Meditation over channel separation
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:01 am
We had a great DIY meeting a week ago. Those social activities are, I have noticed, more social that sonic; always end up talking with people.
One subject was how it came that a tape recorded CD sounded "better" than the CD itself. A cassette tape requires a special metaloxide mix and a very good tape deck to "sound" outrages. And with a few electronic conversions on the way from the purity of digital sound to the noisy analog ...???
One idea was that, when listening to analogue media - LPs, cassettes or whatever - you never get perfect channel separation. Signals from left to right sneaks into the neighboring channel, and that leakage sort of gives the listener a sense of being more present in the recording studio. When playing a CD, channel separation is 100% and you never IRL experience a flute playing in your left ear and a solo guitar in your right only.
Are we on the wrong track or could we have found something here?
One subject was how it came that a tape recorded CD sounded "better" than the CD itself. A cassette tape requires a special metaloxide mix and a very good tape deck to "sound" outrages. And with a few electronic conversions on the way from the purity of digital sound to the noisy analog ...???
One idea was that, when listening to analogue media - LPs, cassettes or whatever - you never get perfect channel separation. Signals from left to right sneaks into the neighboring channel, and that leakage sort of gives the listener a sense of being more present in the recording studio. When playing a CD, channel separation is 100% and you never IRL experience a flute playing in your left ear and a solo guitar in your right only.
Are we on the wrong track or could we have found something here?