[TenTec] Older rigs

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

I recall some years ago when I was working as a "recording engineer" for a 
major US record label, the producer wanted "that analog sound".  We 
proceeded with the original recording on a digital multitrack recorder. 
Then we transferred the tracks to a well aligned analog multitrack machine 
and then transferred the analog tracks back to the digital machine for final 
mixing.  Thus we attained "that analog sound".  That way the publicity 
department could say "recorded in full digital format", which I guess is 
somewhat correct.

Today's DSP technology really does a nice job of not being apparent as 
compared to the early digital grating or harsh "digital" sound.  That has to 
do with faster sampling rates, more data bits per word and faster processing 
times.  It just keeps getting better and better as technology moves ahead 
today.

Of course there's "some of us" that still enjoy seeing and feeling the warm 
glow of tubes and the sound of a well modulated and clean AM signal.  Yet as 
I sit and look at the current copy of RADIOWORLD, is see advertisements for 
all sorts of digital processing system for broadcast.  Even the AM and FM 
transmitters today are digital modulated beasts.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Gorniak" <radionorthstar at gmail.com>
To: "Ten Tec Contesting" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Older rigs


> The quality of the design and execution thereof are far more important
> than whether a particular RF or audio system is "analog" or "digital".
> I've participated in a number of professional listening projects over
> the years. I've always been amused when people who profess to prefer
> analog audio wind up favoring the digital systems in double blind tests.
>
> 73, Mike, NM7X
>
> On 8/12/2012 2:46 PM, Al Gulseth wrote:
>> Bob,
>>
>> Point (2) is well taken. Back in the days of "vinyl" when I worked in 
>> small
>> market radio I could hear when a stylus was getting "edgy" (chipped or 
>> worn);
>> it had the same effect on me as a chalkboard screech. Thus I question how
>> much real advantage there is in most normal situations (especially since 
>> I'm
>> not a contester or serious DXer) of digital manipulation and its 
>> associated
>> artifacts versus the (at least to me) much easier to listen to audio of a
>> purely analog chain.
>>
>> But then again, some folks might not even notice the difference (or at 
>> least
>> it might not bother them like it does me.) Guess this is one of
>> those "different strokes for different folks" HI HI!!
>>
>> 73, Al
>>
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