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(Fabfilter Q3 is recommended for this but many EQs wil do) On the other side I gave a tiny boost between 10-16Khz en and cut or low pass above 16Khz. On mastering you can chose to increase around 80 Hz and slope down from 80 to 35. This is why I chose to publish 14 tracks on Vinyl (14-16 min/side) and 22 on the CD. (not perse out of the grooves but it loses contact) The closer the grooves are the easier the needle will jump. Some physics involved here with weight, size and movement.Īnother thing I learned is that if you want to press more than 14 minutes on one side the grooves will get closer to one another and the quality diminishes more or less. On the other side vinyl will be fine up to 16Khz and above this frequency it will be more difficult to transfer to the needle. If there is too much energy below 80, the needle might jump out of the groove. This means you have to careful with punch and drive below 60-80 Hz.
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Vinyl has a limited frequency range compared to Compact Disc. Before I studied all material and articles available on Vinyl mastering and this is what I learned. Last year i had to make a CD master and a Vinyl master. Why does you mix sound different than you remember or via digital playback? The LP playback system changes it, the vinyl cutting machine changes it too, and some would argue the vinyl itself affects the fidelity of the sound. But.some prefer the analog, mono sound.Ģ5 minutes a side is normal on a record. Stereo really opens up the sound stage and digital gives more details and dynamics. They are less defined and much of that world is monophonic. On the other hand, think analog synthesizers. So if you are used to listening to digital equipment in general, the vinyl will sound softer, more subdued, and less detailed probably. Digital is much more dynamic and has better channel separation, less crosstalk. In any event, the "sound" of vinyl seems softer and less dynamic (unless one has the very high end turntable equipment chain). A mid-fi, as compared to a genuine hifi component in that chain can make a huge diff too. The turntable itself, the cartridge, the tonearm, even the tonearm cable, not to mention the phono amplifier in yours or someone else's preamp/integrated (or separate phono preamp) makes a world of differences, many variables. ThanksWell vinyl playback is really a different system of playback first of all. So the question is, what are the limitations of the vinyl medium and what should I expect to hear vs my original mix?ĭisclaimer: Audio Technica turntable which is most definitely not 'Hi-Fi'. In my mix there's a thump on the snare that you can feel. Like there's a Hi and Lo pass filter going.
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On first listen, it seems that the bandwidth got narrowed down a bit. Just received a vinyl master ref to approve. Then if you compare your mix to the mastered file and to the disk you will probably learn a lot more. And as someone else pointed out, you should get the file that was provided to the cutting engineer. I suggest that if you are really interested in evaluating the sound of the record you should get a clean direct signal path. Additionally you seem to be inserting questionable steps in your playback, including a so-so turntable and a digital conversion with so-so converters.
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If it's a ref it would usually have peel and stick labels, often with the mastering facility's name and either typed or hand written text identifying the program.īut back to the OP's question: Apparently there were several steps between your work and the disk you want to evaluate, steps you weren't involved in. One side of a test pressing may have a blank white label, but at least one side would normally have a label with the pressing plant's name and something indicating that it's a test pressing. The first time you pick one up you'll notice the difference. As a result it's noticeably heavier and stiffer. A reference disk is cut on a blank that has aluminum in the center, and a soft acetate coating on both sides. First, a test pressing feels just the same as all the albums you've ever had in your hands, in terms of weight and flexibility. It probably is a test pressing, but there are other ways to tell. We have 12" blanks as well and we can cut refs on both sides. If it's the size of a record and has two sides it's a test pressing, and just like the ones that go out to the. If they sent you separate, oversize discs for the two sides, those are refs and they came off the lathe.