XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 15/02/2026 9:32 am, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:33:21 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 14/02/2026 2:10 pm, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Almost all of it is probably produced using digital equipment   
   >>> these days in teh recording studios, but the final vinyl record   
   >>> itself is played on analogue equipment by the purchasers, which   
   >>> to some people sounds better.   
   >>   
   >> It sounds better because it IS the actual sound produced by the   
   >> Voices/Instruments .....   
   >   
   > I wonder how it can manage that, given it came from digital sources   
      
   Yes, in later years, 'they' did process it digitally but, originally,   
   the tracks were recorded STRAIGHT onto Tape and then they were used to   
   produce the record tracks from .... oh, hang on, weren't voices/etc   
   originally recorded onto Cylinders??   
      
   > ... I mean, you’re not trying to say that the digital sources were   
   > capturing “the actual sound produced by the Voices/Instruments”, are   
   >  you?   
      
   No, the opposite in fact. The Digital Sources were merely producing,   
   what, 44000 or so samples per second (8bit/16bit/whatever)(combining   
   Left and Right tracks) of the infinite variations per second!!   
   >   
   > I suppose another possibility is that the real world sounds   
   > inherently scratchy and dusty,   
      
   Stuff happening all over the place.   
      
   > which somehow gets removed during digital sampling.   
      
   Well, hopefully, the recording studio is of sufficient quality to STOP   
   the "real world sounds" from making it onto the recording.   
      
   > So the vinyl format is putting back that original real-world   
   > authenticity.   
   >   
   > Could that be it?   
   >   
   NO!!   
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   Daniel70   
      
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