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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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stevejewels
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Please study up on digitizing.

Simple question. What does sampling rate mean?

The rate at which the original analog source is SAMPLED. The digitizing process only keep data which occurs at the sampling interval. The rest is ignored and lost.
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stevejewels
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Is it possible to make a digital file sound like an analog LP?

Indistinguishably? No

Adequately? Possibly

When you digitize a file you select some of the information to keep and some to discard.

"Lossless" means after you have performed the step above you select a means of storage that does not lose any more of the original information.

There are now two problems. You must have D to A hardware to fill in the parts lost when you digitized the file. Some hardware is better than others. Some methods are better than others.

How the hardware and software go about putting Humpty Dumpty back together again is the trick.

If there was a perfect way to do it why are there so many DACs and methods?


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