16 Oct
2024
16 Oct
'24
11:29 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 05:58:19PM +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
... While at the same time, the fidelity under good
conditions
is actually quite high. Thus a good simulation of that can only be
subtle, which increases the likelyhood that some EQing sounds about
the same.
:-)
As far as I
remember, the distortion set in in a very good natured, gentle fashion
and maxed out with a rumbling, compressed sound that still left
everything recognisable. Digital distortion effects tend to be brutal
in comparison.
Maybe the simulation is more interesting if you strive outside
realistic parameters?
I'm pretty sure that is true. But my original aim was to make
a processor that would emulate a 'pro' quality tape recorder
as close as possible - I even planned to have user accessible
alignment controls for bias, level, and HF gain. But the result
so far is just 'to good'...
Probably few people today realise how good professional analog
tape recorders - Studer, Ampex, Nagra, Telefunken - had become
in the late 80s. At one of the places I worked we had a 24-track
with Telcom C4 noise reduction. Never noticed any noise or
distortion on that one.
OTOH I also remember many occasions when (mostly classical)
musicians heard a digital recording of themselves for the first
time. The were just totally excited by the fidelity, none of
them ever complained it sounded 'cold'.
Ciao,
--
FA