Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"


Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"

I am sharing this for those with an interest. I no longer have vinyl, but I find the issues involved in the debates to be interesting. This piece raises interesting issues and relates them to philosophy, which I know is not everyone's bag. So, you've been warned. I think the philosophical ideas here are pretty well explained -- this is not a journal article. I'm not advocating these ideas, and am not staked in the issues -- so I won't be debating things here. But it's fodder for anyone with an interest, I think. So, discuss away!

https://aestheticsforbirds.com/2019/11/25/spin-me-round-why-vinyl-is-better-than-digital/amp/?fbclid...
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The term specifically used by the poster was "micro dynamic nuance". That is a made up term.  Micro and macro dynamics within the recording process are not a made up terms and even though "micro" is the nomenclature used, the processes are fairly "macro" at least in terms of what I would consider layman thinking.

Someone who "claims" to know the recording process intimately would know that this property is pretty much exclusively a factor of performance and mixing and mastering, from the time the note is played, to the final master, vinyl, analog tape, or digital is made.  i.e. it is almost all a factor of the specific recording you are playing, and has little to do with the medium. However, like always, there is the potential for digital to have more dynamic range, so technically there is more latitude to play with dynamics. 


No point me retyping all of this, but i copied a critical section below so people can understand that this is not about the playback or recording medium, but is pretty much all the recording itself.

https://miloburke.com/blogs/personal-blog/posts/micro-dynamics-and-macro-dynamics


How can a mastering engineer improve the micro-dynamics of a song?

  • If the micro-dynamics are out of control, the mastering engineer can use compression to get the instruments to gel together more smoothly, and to avoid excessive volume variation.
     
  • If the micro-dynamics of the song are too squashed from the mix, the mastering engineer can use expansion to bring out volume variation within a measure.
     
  • If the transients of the drums aren't getting enough attention, the mastering engineer can compress with a slower attack.
     
  • If the transients of the drums are too excessive, the mastering engineer can tame them by using a compressor with very fast attack and release times.
     
  • A mastering engineer can bring out the groove and shape of each measure by balancing a compressor just right, to have the level of the mix subtly bounce and sway around the rhythm of the drums.

It never occur to your mind that frogman is first a musician and for a musician the microdynamic he speak about first, is not the properties added or substracted in the studio but the REAL acoustic and musical phenomena linked to the act of playing, a resonant synchronisation between the gesture/body and the body of the instrument....

Not only you demonstrate that you dont know what timbre is or his importance but you reduce any sound living experience to bits and electro units...

Nothing else to say....

I will go out before you accuse me of lying like the other fellow who dare to enter and discuss .....
Raspberries taste better than strawberries.

No, strawberries taste better than raspberries.
Raspberries taste better than strawberries.

No, strawberries taste better than raspberries.
You need more concentration when reading posts...

Some argue about raspberries or strawberries.... It has never been my point by the way...


My point is lost because people understand thing only if we speak in binary alternatives...

Anyway i miss my work it seems..... 😁

Arguing with ghosts.....

But twoleftears i wish you the best and thanks for your last musical recommendation....


twoleftears3,681 posts01-16-2021 1:51pmRaspberries taste better than strawberries.

No, strawberries taste better than raspberries.


yeah but someone will still insist that strawberries have more fiber even though all the evidence says otherwise :-)