guitarsam, if I could make a suggestion. Perhaps you could share your favourite genres of music with mikelavigne and he could suggest some modern pressing, based on his significant experience, that are mastered from high-res digital or all analog paths. I am sure many others could do the same.
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
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
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thank you headio however i found the solution to my problem i have a 1st press vinyl rip that has the sound i'm looking for and after encoding the frequencies from the vinyl record onto digital audio i now have digital vinyl and the sound is perfect. here is an audio example before/after digital flac 16/44 commercial release http://u.pc.cd/IuOitalK commercial release with vinyl frequencies http://u.pc.cd/ilO7 |
sam here. how can digital sound as good as vinyl? the eagles - the long run, 1979 1st press vinyl,average dynamic range 15 the eagles - the long run,CD version 2000 average dynamic range 8 i don't care what anyone says 7db difference in real dynamic range is like comparing mono to stereo! universal music group (umg) owns an estimated 98% of all music played and it's all brick wall limited to destroy the sound quality and the hypersonic effect look it up friends. |
A couple things stick in my craw about digital, not much air and not as squeaky as analog. There is the overly aggressive compression of a heck of a lot of CDs to consider, too. Even LPs and hi res downloads can suffer some serious compression, according to the unofficial dynamic range database. Analog can be liked to heroin for the junkie whereas digital is kind of like methodone, a heroin substitute for when the dealer is out of town. 🤗 |
As I’ve been advising of late many cassettes from the mid 80s on 🔜 are digitally remastered. Kind of Blue, about 8 of the Stones repertoire, most if not all Led Zeppelin, etc. Vanguard did some including two Country Joe and the Fish, I have all of the above. I’m just scratching the surface. Digalog was one trade name for digital cassettes. Perhaps many that aren’t advertised as digital actually are. Digital had arrived and cassettes we’re not going to be left out of the technology. Even the plastic cassettes had evolved by the mid 80s. Cassettes are the best sounding digital format. Fabulous! |
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