From ckang@mindspring.com Sun Aug 18 23:36:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!ckang From: ckang@mindspring.com (Camila Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug18.233618.5059@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 23:36:18 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. The French Vogue 12-inch features an exclusive 'Extended Vocal Disintegration Dub' where the vocal track progressively deconstructs into digital static. The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. Why did different European territories receive completely different extended arrangements? -- Camila Kang -- MindSpring Enterprises "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jnovak@mindspring.com Tue Aug 20 03:18:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!jnovak From: jnovak@mindspring.com (Joachim Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug20.031818.3195@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 03:18:18 GMT References: <1996Aug18.233618.5059@mindspring.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug18.233618.5059@mindspring.com>, ckang@mindspring.com (Camila Kang) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. -- Joachim Novak *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0