Klarinet Archive - Posting 000459.txt from 1997/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE:Recording Quality of Clarinet
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 05:38:04 -0500

At 10:58 AM 11/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Regarding the degredation that occurs during the recording process: I agree
>whole heartedly. For me, ever since CD's predominated the market, I have had
>a great deal of difficulty listening to either the piano or the clarinet.
>Turns out the CD wipes out all the upper harmonics! (A 10kHz sine wave on a
>CD looks like a triangle wave).

I'd love to see the oscilloscope picture of this sine wave. 10Khz is well
within the frequency range of digital recording, and distortion of the
magnitude you suggest would result in music that would sound little
different from modem noise! Vinyl records never were any good, except in
comparison to shellac 78's. Tapes are noisy and almost as subject to
damage and degradation as records. Digital recording is so clear you hear
everything, even that which you don't want to hear. Use your equalizer to
roll off the treble and CD's will sound just like LP's, except without the
clicks and pops.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.