Sound right before song begins on vinyl, what is it?


I have found on many LP's, that there will be a faint "pre-song" sound. Is this a mistake in the recording process? It is the music starting faintly before the music actually starts. Who understands this better than I do? I know we have some recording guys here. Why do we hear this on a lot of LP's? Thanks,

Bill

billpete

Showing 1 response by dogearedaudio

It’s called print-through and it’s a devilish problem when remastering older recordings.  The master tape is stored in less than ideal conditions (like metal shelving!) and the magnetic signal bleeds through from one layer to another.  Any LP that’s been mastered from older tapes can suffer from it.

The company I work for employs a brilliant technician who actually found a way to cancel out much of the problem.