Re: [microsound] politics of digital audio reflux

["Jan L." <jan@xxxxxxxxx>]

ahh, the old 'technology moving fast' argument. it is rubbish.  
technology and developments is not something that just happens out of  
the blue. and I find it amusing with all the bold statements when  
microsound as a whole is fully dependent on products from large  
commercial empires.

digital audio exist because the industry wanted something that would  
scale to mass-markets. automated quality control was hard to do with  
vinyl.

I currently use digital for editing and as a multitrack recorder but  
these days with care to avoid the oh so typical digital audible  
signatures. and I always master to an analog master tape recorder.  
even if I digital is the target media - I then re-encode from tape.  
this process is not perfect - but the end result is realtively free  
of the common but oh-so-boring digital signatures.

analog is freedom. you can build the equipment yourself out of tubes,  
transistors and whatever.

analog is freedom. remove the digital distortions forced upon us by  
the large commecrial interests and immerse yourself in true  
expressive sound-art.






3 okt 2006 kl. 14.24 skrev Michael Edwards:

> > that up), and your equipment doesn't even know what sd2 files are any
> > more.  good luck trying to remaster that record.  whereas with  
> > analogue,
> > you put a magnetic pickup to the media, and provided you get some  
> > basics
> > like speed right, you have your music.  adding to this it should be
>
> I take your point but it's not quite true, IMO.  OK digital  
> technology is moving faster than analogue did but, in the case of  
> an old analogue master tape, if I can get my hands on a tape  
> machine in 10 years (or even now in some places) I'm not so sure  
> the tape heads will be aligned and all the analogue circuitry in  
> working order.
>
> Best,
>
> 	Michael
>
>
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