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Re: moles and atrac

Subject: Re: moles and atrac
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:53:58 +0100
Walt wrote:
>
>As I've noted, the MKH-20's I have don't seem to show this either. The 
>sound monitored off the headphone connection on the MP2 pre is the same 
>as what comes out of the Portadisc recording. Or out of the headphone 
>monitor on the Portadisc during recording.
>
>That is unless you are complaining on how clean and accurate a sound you 
>get off MKH-20's. I've read complaints about that, but I like the sound 
>I get.
>
Me:

I'm not complaining at all really, more trying to say that a
naturesoundrecordist perhaps should focus on other parameters than possible
ATRAC errors. 
Yannick worked with music (?) otherwise I wouldn't have brought it up.

By "crispy" I mean "broken, scratchy" but in a way which I cannot describe.
First time I experienced this was with my first Sony TCD-D10, first
generation portable D/A converters. I had recorded a choire, and when I
listened to it I wanted some kind of non-existant equalizer or compressor to
do something which I couldn't define. The recording just made me nervous,
and no conventional filtering could help. Replayed through an external D/A
converter it came out fine. After that I have become sort of allergic to a
special kind of errors, or whatever it is.
I still favour MD, though, because of all the practical advantages. And
whatever we discuss on the topic, the sound quality coming out of it is
better than the loudspeakers.

Klas.
Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
email: 
       




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