Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Some more advantages of analog tape recording


For example:


Print through, pre echo or post echo. Possibly subtly preparing the human brain. See also 7ths, 6ths, 9ths chords etc prepared for the human brain [Bach].


Some many other subtle artifacts that possibly keep brain interested:


Reproduction can never be exactly the same.


Digital recording can record some of these subtle artifacts but cannot produce them.


Other artifacts:


From Ampex service bulletin no 15:


"If the high frequency input level is increased still more beyond the saturation point, the signal on the tape decreases. This phenomenon is known as self-erasure. A high-level, high frequency signal not only erases itself as it is being recorded, but partially erases any other tone which is being recorded".





References:


Ampex Master Equalization (AME) - Ampex Service Bulletic no. 15


Bach Bass Rules:


https://normanschmidt.net/scores/bachjs-general_bass_rules.pdf




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