My Peel Sessions

[billfromnorthwales]

This is a good explaination of compression

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ&feature=player_embedded


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Alan Ford <ford.alan@...> wrote:
>
> Wow I don't understand a word of this .....
> 
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Stuart <stuartb@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >  Wow I remember writing to the BBC at the time about the sound quality!
> > This is confirmation that my ears weren't deceiving me at the time.
> >
> >
> >
> > What I remember complaining about was not only the intrusive dynamic
> > compression (often when JP was warning us of a track that faded in, actually
> > didn't fade in much as the gain was turned up during the quiet start, then
> > when the loud bit came in, the gain was reduced, but not before some audible
> > distortion was heard.) I also remember some bass distortion continuing
> > through some tracks. This is why, while I thought PJ Harvey and the Pixies
> > sounded good on radio, once I got the vinyl LPs the dynamism was
> > mindblowing.
> >
> >
> >
> > I wonder if the recordings you have bypass the dynamic compression?
> >
> >
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *
> > dgmccarthy
> > *Sent:* 11 April 2011 00:56
> > *To:* peel@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* [peel] Re: My Peel Sessions
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers, Rocker. I'm in Sydney but, if it comes to it, sending the tapes
> > back to their country of origin isn't a problem!
> >
> > The shows are 20 & 21 November 1992 and I see on the WIKI that they are
> > available, albeit incomplete. Mine would also be straight out of the desk in
> > the broadcast studio so may have the edge in quality.
> >
> > I recall this was during a period (give or take a couple of years) when R1
> > was messing around with the processing on the end of the broadcast chain and
> > some of the off-air sound was a bit over-cooked.
> >
> > Happy days!
> >
> > David
> >
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, rockerq@ wrote:
> > >
> > > > <<I do actually have a couple of complete Peel shows but they are on
> > DAT
> > > > in long-play mode and I don't have access to a machine that can replay
> > them
> > > > (but I'm working on it).>>
> > > >
> > > I have a machine which will play this format & can transfer direct to
> > CDr.
> > >
> > > If you don't find one let me know - I am Bristol / Cheltenham based, and
> > > also often travel to London, if this helps.
> > >
> > > Have you looked on the WIKI to check if these shows are already
> > available?
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Rocker
> > >
> >   
> >
>