Klarinet Archive - Posting 000492.txt from 1997/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE:Recording Quality of Clarinet
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 22:29:38 -0500

At 11:10 AM 11/12/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Not altogether relevant but...
>WHen digital masters for analogue LPs were first made, there was a lot of
>adverse comment over here - the onset ("attack") of instrumental
>sounds seemed to be inaudible. This was particularly annoying where
>stringed instruments were concerned, with violins sounding like some kind
>of electronic organ. Possibly sampling rates used were lower in the
>beginning.

I have a Virgil Fox organ recording that I know was made at a lower
sampling rate, but I think it still sounds great, and notice no degradation
of attack at all. Logically, digital recording should handle attacks much
BETTER than analog -- instantaneous rise from 0 to infinity is
theoretically possible.

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

   
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