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Post by pedrocols on Feb 2, 2016 11:02:07 GMT -5
People hear things differently that could be a potential explanation why some do and some don't hear any hiss.
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Post by DavidR on Feb 2, 2016 12:14:36 GMT -5
There's hiss on the recording from the original master tape. Are you saying that the recording was processed to remove the hiss before being put on vinyl? I'll listen to it today and listen for hiss. I've never detected it before. I just finished listening to Side One on my Office equipment. The only hiss was as the needle was entering track 1 and I had to put my ear up to the tweeter and upper mid to hear it. I detected no hiss while music was playing. It is a new record, 180 gm vinyl. I did not see any wording regarding re-mastering. |
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Post by garbulky on Feb 2, 2016 12:21:27 GMT -5
I heard a faint hiss on the recording when I put my ear right up to the tweeter. It hissed "What are you doing? It's late you know?"
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Post by monkumonku on Feb 2, 2016 12:29:42 GMT -5
I'll listen to it today and listen for hiss. I've never detected it before. I just finished listening to Side One on my Office equipment. The only hiss was as the needle was entering track 1 and I had to put my ear up to the tweeter and upper mid to hear it. I detected no hiss while music was playing. It is a new record, 180 gm vinyl. I did not see any wording regarding re-mastering. Well I believe you. But we must have different versions, then. |
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Post by KeithL on Feb 2, 2016 15:35:32 GMT -5
Many recordings are processed to reduce or remove hiss. Depending on the presence of other high frequency content, a simply high cut filter may be used. And, since louder sounds (like music) tend to mask hiss, often a noise gate is used to remove the hiss only when there's no music playing, and the fancier noise gates operate on multiple frequency bands (they "listen" to each band separately, and cut out the sound entirely when only noise is present). Both good quality master tape and modern vinyl can be reasonably quiet, but neither approaches the S/N of a CD. However, as long as the hiss is quiet enough to not interfere with the music, it's not a problem... right? I have it on vinyl. No hisssss. Great album. The XSP-1 G2 has a great phono section. There's hiss on the recording from the original master tape. Are you saying that the recording was processed to remove the hiss before being put on vinyl? |
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Post by KeithL on Feb 2, 2016 15:38:03 GMT -5
Yes, and often a lot of it  I wonder if recording studios use any room treatment....? Of course this is a rethorical question... |
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Post by Bonzo on Feb 2, 2016 15:43:56 GMT -5
Yes, and often a lot of it I wonder if recording studios use any room treatment....? Of course this is a rethorical question... Part of the reason many old recordings had a "sound" to them that was hard to replicate. Each studio had it's own "sound." Some bands, like say The Rolling Stones & Led Zeppelin, used mobile units to record in odd locations, even outside. That was a conscious choice. I'm not sure that it comes into play much anymore, or at least, not as much. It seems to me most new recordings have the environment totally taken out of the recording. Yes? No? |
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Post by Boomzilla on Feb 2, 2016 15:51:42 GMT -5
Depends on the type of recording, Bonzo - Latest pop dreck - studio only - probably no two musicians in the same studio at the same time - maybe not even in the same country. Looping used extensively with other tracks overlaid. But you can't much record an orchestra that way... It's been done, but in general, it's a live recording of music being played in a specific venue. |
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