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is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl

sam here with another question. is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl ? i realize i'm gonna get ripped a new a-hole however this is not a joke question. honest answers please i can take the heat

as crazy as it sounds it seams perfectly logical to me. now here is what i did using my 2013 dell pc windows 7 32bit.

using foobar 2000 with the convolver dsp filter i made an impulse file consisting of a 1 second wave file extracted at 32 / 88 

from the intro to pink floyds us and them on 1st press vintage vinyl u.k harvest label. just the surface noise before the music 

starts and applied the impulse file to a digital album to see if the digital album now sounds like vintage vinyl.here's the results

not sure if i made the digital audio sound worse or really what i achieved ? feedback will help me decide if i should

abandoned this pipe dream and move on. source is digital download flac 16/44 same source for both before/after samples.

audio sample 1: http://pc.cd/GB3

audio sample 2 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/7eA

audio sample 3: http://pc.cd/7DP7

audio sample 4 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/bw2

audio sample 5: http://pc.cd/3etrtalK

audio sample 6 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/lTf7
guitarsam

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guyboisvert
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Ah ok... You want much less dynamic and separation. You want wow and flutter and bad channel separation. Not enough, you want physical angle errors, surface noise, crackles and stylus / groove wear...

Vinyl is not that bad using premium recording / turntable / etc but for me, it can’t touch a good recording played back on a good DAC.  But that's only my taste.  For those who love vinyl, it's ok and i'm glad for you!  Not trying to start a flame war!!!

As for your "vinyl sound" question: Almost anything is possible with digital. Those who say that it’s not possible just don’t know digital, math and DSP...

You apply transfer function using DSP. You can equalize,dephase, inset crackle and whatever you want with DSP.

https://www.izotope.com/en/products/vinyl.html
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