Klarinet Archive - Posting 001095.txt from 2000/07

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Record yourself (Ben)
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:08:40 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
>
> The question that arises in my mind is: what about audition
> tapes? Is there
> any festival or orchestra in the world that will accept an MD or
> DAT? In spite
> of technology advances, most still require good ol' fashioned
> cassette, true?
> If the answer is yes, what is the solution to the quality
> dilemma? Do I make
> my high-quality MD- or DAT-based recording and then somehow dub
> it onto an in-
> ferior audio cassette for submission to the personnel manager of
> This & That
> Philharmonic/Music Festival? Or do I just go ahead & use a Sony
> Pro or some
> other cassette-based system and resign myself to *those* results? What is
> the best compromise?
>
> Neil

Start with as high of a quality master as possible. Which would you rather
listen to? A cassette made off of a cassette or a cassette off of a CD.
You can record to cassette if you are sure that you aren't going to want to
dub different takes. Second generation cassettes are just bad, though. It
is all the problems of a cassette-- doubled.

Also, a lot of auditions and festivals are getting to the point where they
will accept CD's as well. With the proliferation of CD burners, this is
much more of an option. I either burn discs off of my computer or using a
stand-alone CD burner. Either way works.

I have never heard of a festival accepting DATs or MD. The oddest format I
have heard of is the Verbier festival in Europe accepting MP3 files e-mailed
to them.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org