Posted by Keith G on 07/11/06 10:27

"David Morgan (MAMS)" <mams@NOSPAm-a-m-s.com> wrote in message
news:oMGsg.18840$LS6.8645@trnddc03...
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> "Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
> news:44b32da0$0$2899$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
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>> "Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote in message
>> news:e8u322$e1b$1@panix2.panix.com...
>> > Back in the LP days, it was all manual, and you had to put "PLAY THIS
>> > RECORD AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE" in the liner notes.
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>
>> ????
>>
>> LP's used compression the same as most CD's. In fact the need for
>> compression was greater because of the limited dynamic range. Just
>> because
>> mastering engineers have lost their way these days is irrelevant to the
>> technical necessities.
>> Not only that, but with LP you *could* push the peak cutting levels
>> higher
>> than RIAA recommendations as well. It's *impossible* to push peak CD
>> levels
>> higher than Dfs though.
>>
>> MrT.
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>
> Careful, Mr. T.... you're preaching to the only guy on the r.a.p. who is
> still making LP record masters in his basement. ;-)



Don't let Banzai Plowie (ukra) hear that - he's only hanging on by a thread
and that could be the news that tips him over the edge!! :-)

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