• Re: Floppy LPs

    From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to boraxman on Wed Apr 30 17:18:44 2025
    REally, it declined that early? I wasn't around during that time, but I've heard a remaster here and there, compared to the 90s version, and
    it was different.

    There's always exceptions... The further into the 80s and early 90s I'd say they became less cohesive in general, and loaded with more duds. I've not had much to do with anything remastered... only one I ever got my hands on was Led Zeppelin Remasters, can't say I noticed any difference between it and any other versions I'd heard.

    ST

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  • From boraxman@21:1/101 to StormTrooper on Thu May 1 10:29:28 2025
    StormTrooper wrote to boraxman <=-

    REally, it declined that early? I wasn't around during that time, but I've heard a remaster here and there, compared to the 90s version, and
    it was different.

    There's always exceptions... The further into the 80s and early 90s I'd say they became less cohesive in general, and loaded with more duds.
    I've not had much to do with anything remastered... only one I ever got
    my hands on was Led Zeppelin Remasters, can't say I noticed any
    difference between it and any other versions I'd heard.

    The very first album I bought was in 1996, so I can't compare with earlier stuff. It was a 1993 album, "God Shuffled his Feet". But I do hear the difference in newer albums.

    Devin Townsend once talked about complaints that his albums were "quiet" (despite having heavy moments) and he explained it as a necessity of mixing to ensure all the many elements of sound he's mixed in are audible at the intended level. In other words, he won't engage in the "Loudness war" and muddy the sound to bring it to the same loudness as others.


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  • From Alonzo@21:1/130 to boraxman on Tue May 13 05:23:39 2025
    Devin Townsend once talked about complaints that his albums were "quiet" (despite having heavy moments) and he explained it as a necessity of

    For vinyl records, the louder a track is, the bigger the groove.
    So if an artist wanted to get the most music on the album,
    they would sometimes lower the volume of the track. I remember
    having an album that had one track that was recorded
    at a different volume, just to squeeze it in.

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  • From boraxman@21:1/101 to Alonzo on Wed May 14 10:19:18 2025
    Alonzo wrote to boraxman <=-

    Devin Townsend once talked about complaints that his albums were "quiet" (despite having heavy moments) and he explained it as a necessity of

    For vinyl records, the louder a track is, the bigger the groove.
    So if an artist wanted to get the most music on the album,
    they would sometimes lower the volume of the track. I remember
    having an album that had one track that was recorded
    at a different volume, just to squeeze it in.

    Interesting, I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense.

    One thing I never experienced, but always wanted to try, was loading computer data from vinyl. It should theoretically be possible to encode digital data somehow, and have a turntable read it. Either the computer records the analog signal and converts, or the turntable has a DAC built in.

    I suspect someone did do this.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to boraxman on Tue May 13 17:24:16 2025
    Re: Re: Floppy LPs
    By: boraxman to Alonzo on Wed May 14 2025 10:19 am

    One thing I never experienced, but always wanted to try, was loading computer data from vinyl. It should theoretically be possible to encode digital data somehow, and have a turntable read it. Either the computer records the analog signal and converts, or the turntable has a DAC built in.

    I suspect someone did do this.

    Years ago I wondered if that could be a thing, and it could probably be called "vinyl-ROM". Older computers used to store data on analog cassette tapes, so I imagine it would be possible to store data on vinyl.

    As an aside, I've heard it's possible to take a high-resolution photo of a vinyl record, analyze the grooves in software, and directly convert the groove data to an audio file. I seem to recall reading somewhere that someone had created software to do that.. Theoretically, the same could probably be done with file data stored on vinyl. I'm not sure why you'd want to do that, but it seems it could be possible.

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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to BORAXMAN on Wed May 14 08:43:00 2025
    Interesting, I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense.

    One thing I never experienced, but always wanted to try, was loading computer data from vinyl. It should theoretically be possible to encode digital data somehow, and have a turntable read it. Either the computer records the analog
    signal and converts, or the turntable has a DAC built in.

    I suspect someone did do this.

    When I was in the first and second grade, we had these "contraptions" that
    had some computing/decision making skills. You loaded them by putting a
    vinyl "record" into a slot. It would run and you'd watch a screen and
    answer questions about what you watched. It would tell you if you got the answer right or not.

    I wish I remembered more about what they looked like, or what they were
    called.


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  • From Roon@21:4/148 to boraxman on Thu May 15 19:44:22 2025
    Hello boraxman,

    14 May 25 10:19, you wrote to Alonzo:

    Alonzo wrote to boraxman <=-

    Devin Townsend once talked about complaints that his albums were
    "quiet" (despite having heavy moments) and he explained it as a
    necessity of

    For vinyl records, the louder a track is, the bigger the groove.
    So if an artist wanted to get the most music on the album,
    they would sometimes lower the volume of the track. I remember
    having an album that had one track that was recorded
    at a different volume, just to squeeze it in.

    Interesting, I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense.

    One thing I never experienced, but always wanted to try, was loading computer data from vinyl. It should theoretically be possible to
    encode digital data somehow, and have a turntable read it. Either the computer records the analog signal and converts, or the turntable has
    a DAC built in.

    I suspect someone did do this.

    check Robin's playlist of awesomeness :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_CZpFqvDQo&list=PLvW2ZMbxgP9xqddQRgmd3rmhW6giZ z5OO

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