ALL ABOUT MUSIC #2 - Non Surround, Not Covered In Other Threads

[GOS]

Love me some Nazareth....

 

[GOS]

LOL! Surprisingly, today my older brother (63) came to our Christmas with about 40 old albums. Someone at his work, said he could have them. A lot of different stuff, some in bad shape, others in great shape. How fun. Can't wait to clean them up, and check them out.

 

[Beefalo]

LOL! Surprisingly, today my older brother (63) came to our Christmas with about 40 old albums. Someone at his work, said he could have them. A lot of different stuff, some in bad shape, others in great shape. How fun. Can't wait to clean them up, and check them out.

Don't ever look a gift horse in the mouth. Take that
steed bad teeth or not.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Randy Newman wrote the song "Mama Told Me Not To Come", obviously a massive hit for Three Dog Night...

I certainly did not know he wrote it.

I really like this Newman compilation, what’s really interesting is reading all the artists and other associates involved with his music; it’s a massive list of the very best IMO. If we could just get Sail Away and Good Old Boys in a digital Quad format

https://www.discogs.com/Randy-Newman-Guilty-30-Years-Of-Randy-Newman/release/1380595

 

[GOS]

Ripped Ronnie Milsap - Milsap Magic (RCA AHL1-3563 vinyl)

foobar2000 1.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2019-12-23 10:13:50

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Analyzed: Ronnie Milsap / Milsap Magic (vinyl rip)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -1.86 dB -19.18 dB 4:08 01-Why Don't You Spend The Night
DR12 -3.29 dB -18.17 dB 3:04 02-She Thinks I Still Care
DR14 -2.82 dB -18.64 dB 2:39 03-My Heart
DR14 -4.05 dB -21.38 dB 3:21 04-Silent Night (After the Fight)
DR12 -3.50 dB -19.82 dB 4:57 05-It's A Beautiful Thing
DR13 -3.90 dB -21.25 dB 4:40 06-Misery Loves Company
DR12 -4.34 dB -21.66 dB 3:40 07-I Let Myself Believe
DR13 -4.42 dB -20.67 dB 3:43 08-If You Don't Want Me To
DR13 -4.64 dB -21.68 dB 2:58 09-What's One More Time
DR13 -5.01 dB -23.55 dB 3:56 10-Still In Love With You
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1284 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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[GOS]

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[GOS]

DR values are always interesting. Of course, I know they don't tell the whole story, but as Clint always says....it's generally a very good starting point to ensuring you are leaning in the right direction for getting higher fidelity. Depending on the genre, that is in fact mostly correct.

Just ripped a copy of Andy Williams - Dear Heart vinyl from 1965. It sounds great, as do many of his albums. Though, the DR is certainly lower than some others of his I have. Hmmmm

foobar2000 1.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2019-12-23 13:19:46

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Analyzed: Andy Williams / Dear Heart (vinyl rip)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -4.21 dB -17.61 dB 2:27 01-Red Roses For A Blue Lady
DR10 -5.78 dB -18.04 dB 2:43 02-It Had To Be You
DR10 -4.82 dB -18.20 dB 2:31 03-I Can't Stop Loving You
DR9 -5.43 dB -17.69 dB 3:09 04-Till
DR10 -4.98 dB -18.57 dB 2:29 05-I'm All Smiles
DR10 -4.35 dB -19.08 dB 2:26 06-Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
DR10 -4.84 dB -18.01 dB 2:42 07-You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
DR9 -4.70 dB -17.29 dB 2:25 08-Emily
DR10 -4.59 dB -17.29 dB 2:59 09-Almost There
DR10 -5.49 dB -18.88 dB 2:31 10-My Carousel
DR10 -4.99 dB -17.98 dB 3:10 11-Everybody Loves Somebody
DR9 -5.84 dB -17.95 dB 3:00 12-Dear Heart
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1402 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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[GOS]

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[GOS]

DR for above. Another average on values, but still sounds great! Clickremoval did an outstanding job on this, almost hard to believe the before and after.

foobar2000 1.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2019-12-24 11:46:35

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Analyzed: Andy Williams / The Shadow Of Your Smile (Vinyl Rip)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -7.54 dB -20.92 dB 3:06 01-The Shadow Of Your Smile
DR10 -7.30 dB -20.38 dB 2:53 02-That Old Feeling
DR10 -6.43 dB -19.14 dB 3:03 03-Meditation
DR10 -7.44 dB -20.00 dB 2:56 04-Try To Remember
DR9 -8.81 dB -20.54 dB 3:25 05-Michelle
DR10 -5.82 dB -20.72 dB 3:02 06-Somewhere
DR10 -7.77 dB -20.77 dB 2:41 07-The Summer Of Our Love
DR10 -8.10 dB -20.37 dB 2:24 08-Peg O' My Heart
DR10 -8.01 dB -20.70 dB 2:41 09-How Insensitive
DR9 -8.65 dB -20.46 dB 2:53 10-Yesterday
DR11 -7.79 dB -21.42 dB 2:45 11-Bye Bye Blues
DR11 -7.28 dB -21.22 dB 2:52 12-A Taste Of Honey
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1588 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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[GOS]

UGH, decided it was time to clean/dust, vacuum my audio room. Not something I really enjoy doing. Wires, etc.

 

[GOS]

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[Beefalo]

UGH, decided it was time to clean/dust, vacuum my audio room. Not something I really enjoy doing. Wires, etc.

I think it's best to do this type of high precision work in person. If someone else did it for me and a cable got disconnected it would take me awhile to figure out my Franken-system.

 

[GOS]

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[Hamilton59]

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I love the title track!
Bowie was an incredibly talented and unique artist.

 

[GOS]

Right around the 5:00 mark, things get interesting. I guess this Bonamassa guy is pretty good. lmao

 

[GOS]

And, this is partly why my hearing is toast. Open cab tractor, and the AM radio I used to play super loud in my right ear. Circa 1979!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

And, this is partly why my hearing is toast. Open cab tractor, and the AM radio I used to play super loud in my right ear. Circa 1979!

View attachment 44966

That's a lot bigger than the little Ford tractor I used to drive; did you guys grow Corn?

 

[GOS]

That's a lot bigger than the little Ford tractor I used to drive; did you guys grow Corn?

Central Illinois my man. We ARE the cornbelt.....Corn & Soybean rotation.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Central Illinois my man. We ARE the cornbelt.....Corn & Soybean rotation.

We had a little ranch here in CA. and grew Alfalfa and Wheat hay for our horses and cattle. IIRC, I'd have a little Sony Walkman while riding tractor.

 

[GOS]

We had a little ranch here in CA. and grew Alfalfa and Wheat hay for our horses and cattle. IIRC, I'd have a little Sony Walkman while riding tractor.

Hopefully, you were growing Dairyland Alfalfa. (company I spent 25 years with) We had the number 1 breeding program in the world...at the time. The very first hybrid alfalfa. OK, enough bragging. lol Their program was in Sloughhouse, CA.