Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site


In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: 2+3 surround sound??
Post Subject: Adapting To What We Are GivenPosted by Paul S on: 8/4/2021
Who the hell knows how a given LP was recorded, mixed down, mastered, mothered and stamped, etc., etc, except it probably was NOT a simple "figure 8" mic. Whoever tried to "standardize" this process never got many recordings I care to listen to. If we start out with a typical "stereo" LP, who knows exactly how it was put together, start to finish?  As for "2-track", plenty of "stereo" recordings are mixed down from multiple tracks laid down during different sessions, even different studios! Basically, we have maybe a couple thousand LPs, and we try to get the most and best Music from them. Good luck! I really don't even care about "stereo", except I tend to get "the best sound" from what calls itself this, also it gets me the most bang for the buck, and the least grief, of any format I have heard. I am only convinced by results. And part of "results" for me is keeping my LPs. I stopped trying to "understand" everything about the process years ago. If I can split my front channels without screwing up gain or messing with the front channels (not a given!), then I will give this a go. And I will probably never learn more than necessary to "get the job done".


Paul S

Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site