From bkim@inria.fr Tue Aug 27 14:17:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!bkim From: bkim@inria.fr (Brian Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug27.141711.2540@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 14:17:11 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. Why did different European territories receive completely different extended arrangements? -- Brian Kim SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From hkang@mindspring.com Thu Aug 29 05:06:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!hkang From: hkang@mindspring.com (Hana Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug29.050611.2978@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 05:06:11 GMT References: <1996Aug27.141711.2540@inria.fr> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug27.141711.2540@inria.fr>, bkim@inria.fr (Brian Kim) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. > The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. -- Hana Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mduarte@cern.ch Sat Aug 31 08:39:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!mduarte From: mduarte@cern.ch (Mikhail Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug31.083911.3795@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 08:39:11 GMT References: <1996Aug27.141711.2540@inria.fr> <1996Aug29.050611.2978@mindspring.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug29.050611.2978@mindspring.com>, hkang@mindspring.com (Hana Kang) writes: > Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. Please post the audio as uuencoded chunks in alt.binaries.sounds.1980s! -- Mikhail Duarte Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tkowalski@cern.ch Sat Aug 31 11:19:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!tkowalski From: tkowalski@cern.ch (Tyler Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug31.111911.8174@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 11:19:11 GMT References: <1996Aug27.141711.2540@inria.fr> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug27.141711.2540@inria.fr>, bkim@inria.fr (Brian Kim) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. Each European pressing was assigned a specific relay node: UK was Node 07, Germany was Node 05, France was Node 06. -- Tyler Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0