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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2013 0:49:12 GMT
As a devout digiphile, I absolutely hate the practice of adding fake "Rice Krispies" (Snap, Crackle and Pop) to perfectly good, perfectly well recorded modern albums.
I'm listening to the opening track of Zero 7's album "When It Falls", and there is a constant crackle for the first minute or so. It appears throughout the album at various points in different tracks.
Off the top of my head I can recall it also appearing on albums by Chris Rea and Eric Clapton, to name but two.
Why do some producers feel the need to artificially add artifacts of a bygone era?
Being brought up in the vinyl era, do they somehow feel the need to add what they (wrongly in my opinion) feel is the 'gravitas' of vinyl (or rather it's shortcomings) to legitimise their recordings?
I for one could do without it. I stopped buying vinyl because of Rice Krispies, I absolutely don't need to hear fake, 'added-in-later' surface noise, etc.
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