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Unbelievable sounds episode 4 – dynamics

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/67514902″ iframe=”true” /] Episode four, I think, is a new level. If you’ve ever turned it up to 11, its all about dynamics, loudness, or just plain impact. If you turn back to the 20’s just being loud enough to be heard over the sound of dust in the grooves was the challenge. Contemporary

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Unbelievable sounds episode three: stereo

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/67470195″ iframe=”true” /] The gloves come off this episode, I get down and dirty and really begin to research some of my rambled opinions. And what a befitting subject. As mono recordings could represent black and white movies, some amazing art, but technology marches on. Stereo adds that extra bit of oomph for those

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Unbelievable sounds episode two: thoroughly modern mono

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/67469518″ iframe=”true” /] Sophisticated sounds, in a monaural vein. How early mastering to mono created some of the great sonic gems, with examples from Pablo Casals, and Louis Armstrong. Then, fidelity gets better, Les Paul is introduced, as well as just what good sounds can come from Sam Cooke and the Rolling Stones, indeed

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Unbelievable sounds episode one – Mono!

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/67466015″ iframe=”true” /] Ok, it’s really here, the first episode of the long mulled over “Unbelievable Sounds” – for those used to the yearly dip into the record rack, this will come as a departure. I wanted to come up with a way to share some of the unsung nuances of what it means

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