Subj : Re: Floppy LPs
To   : Alonzo
From : boraxman
Date : Wed May 14 2025 10:19:18

-=> Alonzo wrote to boraxman <=-

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

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

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

I suspect someone did do this.

.... BoraxMan
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