If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

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Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

Between a 96KHz/24bit source material mixed down with analogue gear into a tape and a CD after dithering, you will

Just saying it doesn't make it true. If you have details of a double-blind test where vinyl and CD (or CD and a "better" audio format) were identified correctly in a statistically significant number of cases, please point me to it as I'd be very interested to read it.

Here's a good read on the subject:
http://mixonline.com/recording/mixing/audio_emperors_new_sampling/

 

[lNllClK]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

The truth is that some random guy could have a 59 burst LP into a Dumble, playing leads in his band, and I'll still pay 10x the price of that admission to go see David Gilmour perform a few of his songs on a Walmart Hanna Montana acoustic guitar.

I've heard good things about the hanna montana acoustic.... :laugh2:

 

[Matt42]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

I actually owned the FBM-1 for a while. I eventually sold it cause I was low on cash and didn't have any real need for it at the time. I played a few shows with it, and always got compliments on my tone, but that might have been the Mesa Lonestar more than the FBM-1.

I have thought about buying another one, as it did sound pretty good, but I recently picked up a Joyo Sweet Baby and use it pretty much the same way I used the FBM-1. Hit the strings hard for some crunch, back off for some clean and tweak the volume on the guitar around to get the sound where I want it. The Joyo was cheaper and sounds better, so I'm happy with what I have now and probably wont be getting another FBM-1 anytime soon.

 

[NecroPolo]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

Just saying it doesn't make it true. If you have details of a double-blind test where vinyl and CD (or CD and a "better" audio format) were identified correctly in a statistically significant number of cases, please point me to it as I'd be very interested to read it.

Here's a good read on the subject:
http://mixonline.com/recording/mixing/audio_emperors_new_sampling/

I don't do statistics. I do recordings for a living. You really don't have to be a bat to hear the difference between a high definition analogue mixdown and the dithered ready-to-distribute final file. If you come around here, shoot me a message and you can test it yourself @SSR