Re: [microsound] Disc Rot

[CRAY <amnesia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes Disc wrot stops your wonderful purchases from playing the last few
tracks,, I had about 10 Warp cds that it happened to,,,I contacted the
label, and Phillips , they ask you to send the cds back to them, and then a
few months later you have a cd without rot.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lavelle" <x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: [microsound] Disc Rot


> Jake Hardy wrote:
>
> > Can anyone fill me in on the details of disc rot?  Does it actually
> > change the sound of the recording or does it simply stop playing?
>
> I seem to recall it's to do with the type of lacquer certain pressing
plants used (possibly only Phillips
> in fact) and, in my experience, it *does* change the sound quite
considerably.  Not so much change as
> augment, actually - it's as though sheets of static were added to the
existing sounds.  Not very
> microsound, though!
>
> Try these sites for more info:
>
> http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/bronzed.html
> http://classical.efront.com/music/guide/society/krs/excerpt3.html
>
> As to how you'd do it yourself, I'm not sure you could, unless you could
replicate the corroding effects
> from which these discs suffer.  Worth a try though...
>
> Brian
>
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