Great Players Stan Getz - Voyage

[aldevis]

Old 45s and 33s or 78s.

I recently bought a Teddy Heath 78 where my friend Stan is playing trumpet 🙂

 

[Jeanette]

I recently bought a Teddy Heath 78 where my friend Stan is playing trumpet 🙂

Did you manage to get it signed? 🙂

Jx

 

[aldevis]

Did you manage to get it signed? 🙂

Jx

I don't like the idea of marker signs on the vinyl. The cover is just plain brown paper

 

[Veggie Dave]

Even more off topic: I have 16bit/44.1kHz 24/96 of my own album, and I heard it ad nauseam in many versions. The vinyl has an inexplicable depth that beats everything. It does not make sense, I know.

There is something about vinyl...

As for the quality of USB decks, I borrowed one off a friend last year and was surprised at just how good the final files were.They even retained the wonderful nuances that are compressed out of most modern releases. The deck was around the same price as a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, so I see no reason why there would be any real difference in quality, particularly if the record is really old.

Talking of the Focusrite 2i2, does it allow you to adjust the mix of instrument input and DAW playback for monitoring in headphones?

 

[aldevis]

Talking of the Focusrite 2i2, does it allow you to adjust the mix of instrument input and DAW playback for monitoring in headphones?

I never tried, but fiddling with the DAW's latency and/or input monitor settings, it should be possible

 

[BigMartin]

Talking of the Focusrite 2i2, does it allow you to adjust the mix of instrument input and DAW playback for monitoring in headphones?

I've got the Focusrite solo, which doesn't, but you can control the DAW playback level in the software.

 

[Carlysax]

When an old record says "Hi fi" on the sleeve, what does that mean exactly? Were these the days before stereo? I know that it is much better quality that Mono.
Also, would a modern set up play a vintage record and make the sound quality much better, or would it be the same as playing it on an old vintage thing?
Please forgive my ignorance.. i've not had one since the last of my stylus' broke at the end of the 1980s and then my mum just charmingly threw it away while I was moving around in London.

Hi Fi refers to 'high fidelity' stereo sound, trust the difference is already known between mono and stereo.

Like any other appliance it depends on the brand of the turntable and the quality of the stylus used. Panasonic, only a couple of days ago announced a revamped Technics direct drive turntable is to be released. Fortunately we purchased a Technics some years ago in the knowledge that vinyl would still be popular.

Here it is on YouTube, should be ok to use, it has been in public domain since 2009, favourite northern soul track, "Do I love you" - Chris Clark. (Due for a rewire me thinks!)

 

[Alice]

Even more off topic: I have 16bit/44.1kHz 24/96 of my own album, and I heard it ad nauseam in many versions. The vinyl has an inexplicable depth that beats everything. It does not make sense, I know.

It does make sense 🙂
There are no scratches on any of my dad's records because he took extreme care of them. One has a damaged sleeve 🙁

 

[Alice]

Thank you very much @Carlysax

 

[Alice]

Here's an explanation of hi-fi.
High fidelity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What's your idea of a vintage record?
Old 45s and 33s or 78s.

Yes, thank you for that 🙂 And yes to the latter. I don't have the 78s though, but I do remember a box of them being brought down from the loft by my mum and then being thrown out because they couldn't be played any more. I think they would have most likely been Jazz too as only my dad ever bought them! How sickening.

 

[Carlysax]

There is something about vinyl...

As for the quality of USB decks, I borrowed one off a friend last year and was surprised at just how good the final files were.They even retained the wonderful nuances that are compressed out of most modern releases. The deck was around the same price as a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, so I see no reason why there would be any real difference in quality, particularly if the record is really old.

Talking of the Focusrite 2i2, does it allow you to adjust the mix of instrument input and DAW playback for monitoring in headphones?

I may have misunderstood the question, the 2i4 does but the mix can be changed in the DAW. Here is a link Scarlett 2i2 and Downloads that may be useful.

 

[Veggie Dave]

Sorry for hijacking the thread...

I've got the Focusrite solo, which doesn't, but you can control the DAW playback level in the software.

So, you control the volume of the instrument you're recording with the monitor dial, the playback volume on the DAW and the overall volume with the headphone dial?

 

[BigMartin]

So, you control the volume of the instrument you're recording with the monitor dial, the playback volume on the DAW and the overall volume with the headphone dial?

I don't usually bother with this, as my headphones are so rubbish, but as far as I remember the headphone dial controls the level of the combined signal from DAW and instrument/mic. But you can alter the mix by changing the playback level on the DAW, and then changing the headphone dial to make the overall level comfortable again. It's a bit of a fiddle, but it works (I think).

 

[trimmy]

Here it is on YouTube, should be ok to use, it has been in public domain since 2009, favourite northern soul track, "Do I love you" - Chris Clark. (Due for a rewire me thinks!)

Superb track and takes me back to my youth

 

[Carlysax]

I've got the Focusrite solo, which doesn't, but you can control the DAW playback level in the software.

Agree, I have the 2i4 and do not use the latency dial, we record at the level advised via the green light around the record level dial on the 2i4 and check the record level in the DAW. We have headphones but use sound monitors to balance the mix.

 

[Carlysax]

It would have been his birthday today so I thought I would post this

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW12liFF52g


Chris

The video has been removed : (

 

[Veggie Dave]

I don't usually bother with this, as my headphones are so rubbish, but as far as I remember the headphone dial controls the level of the combined signal from DAW and instrument/mic. But you can alter the mix by changing the playback level on the DAW, and then changing the headphone dial to make the overall level comfortable again. It's a bit of a fiddle, but it works (I think).

That would be fine for me. Cheers. 🙂

 

[Chris]

The video has been removed : (

Carly I think I linked to a video of Stan playing "Her". Which is why I posted another version lower down..

Also I think this is the original "Do I Love You(indeed I do)" by Frank Wilson. The only copy sold for over £25,000 in 2009

Chris..

 

[Carlysax]

Carly I think I linked to a video of Stan playing "Her". Which is why I posted another version lower down..

Also I think this is the original "Do I Love You(indeed I do)" by Frank Wilson. The only copy sold for over £25,000 in 2009

Chris..

Hi Chris, yes indeed, though I like both versions the Chris Clark version is preferred because of her softer vocals. Thanks for the Stan link, : )

 

[ellinas]

My cafesaxophone NS soul special is this one :

View: http://youtu.be/00aR-L_jLYo

Dedicated to Jeanette the soprano diva of the forum 🙂

There's an active NS community of young and old here in Athens, and we just formed a band trying to recreate a sound that could be described as northern soul. This is so much more challenging than my gospel, jazz years as a hammond organist. There are so many different elements in playing and producing this kind of music that make it quite a challenge. Its so easy to sound canned .... I ll be playing tenor and bari. In case we record something i ll post something here.

KTF