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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: SuperFi LPs
Message-ID: <1197@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 2-Apr-85 01:09:31 EST
Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1197
Posted: Tue Apr  2 01:09:31 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Apr-85 08:04:14 EST
References: <7000001@petrus.UUCP>
Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo
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Summary: 

In article <7000001@petrus.UUCP> dhc@petrus.UUCP writes:
>  SSI plans to offer to the public the ultimate analog recording--
>half-speed direct-to-disc LPs.  "We won't just be offering the
>Chipmunks," Speakes said, "there are many instruments, particularly
>in the woodwind family, that can be played one octave below score,
>and sound natural when the playback speed is doubled."
>
>  Speakes went on to observe that half-speed live recording will
>make it possible to capture performances of some of the most difficult
>music ever written, more accurately than the composer dreamed
>possible.  Some critics have objected on the grounds that human
>composers were well aware of human performance limitations when
>putting notes to paper, and intended a certain rough-hewn quality
>in the performance.  Speakes' recordings will be inhumanly,
>mechanically perfect.

half-speed direct-to-disk?  is he advocating 16 2/3 rpm turntables?
someone has loose screws or there's a lot of meaning lost in the
translation.  i personally favor 45 rpm for highest quality
audiophile disks.

Herb Chong...

I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....

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