[Ardour-Users] vinyl-sampling and mastering

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Fri Feb 14 09:57:59 PST 2014


On Fri, 2014-02-14 at 18:44 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-02-14 at 09:32 -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> > But, a horribly scratched LP is worse to me than an odd CD version of
> > the same.
> 
> Both are disgusting. I ruined some records when I was a child, new
> records or CDs of those recordings "remastered" but without damages
> aren't really better ;), they are just disgusting in another way :D.
> I prefer the aged vinyl, at least the cover art is nicer for a broken
> record, than for a CD.

PS: No CD is as old as an old record! Assumed a CD should be able to
hold a candle to a record, regarding to the sound quality, than this CD
should be copied to a HDD, since sunlight likely will damage the CD
faster than sandpaper will damage a vinyl record.




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