In Reply to: "It is debatable whether 192/24 can capture the output of a high quality master tape" posted by Chris from Lafayette on October 9, 2015 at 19:32:40:
It's quite simple: you listen to the output of the tape recorder directly and you listen to the output of the digital playback of a recording made previously from the tape recorder. If you hear a difference, then higher resolution digital gear is needed.
It could be that the resolution from a 30 IPS wide track tape master isn't good enough to show up problems with the digital gear. In this case, the test is a live microphone feed. This is a simple A - B test that compares apples to apples. The goal is to see whether or not digital recording is "perfect sound" or not.
Tony Lauck
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Follow Ups
- RE: "It is debatable whether 192/24 can capture the output of a high quality master tape" - Tony Lauck 10/9/1520:07:58 10/9/15 (10)
- It seems to me that you might hear more of a difference if you reversed the test - Chris from Lafayette 22:27:58 10/9/15 (2)
- RE: It seems to me that you might hear more of a difference if you reversed the test - Tony Lauck 09:12:43 10/10/15 (1)
- I agree with some of what you say - Chris from Lafayette 17:04:32 10/10/15 (0)
- RE: "It is debatable whether 192/24 can capture the output of a high quality master tape" - Inmate51 20:39:12 10/9/15 (6)
- RE: "It is debatable whether 192/24 can capture the output of a high quality master tape" - Tony Lauck 10:43:49 10/10/15 (5)
- Has anyone ever done an analysis of the absolute limits of analog sound... - Jaundiced Ear 21:35:44 10/10/15 (4)
- Yes. - Tony Lauck 08:27:43 10/11/15 (2)
- Does that mean that 64 bit DAWs - Jaundiced Ear 19:11:52 10/11/15 (1)
- RE: Does that mean that 64 bit DAWs - Tony Lauck 08:05:19 10/12/15 (0)
- RE: Has anyone ever done an analysis of the absolute limits of analog sound... - Inmate51 07:08:43 10/11/15 (0)