Neil McCauley
09-12-2015, 11:51
Paul McGowan: Not to be on a nostalgia kick here but a recent post about Direct to Disc recordings got a few of you to ask me why a Direct to Disc was so much more dynamic than a standard recording and the answer is simple: one less layer and vinyl has more dynamic range than does tape.
Tape recorders have always had a myriad of problems from hiss to restricted dynamics. There is only so much range between the loudest and the softest you can capture with tape. Vinyl LP’s, on the other hand, exceed the dynamics of tape and if the engineer wanted to (he probably didn’t) rules could .....
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Tape recorders have always had a myriad of problems from hiss to restricted dynamics. There is only so much range between the loudest and the softest you can capture with tape. Vinyl LP’s, on the other hand, exceed the dynamics of tape and if the engineer wanted to (he probably didn’t) rules could .....
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