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    Posted: 07 May 2008 at 1:57am
Does anyone here have any Direct-to-Disc (D2D) recordings in their music collection? I only have two:

*Lazy Lester (33 1/3 rpm 180-gram LP / Analogue Productions / 2000)
-Cutting lathe: Neumann VMS70 with Ortofon cutter head

*Laurindo Almeida: Virtuoso Guitar (45-rpm white LP / Crystal Clear Records / 1977)
-Cutting lathe: Neumann VMS70 with Neumann SX74 cutter head


Both were cut live direct to lacquer by Stan Ricker. The purity of sound, the clarity and the sense of realism is exceptional in these two recordings and is better than anything I have ever heard before. Direct-to-disc is the most challenging way to record but also the best sounding. All music should be recorded this way. Recording to tape is the second-best option and digital the worst.

If any of you have any D2D albums you can recommend, let's hear from you.

More information about the D2D process here:

http://www.auldworks.com/AESDD/dd1.htm




Edited by Analog Kid - 07 May 2008 at 2:00am
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Hey, didn't they used to do that with 78s? Thumbs%20Up

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I have `Jazz at The Pawnshop`, although i wouldnt say it was one of my best sounding LP`s  Confused
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Originally posted by stuxter stuxter wrote:

I have `Jazz at The Pawnshop`, although i wouldnt say it was one of my best sounding LP`s  Confused


Eh? "Jazz at The Pawnshop" is not a D2D recording. It was recorded live direct to 2-track analog tape and then mastered for vinyl and later on for CD.
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Originally posted by Graham Slee Graham Slee wrote:

Hey, didn't they used to do that with 78s? Thumbs%20Up

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Yes, and they should keep on doing it with 33s and 45s. Unfortunately your average band today is a bunch of worthless talentless hacks and they would ruin two dozen blank lacquers before they would get it right. Acoustic music should always be recorded direct-to-disc but for hard rock and metal tape is a better option since you simply need the warmth and fatness you get in those genres from analog tape.
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its still dont sound amazing whatever it was mastered on !
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Originally posted by stuxter stuxter wrote:

its still dont sound amazing whatever it was mastered on !


What does that have to do with the D2D recording process? I never said it was amazing, and since this is not a D2D recording and we are discussing D2D recordings here, this discussion is null and void, don't you think? Smile

Just to clarify: this thread is about albums recorded live direct to lacquer disc and "Jazz at the Pawnshop" was NOT recorded direct-to-disc, so whether that album sounds amazing or horrible is irrelevant as far as this topic is concerned.

On topic: recording direct-to-disc is of course no guarantee for great sound if the live mix being fed to the cutting lathe is not of high quality or the musicians are poor performers. But as far as purity of sound and sense of realism, to my ears, nothing captures sound the way same as the D2D process.


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