? for steve about analog masters

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  1. ferric

    ferric Iron Dino In Memoriam Thread Starter

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    "Another well known method of recovering transient material in analog masters is to make the transfers backwards. Because of the way analog tape works, the leading edges of the transients are smeared as they are recorded on tape. If you play the tape backwards the smearing in the opposite direction tends to recover more accurately the original attack of the instruments. In the case of making an analog to analog transfer, the copy was now backwards. When this tape was played in the reverse direction, the music was again frontwards and greatly improved in the transient department." Roger Nichols on his website... Archiving...


    Steve, is there validity to this statement or is it "ykcup esroh" ?

    sknaht ;)
     
    ferric, Mar 29, 2002
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  2. Steve Hoffman

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    Uh, yes. To answer your question, I have done that before when making an analog dub of an analog tape. It seems to work best with Dolby A tapes for some reason.

    So, it does sound a bit better. Doesn't do much good in this digital world though...
     
    Steve Hoffman, Mar 29, 2002
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  3. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

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    I notice a tendecy for people to not want to believe anything Nichols says.
     
    Grant, Mar 30, 2002
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  4. ferric

    ferric Iron Dino In Memoriam Thread Starter

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    Steely Dan sounds good to me.
     
    ferric, Mar 30, 2002
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  5. FabFourFan

    FabFourFan Senior Member

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    IIRC, didn't Les Paul cut some of his records backwards, for just this reason?
     
    FabFourFan, Mar 31, 2002
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