From nmartinez@clari.net Fri Jan 06 07:34:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!nmartinez From: nmartinez@clari.net (Nadine Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Jan06.073420.9216@clari.net> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 07:34:20 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. 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? -- Nadine Martínez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From dmoreau@pacbell.net Sat Jan 07 17:47:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!dmoreau From: dmoreau@pacbell.net (Dave Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Jan07.174720.4548@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 17:47:20 GMT References: <1995Jan06.073420.9216@clari.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan06.073420.9216@clari.net>, nmartinez@clari.net (Nadine Martínez) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. > The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. -- Dave Moreau Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy."