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My understanding is that with vinyl, if the signal has too high of an RMS at low frequencies the needle can literally skip off the groove, and for this reason v
by earlz 11y ago
My understanding is that with vinyl, if the signal has too high of an RMS at low frequencies the needle can literally skip off the groove, and for this reason vinyl can't necessarily be as compressed and loud..
- nosuchthing 11y ago• The audio is subjected to low-pass or all-pass filtering, which can result in broad peaks becoming slanted ramps. • The amount and stereo separation of deep bass content is reduced for vinyl, to keep the stylus from being thrown out of the groove. http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Myths_%28Vinyl%29#Effect_of_vinyl_mastering_on_dynamic_range http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Myths_%28Vinyl%29... http://www.laweekly.com/music/why-cds-may-actually-sound-better-than-vinyl-5352162 http://www.laweekly.com/music/why-cds-may-actually-sound-bet...
- beat 11y agoNot necessarily, but full-power vinyl grooves would cause all sorts of distortion and misbehavior for the very mechanical nature of cartridges and tonearms. Likewise, high frequencies would be so small they couldn't really be picked up. Hence the RIAA curve, which is an eq curve applied to the mastering before put to vinyl that reduces the lows and exaggerates the highs. It is reversed by the phono preamp during playback.
- lfam 11y agoThis is true. Mastering for vinyl is basically a completely different set of skills than mastering for other media.