. What he/she thinks vs. the recording engineer's may be a little on the different side at times.....

    btw, Tonemeisters? Does having them around help?
    
    

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    • Good point - psgary 21:16:19 07/02/02 (1)
      In Reply to: you may have left out ....... posted by TOOL on July 02, 2002 at 08:57:15:

      My comments also apply to producers, although I've gotten the impression that a few might know something about the field. But do they know enough about the tech side to discern when the recording engineer is abusing the sound? I don't know. Just a thought.
      
      

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      • it can be vice versa as well. <nt> - TOOL 23:19:21 07/02/02 (0)
        In Reply to: Good point posted by psgary on July 02, 2002 at 21:16:19:

        
        
        

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• Start here - Art J. 20:10:12 06/30/02 (3)
  In Reply to: At the risk of baring my ignorance . . . posted by psgary on June 30, 2002 at 19:28:55:

  and then it gets worse
  

  • Compression

  
  

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  • also, from Steve Hoffman's BBS... - Aroc 17:45:43 07/01/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Start here posted by Art J. on June 30, 2002 at 20:10:12:

    Steve Hoffman's FAQ listing
    

    
    Compression: the good, the bad, the ugly
    
    

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  • But again, the article IS nearly 3 years old (txt) - Radiex 21:08:48 06/30/02 (1)
    In Reply to: Start here posted by Art J. on June 30, 2002 at 20:10:12:

    & may be somewhat outdated re present CD technology.
    
    

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    • Three years later and the situation is even worse - sgb 07:26:30 07/02/02 (0)
      In Reply to: But again, the article IS nearly 3 years old (txt) posted by Radiex on June 30, 2002 at 21:08:48:

      nt.
      
      

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