Subj : Floppy LPs
To   : boraxman
From : Roon
Date : Thu May 15 2025 07:44 pm

Hello boraxman,

14 May 25 10:19, you wrote to Alonzo:

 b> -=> Alonzo wrote to boraxman <=-

 bo>> Devin Townsend once talked about complaints that his albums were
 bo>> "quiet" (despite having heavy moments) and he explained it as a
 bo>> necessity of

 Al>> For vinyl records, the louder a track is, the bigger the groove.
 Al>> So if an artist wanted to get the most music on the album,
 Al>> they would sometimes lower the volume of the track. I remember
 Al>> having an album that had one track that was recorded
 Al>> at a different volume, just to squeeze it in.

 b> Interesting, I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense.

 b> One thing I never experienced, but always wanted to try, was loading
 b> computer data from vinyl.  It should theoretically be possible to
 b> encode digital data somehow, and have a turntable read it.  Either the
 b> computer records the analog signal and converts, or the turntable has
 b> a DAC built in.

 b> I suspect someone did do this.

check Robin's playlist of awesomeness :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_CZpFqvDQo&list=PLvW2ZMbxgP9xqddQRgmd3rmhW6giZ z5OO

ByEbYe
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