Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording

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    During the playback of a track (whether in recording or mixing), the engineer will run his tape, A/B-ing the sound with that of a current best-selling song. He then manipulates the sound of his recording with a number of pieces of outboard gear (and of course his mixing board), all in his attempt to make the recording sound as much like a current hot song or album as possible. No references to the sound of live music at all, purely subjective.  

       I have not doubt: there are those following such a practice.      Happily: none I've ever met.

                                                Certainly: not my method!

     Joe Morello's Zildjians, on my 60's, Columbia pressing of Time Out (Take Five) and Mick Fleetwood my first (1977) Nautilus pressing of Rumours (Dreams).

      A good LP for telling if a system is resolving (ie: between Paiste and Zildjian, among other things): the Sheffield Drum record.

      Then again, if one has been/is able to record their own tracks*: they are blest.                                                  *That's the best!

@bdp24 -                       

                                         +1

       Gotta wonder: how many can tell the difference (in sound) between, say Turkish and chinese Zildjians?

       Between a Paiste and Zildjian, or whether it's got rivets?

       Was that a Hi-Hat center strike, or: Snare rim shot?

       Many systems won't resolve and many more folks can't tell (via a lack of familiarity) the differences.

        I've had to point out to a couple experienced Drummers (albeit: over decades) that their own drum heads/skins had lost their resonance/pitch.

        Then again: as long as the listener is pleased with their musical reproduction, that's ALL that matters.

                                           Happy listening!