Klarinet Archive - Posting 001048.txt from 1997/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: distortion when recording clarinet
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:12:53 -0500

At 04:58 PM 11/28/97 -0500, Peter Stoll wrote:
>As an aside to the recent thread about recording theory and technology;
>when you record the clarinet and and play back a cassette, and hear a
>flutter on the tape that you didn't hear on the DAT master, is this the
>playback system, the cassette tape or something else?
>
Flutter is created by the drag of the tape across the head, resulting in
minute rapid variations in tape speed. Flutter is first recorded on the
tape. On playback, more is added. It is usually worse when played back on
a lower quality machine. Closed-loop dual capstan drive systems can
minimize flutter by keeping the tape from slipping.

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