In Reply to: Those seconds, after stylus touches the surface, but before the track starts - ... posted by carcass93 on July 10, 2012 at 15:17:10:
One could blind the test by mixing in (analog style) another track that consisted of nothing but silent grooves with their rumble and ticks and pops. This would not make it immediately obvious which was being played. It would take an actual difference in the music to tell.
When I transfer analog tapes to digital I do not mute the space between the tracks. I carry over the analog noise from the cassette. The effect is to make the noise less noticeable. If CDs are made with "digital black" in between their tracks it is a sign of poor mastering. The CD would have a better presentation if it tried to preserve as much of the residual analog noise (electronic as well as room tone) throughout the entire recording. (Comment applies only to CD albums that are produced as an artistic whole. It does not apply to CDs that are compilations of separate singles.)
Tony Lauck
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- RE: Those seconds, after stylus touches the surface, but before the track starts - ... - Tony Lauck 18:36:32 07/10/12 (4)
- "consisted of nothing but silent grooves with their rumble and ticks and pops." - Sordidman 09:38:37 07/16/12 (0)
- You're assuming of course there is analog noise to begin with. - jihad 02:09:14 07/12/12 (1)
- If there is no analog noise, the recording is excreted garbage. - Tony Lauck 09:37:59 07/12/12 (0)
- Quite right! NT - Poles Apart 19:22:17 07/10/12 (0)