Sinatra / No-Noise / Capitol

Hi,

this is what "Mediaace" posted over at the Sinatrafamily forum:

If he's not already a forum member, one should lure him over here for some interesting discussion.

Arne

 

Especially since FSSFOTL is heavily no-noised. I would love to hear this album untreated.

 

And, anyway, what's the use of "suppressing the background noise level so that a wider dynamic range can become audible" and then, in the next step, "add the EQ and effects (reverb and dynamic compression) as they were on the original LPs" ?

Arne

 

I had an exchange with this person about NR, other signal processing, surround sound, etc. a while back on Nancy's forum. It's in this "Vinyl/CD" thread, though I don't remember which page my exchange with him started on. Take a look.

http://www.sinatrafamily.com/forum/showthread.php3?threadid=1710

 

I can't believe I read the whole thing.

 

Yeeh Gahds!

I wrote Capitol recently telling them how frustrating it is trying to find
a really decent CD mastering of any Frank Sinatra's Capitol stuff.
I have Norberg's, Walshes, EMI, et al. Why oh Why?

 

"I'd love to remaster "Where Are You" and "Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely" using the same process on the original 3-track session tapes. They'd sound like they were recorded yesterday."


Excuse me, but why on earth would ANYONE want to make these classic recordings sound like they were recorded in 2002?

 

Or flaming!

Noise is not bad thing. There is a lot of sound that gets lost when you take out the hiss!

 

Warning!

The entire Come ______ with Me series as well as Sinatra's Swingin' sessions can be hazardous to your ears