I will say one thing that really cracks me up is all this argument about lossy formats when listening to mid ranges that are out of phase ( breakup ) 1/3 of the time.....
is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl
sam here with another question. is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl ? i realize i'm gonna get ripped a new a-hole however this is not a joke question. honest answers please i can take the heat
as crazy as it sounds it seams perfectly logical to me. now here is what i did using my 2013 dell pc windows 7 32bit.
using foobar 2000 with the convolver dsp filter i made an impulse file consisting of a 1 second wave file extracted at 32 / 88
from the intro to pink floyds us and them on 1st press vintage vinyl u.k harvest label. just the surface noise before the music
starts and applied the impulse file to a digital album to see if the digital album now sounds like vintage vinyl.here's the results
not sure if i made the digital audio sound worse or really what i achieved ? feedback will help me decide if i should
abandoned this pipe dream and move on. source is digital download flac 16/44 same source for both before/after samples.
audio sample 1: http://pc.cd/GB3
audio sample 2 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/7eA
audio sample 3: http://pc.cd/7DP7
audio sample 4 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/bw2
audio sample 5: http://pc.cd/3etrtalK
audio sample 6 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/lTf7
as crazy as it sounds it seams perfectly logical to me. now here is what i did using my 2013 dell pc windows 7 32bit.
using foobar 2000 with the convolver dsp filter i made an impulse file consisting of a 1 second wave file extracted at 32 / 88
from the intro to pink floyds us and them on 1st press vintage vinyl u.k harvest label. just the surface noise before the music
starts and applied the impulse file to a digital album to see if the digital album now sounds like vintage vinyl.here's the results
not sure if i made the digital audio sound worse or really what i achieved ? feedback will help me decide if i should
abandoned this pipe dream and move on. source is digital download flac 16/44 same source for both before/after samples.
audio sample 1: http://pc.cd/GB3
audio sample 2 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/7eA
audio sample 3: http://pc.cd/7DP7
audio sample 4 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/bw2
audio sample 5: http://pc.cd/3etrtalK
audio sample 6 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/lTf7
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sam here when i made this post i was referring to a very specific sound that vinyl creates and i don’t care what kind of turntable setup you have there is an indefinable sound and that’s what i was trying to create. no i don’t think i’m there yet however i will keep trying and posting my before/after results to get feedback from the experts. i suppose if i was less nieve i would just accept the facts and move on however i can’t help but believe i will one day hit on the magic combination friends. |
Personally I have no interest in flavoring digital files to simulate the "vinyl sound." It is more interesting that an ADC can accurately transfer the "sound" of an LP to a hires digital format. If successful, this demonstrates that the vinyl source is an affectation, but a pleasing one. I record vinyl to DSD128 on a modified TASCAM DA-3000 synchronized to a Stanford Research 10Mhz rubidium clock powered by a Paul Hynes SR7. It’s a labor-intensive process that is worth getting right once and for all with the best equipment you can afford. |
sam here when i made this post i was referring to a very specific sound that vinyl creates and i don’t care what kind of turntable setup you have there is an indefinable sound and that’s what i was trying to create. no i don’t think i’m there yet however i will keep trying and posting my before/after results to get feedback from the experts. i suppose if i was less nieve i would just accept the facts and move on however i can’t help but believe i will one day hit on the magic combination friends. So really you just want to define the program that will recreate the indefinable. Magic, indeed. |
Keep at it! If nothing else, it is a lot of fun, and if you come up with a formula that improves your listening enjoyment, then you have accomplished something and perhaps others will enjoy it as well. guitarsam OP29 posts05-19-2020 6:52pmsam here when i made this post i was referring to a very specific sound that vinyl creates and i don’t care what kind of turntable setup you have there is an indefinable sound and that’s what i was trying to create. no i don’t think i’m there yet however i will keep trying and posting my before/after results to get feedback from the experts. i suppose if i was less nieve i would just accept the facts and move on however i can’t help but believe i will one day hit on the magic combination friends. |
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