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"Recorded music was a little scratchy, but sounded better because engineers did not kill dynamic range to make it louder." I thought they compressed the dynami
by naich 18y ago
"Recorded music was a little scratchy, but sounded better because engineers did not kill dynamic range to make it louder."
I thought they compressed the dynamic range in those days too, in order to compensate for noise in tapes and vinyl?
- ObieJazz 18y agoNot to the extent that they do now, at least in pop music.
- hairsupply 18y agoI thought they went to tape to avoid the popping.
- ratsbane 18y agoYes. The RIAA Curve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization) has been around since 1954. Before that there was an assortment of different compression strategies used by different record-player manufacturers. In the 1930s records made by one company often wouldn't sound correct on record players made by another company. The RIAA standardized this. Perhaps a more surprising note for the 1975 list would be "And the RIAA made contributions to the industry which benefitted consumers."