That assumes that someone who doesn't care enough about the music to master it properly in the first place would suddenly do an about face to do a particularly careful job of mastering especially for vinyl. Not likely. More likely? They try to do the same thing they did to the cd version.
Also, note that not everyone is indulging in the loudness wars and not all that do, indulge to the same awful extent.
No. The can be no common ground because one side is arguing from a political point of view when the other side is arguing from a scientific point of view.
In a way, what you call "the rhythm track" is essentially what this "click track" concept refers to. In some (many?) cases, the track is just two different percussive sounds played at regular intervals (essentially mimicking a metronome). In other cases, it might be a synth or MIDI rendering of the song. In yet others, it might be a "single-track" version of the song, and the musicians are replaying along with it just for the purpose of having a multitrack recording."
When I say rhythm track I'm talking about drums, bass and possibly rhythm guitar.
I'm referring to the scenario of you telling someone to play at "120bpm", without providing them with any tempo-aid at all. One band member might end up playing at 119bpm instead, and another at 121bpm, and thus they won't be synchronized.
You tell the drummer and everyone plays along to him. If he isn't good enough to be able to hit 120 without help, you give him a 4 beat lead in.
You don't need to have every band member play to a metronome to sync them up, even if they're recorded individually and with isolation. If they aren't all playing at the same time, as long as the rhythm track is done first, everyone plays to that. I have no idea what you were talking about when you said 'you can't just tell everyone to play 120bpm and then have them sync up.
However to leverage much of the flexibility and power of a digital recording you need a click.
Really? Why?
It has more to do with multitrack recording than digital recording. When you do a multitrack recording, each track is recorded individually. Usually this means that each band member will be recorded in isolation, and it's very rare for every band member to have such a developped internal metronome such that you can just tell them "play at 120 beats per minute", and when you combine all the tracks, they'll all be synced up.
Instead, what is done is that you set a metronome to play at 120bpm, and each bandmember will play along to the metronome.
Uh...no. You don't.
You have heard of things like...headphones, right?
Because you're not throwing everyone in a room together. You're likely recording different parts separately, and doing multiple takes, then taking the best takes of each part -- or the ones that go together best -- and mixing them after the recording's done. You can also go back and add new parts if you decide they're needed, or change a part, without re-recording the whole thing. And you can even rearrange portions of the song -- cutting a verse or chorus, moving sections around, etc.
In order to do all of this, you have to have all musicians performing to an absolutely constant tempo.
I do all of that with tracks that are never recorded using click tracks. The only time I have to do anything like that all is on a rare ocasion that the tracks is originally recorded to drum loops and then real drums are overdubbed at a later date.
All this assumes that the drummer isn't completely imcompetent. Normal variations in tempo aren't a problem.
Wow, I had no idea that click tracks were so sophisticated. I imagine it can make it much more difficult for the drummer to follow along in a live situation - and if you get out of sync it must be disastrous! And of course you need the click track to synchronize for digital editing, it seems only natural.
Nonsense. There's nothing about digital editing that requires playing to a click track. I've edited dozens of multitrack recordings not played to a click.
Not only that, the point of this entire thing is that the judge was involved in a kick back scheme in which he collected money for sending juveniles to a privately run detention facility.
Slashdot Mirror
Since Watts was crossing into Canada FROM Michigan, I'd say that story is a bit sketchy from the get-go.
Here's the thing: it's not a crime to argue with an officer.
That assumes that someone who doesn't care enough about the music to master it properly in the first place would suddenly do an about face to do a particularly careful job of mastering especially for vinyl. Not likely. More likely? They try to do the same thing they did to the cd version. Also, note that not everyone is indulging in the loudness wars and not all that do, indulge to the same awful extent.
YOu need to study up on current digital audio theory.
Except that they aren't the same bits. That's why they call it lossy compression.
Read up on the digital audio theory. Short answer, wrong.
Of course, the other side of this is that vinyl has far far less dynamic range than CD.
I know that's where -I- go for my 'regular science stuffs'.
Sadly, you aren't going to convince the skeptics with reason or fact.
And it was a shitty book at that.
No kidding. Who didn't notice this, oh, at least three or four years ago?
The ones "flying around the planet scoring political points as well-funded and credentialed lobbyists." are the ones working for Exxon.
No. The can be no common ground because one side is arguing from a political point of view when the other side is arguing from a scientific point of view.
A -game- is not the same thing as a piece of information.
As for myself, I just got E74's, 13 months into the life of the console. Our PS2 still runs fine after 5 years.
Did you miss the part of the article where he pointed out that it WAS...you know, a profitable enterprise?
Seems to be an awful lot of misinformation floating about, mostly written by people who've never even held a Kindle in their hands.
When I say rhythm track I'm talking about drums, bass and possibly rhythm guitar.
You tell the drummer and everyone plays along to him. If he isn't good enough to be able to hit 120 without help, you give him a 4 beat lead in.
You don't need to have every band member play to a metronome to sync them up, even if they're recorded individually and with isolation. If they aren't all playing at the same time, as long as the rhythm track is done first, everyone plays to that. I have no idea what you were talking about when you said 'you can't just tell everyone to play 120bpm and then have them sync up.
Uh...no. You don't. You have heard of things like ...headphones, right?
I do all of that with tracks that are never recorded using click tracks. The only time I have to do anything like that all is on a rare ocasion that the tracks is originally recorded to drum loops and then real drums are overdubbed at a later date. All this assumes that the drummer isn't completely imcompetent. Normal variations in tempo aren't a problem.
Nonsense. There's nothing about digital editing that requires playing to a click track. I've edited dozens of multitrack recordings not played to a click.
Not only that, the point of this entire thing is that the judge was involved in a kick back scheme in which he collected money for sending juveniles to a privately run detention facility.
And here I was trying to find a way to shut their insufferable videos up.
The increase amount to less than a penny a day.