This guy named Vangelis Papathanassiou is another amazing composer and artist I am just getting into. He records under his first name only, and has been making amazing pieces of music for well over 40 years now.
This one is … Read the rest
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Humanity Becoming Pixelated
The tech takeover is something we’ve been watching for decades now, and with regards to audio production and socializing I get preachy about how much we’ve lost.
Here’s a great article sowing the same seeds but covering the movie industry. … Read the rest
The Next Era of Music
On the playback side, not the creation side….
Turntables have been selling well the past few years but there was one big dark spot on that record – the iconic Technics 1200, the stratocaster of turntables, was discontinued a … Read the rest
A Tale Of Two Setups
I was in my new all-analog studio last night with a simple task – dump from the 4-track tape machine to something digital so I could share the tracks just recorded with the artists.
First I needed to do … Read the rest
Quality Hiding In Plain Site
Why the hatred of quality music and sound right now? Is it really the machines taking over?
Consumer audio suffers this weird delusion. It seems to be a digital blindness.
It started in the 80’s but was … Read the rest
We Will See What The Digital Age Has In Store For Us
Records, record stores, record sales … it’s all gone.
It’s up to the young musicians to try an’ figure it out.
There’s no money in it. There’s no record companies.
It’s free! You can download it. Nobody gets paid, so … Read the rest
Dawg Gone Analog
It’s happening. I’ve considered and planned and anticipated this for 15+ years. But always compromised.
I’m going analog at the studio. Direct to tape. Outboard gear. No DAW. No computers needed at all.
The real deal. Why wait any longer?… Read the rest
The Danger of Perceptual Coding
Perceptual coding is responsible for data loss that is greatly misunderstood and perhaps even dangerous to society.
What is perceptual coding ? It’s a data compression concept used in audio, video, and streaming technologies.
Why does perceptual … Read the rest
24 Bit Goodness
I’ve been picking up one 24bit release per month to enjoy on the PonoPlayer, and while they have been slow to be released (my theory on why is below), I do really enjoy the ones I have.
My current 24bit … Read the rest
Recording Quality Rule Of Thumb
Allow me to speak some truth about the recording arts — the overall quality of music production has been going down since before I started. I’ve done nothing to reverse the trend ;-).
This is due to multiple factors not … Read the rest
Welcome to 1979
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PonoPlayer Review Is Posted
I have a few revisions to make but I thought I’d get this thing posted so I can start sharing out the link next week. Enjoy my long-form run through what a PonoPlayer is, and why you might want one:… Read the rest
Resolution, Not Frequency Range
Anyone arguing about audio and getting stuck on the overall hearing range of humans is actually missing the point.
What digital audio has really been doing is giving us lower resolutions on the sounds we can hear.
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Bad Science + Business Interests = Trouble
Computer geeks know lots of things. The sheer breadth of stuff that geeks have crammed in their head is impressive.
But their major mistake is often not acknowledging their own ignorance. Many have come up in a world so digitally … Read the rest
The First LP… ever
The year was 1948. The funk was about to go mobile.
Colombia debuted the 33 1/3 RPM long playing vinyl disc.
Some serious fiddle by this guy playing this. The breakdown run at 0:34 is amazing.
The audio linked … Read the rest
The Rise of High Definition Audio – Save The Audio!
Finally, I’m not alone on the internet! Someone agrees it’s time to retire the MP3 and bring on high def digital audio.
We keep upping the resolution of our digital lives but seem to have neglected sound … Read the rest
I Support Pono
I love this idea.
Neil Young finally got his wish to attempt to restore audio fidelity to our lives. They are calling the thing Pono and most of the press reports on it present it as a battle with … Read the rest
We Have Seen The Future
1970 gets a glimpse at the machine-music future and is not sure what to make of it.… Read the rest