Re: [ARSCLIST] From ProTools to Vinyl? was [ARSCLIST] Fred Layn's post on the Studer

[Siue Moffat <bk913@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's my two cents:
This kind of goes hand in hand with "Format Condundrum"...
Vinyl LPs will last sooooo much longer than cds or possibly any other
new format they will throw our way...
For me, that in itself is an ok reason to go from digital to analog...

Siue
(ps. there are other types of music that rely heavily on vinyl LPs too
like punk/hardcore...)

----- Original Message -----
From: andy kolovos <akolovos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:07 am
Subject: [ARSCLIST] From ProTools to Vinyl? was [ARSCLIST] Fred Layn's
post on the Studer

> Folks,
>
> While we're on the topic of analog v.s. digital here, I just want to
> present something that has vexed me for a while.
>
> What in the world is the point in pressing LPs or 45s from
> digital-source studio recordings and then marketing them as
> "analog"?  I
> mean, outside of "marketing" that is.  Sure the resulting playback
> format is analog, but if the source recording is a born-digital
> multi-track studio recording, then the analog LP has been derived
> from a
> digital source.  It's like after-the-fact-analog or something.
> With an
> "audiophile vinyl" markup to boot!  Please correct me if I'm wrong
> here,but the only "analog warmth" (or whatever) present would be
> the result
> of whatever artifacts got added to the signal through the
> digital-to-analog conversion the signal went through to make the disc
> master, the surface noise of the disc, the pre-amp, etc, but not a
> natural part of the recording from the get-go.  Does surface noise add
> "warmth"?--Sure it does.  Is surface noise the source of all that
> peoplelove about analog?--I don't think so. At that point I'd
> rather have my
> CD player reconstruct the bits and feed me the sound.
>
> I understand that DJs (meaning dance club and Hip-Hop DJs as
> opposed to
> broadcast DJs) have a whole other set of reasons (scratching, cueing,
> complex mixing and other stuff that works well in the analog
> domain) for
> working with LPs that don't generally apply to the home listening
> environment, and I also realize that they are a big market for vinyl
> pressings of born-digital audio.  But for the rest of us it seems
> kindalike an audiophile/nostalgia racket.
>
> When I buy LPs, I always try to make sure that the source recording
> wasanalog to begin with--otherwise I'd rather buy it on CD.  And,
> from the
> other side, I prefer to get analog source recordings on LP rather than
> CD. Am I being an over-sensitive madman here?
>