Music 'Crisp'ness'???

Ice Rich

Ice Rich

Ice Rich

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Hi,

I don't know if I am able to get my point across as I am not entirely sure what I am on about myself;

If you could listen to the audio sample on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_on_the_G_String

That 'crispness' herd at the beginning and throughout the piece, what is that?
I've herd it in pieces for years and know it was something to do with the way older music was recorded. Whenever I hear it (used in movies sometimes too), I instantly get the 'feel' of a bygone age or some sort of vinyl.

Quite odd as I would have thought any kind of interference or buzzing noise would have been off-putting but there is something that feels 'right' whenever I hear that. Quite odd.
 
What the Wikipedia article doesn't tell you that due to union rules in those days, musicians could only play in food preparation areas. Crazy, huh? So the sound of deep fat fryers and the like permeate many early recordings.
 
Once upon a time there weren't such things as mp3s. Music was recorded on these weird discs called "vinyl records" which were like big black CDs. They were read by a 'stylus' which is kind of like a butter knife, but thinner. If you used the stylus to cut butter you'd get minute butter particles in the grooves of the big black CD, which is why old music is said to sometimes sound 'smooth', 'mellow' or 'buttery'. If you want to recreate this sound, just melt some butter over your hard drive or speakers, or better still, fill your PC case with olive oil.
 
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^ This

And to re-create digitally you could probably do so with white noise and some automation

And the term crisp in terms of audio means the exact oposite btw lol, all the audio would be really well defined and very clear - crisp
 
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