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 terraplane8bob

Truth is that that "ghost" signal that is heard on some vinyl recordings can be easily removed during the editing process both in an analogue way [ splice a section of clean tape at that point ] or a digital way [ simply find the annoying section and hit delete]. It would be interesting to know the age of the recordings in question as editing techniques have changed and improved.  I would imagine that recordings made before the use of magnetic tape would not exhibit this characteristic ?  I'll pay more attention in my future listening sessions !