Subj : Re: Floppy LPs
To : Alonzo
From : boraxman
Date : Wed May 14 2025 10:19 am
-=> Alonzo wrote to boraxman <=-
bo> Devin Townsend once talked about complaints that his albums were "quiet"
bo> (despite having heavy moments) and he explained it as a necessity of
Al> For vinyl records, the louder a track is, the bigger the groove.
Al> So if an artist wanted to get the most music on the album,
Al> they would sometimes lower the volume of the track. I remember
Al> having an album that had one track that was recorded
Al> at a different volume, just to squeeze it in.
Interesting, I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense.
One thing I never experienced, but always wanted to try, was loading computer
data from vinyl. It should theoretically be possible to encode digital data
somehow, and have a turntable read it. Either the computer records the analog
signal and converts, or the turntable has a DAC built in.
