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Bob Greece View Drop Down

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Posted: October 13 2006 at 06:22

MP3 at 64kbps?!

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Posted: October 13 2006 at 06:20

"Your brain adapts to the sound and fills in the gaps for you"
Yes, but you can end up with a headache. That's the case with (poor) digital.

"You don't need perfect audio to appreciate music."
Yes, fortunatly, cause there's always better. High fidelity has virtually no limit.

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Posted: October 13 2006 at 05:54

Poor quality audio kit produces some of the best sounds going. Think of a Hammond organ with the Leslie speaker cranked up well beyond its capabilities. It sounds great. Where would Deep Purple and Uriah Heep have been without it? The same applies to electric guitars, you get the best sounds from a low grade amp being driven too hard.

I remember when I was much younger listening to Radio Luxembourg on long wave radio. Appalling sound quality but it still holds great memories for me. Your brain adapts to the sound and fills in the gaps for you. You don't need perfect audio to appreciate music.

When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.

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Posted: October 13 2006 at 05:53

There is a fad/fashion in music called Lo-fi where the music is almost purposedly badly recorded in unsuitable places (such as a kitchen sink). I've heard some of the music this is type of genre caters >> generally poor folk singer/songwriter.

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Posted: October 13 2006 at 05:46

How many of you can appreciate "poor" sounds?

I very fond of the thrashy sounds on many late 60's and early 70's recordings. One great example would be HAWKWIND's "Space Ritual". The raw sounds are just so cool as you turn the volume high! Also some BBC recordings have very funny sound tone. I have played the BBC sessions of CREAM and JIMI HENRDIX EXPERIENCE with attaching a 50W Bassman Ten combo as an extra loudspeaker, and the soundwall is just terrific! We once tried this thing at our rehearshal room, by attaching a CD player to a 100W Fender loudspeaker, and turning the vol near max made the music to be felt physically!

In 60's recordings I like the way how drums sound, if they are recorded with a bit too high recording level with analog recordes. They distort in a cool way, unlike if the recording is done too loud with digital recorders. We have tried to replicate these sounds in our training room, once we microphoned the drums and added an echo pedal to them, and recorded it with high recording levels. The result was a wonderful storm, sadly as the track is old it wasn't a very great performance musically.

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Bob Greece Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Greece Status: Offline Points: 1823	Posted: October 13 2006 at 06:22
	MP3 at 64kbps?!


oliverstoned Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 26 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 6308	Posted: October 13 2006 at 06:20
	"Your brain adapts to the sound and fills in the gaps for you" Yes, but you can end up with a headache. That's the case with (poor) digital. "You don't need perfect audio to appreciate music." Yes, fortunatly, cause there's always better. High fidelity has virtually no limit.

Neil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 04 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1497	Posted: October 13 2006 at 05:54
	Poor quality audio kit produces some of the best sounds going. Think of a Hammond organ with the Leslie speaker cranked up well beyond its capabilities. It sounds great. Where would Deep Purple and Uriah Heep have been without it? The same applies to electric guitars, you get the best sounds from a low grade amp being driven too hard. I remember when I was much younger listening to Radio Luxembourg on long wave radio. Appalling sound quality but it still holds great memories for me. Your brain adapts to the sound and fills in the gaps for you. You don't need perfect audio to appreciate music.
	When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20240	Posted: October 13 2006 at 05:53
	There is a fad/fashion in music called Lo-fi where the music is almost purposedly badly recorded in unsuitable places (such as a kitchen sink). I've heard some of the music this is type of genre caters >> generally poor folk singer/songwriter.
	let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword

Eetu Pellonpaa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 17 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 4828	Posted: October 13 2006 at 05:46
	How many of you can appreciate "poor" sounds? I very fond of the thrashy sounds on many late 60's and early 70's recordings. One great example would be HAWKWIND's "Space Ritual". The raw sounds are just so cool as you turn the volume high! Also some BBC recordings have very funny sound tone. I have played the BBC sessions of CREAM and JIMI HENRDIX EXPERIENCE with attaching a 50W Bassman Ten combo as an extra loudspeaker, and the soundwall is just terrific! We once tried this thing at our rehearshal room, by attaching a CD player to a 100W Fender loudspeaker, and turning the vol near max made the music to be felt physically! In 60's recordings I like the way how drums sound, if they are recorded with a bit too high recording level with analog recordes. They distort in a cool way, unlike if the recording is done too loud with digital recorders. We have tried to replicate these sounds in our training room, once we microphoned the drums and added an echo pedal to them, and recorded it with high recording levels. The result was a wonderful storm, sadly as the track is old it wasn't a very great performance musically.