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24-bit Audio For People That Aren't Old
antenna:
--- Quote from: antenna on October 27, 2020, 10:04:24 pm ---...One thing that I dislike about the "digital remasters" of the analog-recorded music is the tendency to, ummm, re-process (I'm being kind) the music for today's ear.
Volume compression is quite evident, and excessive.
I listen to my vinyl, and then I listen to the digital remaster version and the difference is not just evident, but jarring. ...
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As an example, here are two volume vs time images, taken from my audio editor screen. Both are the song "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones. The vinyl image is from the original 1971 vinyl album (the copy I have has a working zipper on the front cover). The CD image is from the compact disc I bought in the 80's.
Both have been normalized so that the highest peak of the song in each file is at -0.24dB. In the vinyl version, that peak seems to be hit only a couple of times. In the CD version, that peak seems to be hit nearly constantly.
Additionally, there is a subtle increase of volume in the vinyl version from beginning to end. The CD versionstarts out loud and stays there.
Attached are the image grabs...
(for each, the left channel is the top waveform, the right channel is the bottom waveform)
isaccasi1234:
Disturbed Album Collection From HDTracks, real nice collection, but a little expensive. ;D
Awesome Donkey:
Also likely not worth it over the CD masters.
antenna:
I stumbled upon an aspect of this conundrum as I was assembling a playlist.
I discovered that the Moody Blues album "Days Of Future Past" seems to have had an interesting past, circa 1978.
Digging through my vinyl, MFSL-CD and SACD issues, I noted a distinct difference in the master that was used. Digging into it, there seems to be a 1978 issue[ with the album.
That's why, in the play list I may be uploading, I specified the [pre-1978] album ID number. Jus' tryin' to keep things traceable.
But wow, the reverb on the later issues is interesting. :)
antenna:
--- Quote from: antenna on December 21, 2020, 10:28:15 am ---As an example, here are two volume vs time images, taken from my audio editor screen. Both are the song "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones. The vinyl image is from the original 1971 vinyl album (the copy I have has a working zipper on the front cover). The CD image is from the compact disc I bought in the 80's...
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fwiw, these two versions of Brown Sugar are in the Hearing Double playlist I recently uploaded to CloudPlay.
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