burris (11/05/82)
#N:ihlpb:4000018: 0:1425
ihlpb!burris Nov 4 13:19:00 1982
Here's a quote from the August 1982 High Fidelity regarding digital
recording:
"The advent of digital recording has stirred controversy in some
circles, but not at WFMT. Our production staff repeatedly compared
analog tapes (recorded at 15 ips. on either a Studer A-80 or B-67
two-track studio recorder using Dolby A noise reduction and Ampex
456 Grand Master tape) to digital tapes made on the PCM-F1/SL-2000
system. With syncronized playback and carefully matched levels, the
digital recieved thumbs up every time. As James Unrath, WFMT
production director and producer of the Milwaukee Symphony
recordings, mused over a comparison of MSO tapes: 'The analog tape
sounds like a terrifically good recording, but obviously like a
recording. The digital tape doesn't sound like a recording.' "
" ...All digital recording formats have rock-solid speed
stability, ... which are below the measurable limits of virtually
all test equipment..."
" ...Since the advent of of recorded music, our ears have become
accustomed to pitch variations caused by wow and flutter. I suspect
that the sudden total absence of flutter is the reason digital
recordings sound different to us."
by Richard Warren, a producer at WFMT in Chicago,
writes an audio column for the Chigo Sun-Times
and is the audio editor of Chicago magazine.
Dave Burris
ihlpb!burris
BTL - Naperville