tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post1161003736825866313..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: Radio log: Vintage FMGavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-21424919614793366192013-05-09T23:33:50.286+12:002013-05-09T23:33:50.286+12:00I now have an Earworm ever since they played Ned M...I now have an Earworm ever since they played Ned Miller's 1964 Country hit. In order to analyze the station's bass processing, I opened same song on Ytube in separate browser and A/B'd the sound. On Y-tube version, this tune, "Do What You Do Do Well", had Knackbass (picked electric bass sound from early 60's German influence)(couldn't hear these clean bass transients at all on Vintage FM!)Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-37269384726844819012013-05-08T18:12:58.157+12:002013-05-08T18:12:58.157+12:00So, in review, the Aussie politicians stall the wo...So, in review, the Aussie politicians stall the wonderful high fidelity sound of FM for 40 years, but approve sending boys to die in ridiculous, distant WWI in about 40 minutes!Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-52833097843062283582013-05-07T18:02:08.029+12:002013-05-07T18:02:08.029+12:00They jogged my memory playing "Little Girl&qu...They jogged my memory playing "Little Girl"(1966) by one-hit-wonder 'Syndicate of Sound'. Glad they did as I dig the fast tricky 5-chord sequences done w/"Tremolo-Picking" to a Shuffle beat. I am mimicking this on a Yamaha keyboard (easier than an actual guitar!)<br /><br />It just occurred to me that their frequency assignment, 87.6, - actually just under the FM band - is used in Australia for community stations (FM tuners can still tune in down there as most go down to 87). In the U.S. they don't allow station below 88 as channel 6 TV sound is on 87.5.(so could listen to Ch6 TV sound in car)<br /><br />Australian politicians delayed FM radio by 40 years! And even sabotaged FM introduction by assigning TV channels 3, 4, 5 in FM band! (to protect big money AM network lobbyists like the Macquarie Network?) Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-4642977254325828462013-05-05T17:32:48.547+12:002013-05-05T17:32:48.547+12:00I had a third listening session:
They had some li...I had a third listening session:<br /> They had some lively picks and a clean low distortion sound but gobs of added reverb (complex echos) (controversial as original producers/artists carefully tweak reverb to their taste) and other signal processing such as a bump in bass around 80 hz and some stereo expansion/synthesis (for older mono oldies). One would would think if they're so into processing, to go the other way with the bass: sub harmonic synthesis to fill deep bass absent from 50s > 70s analog recordings?Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-80860333148587291242013-05-04T06:03:49.442+12:002013-05-04T06:03:49.442+12:00Reverb? I don't even know what "bluetooth...Reverb? I don't even know what "bluetooth" is yet. Not that I haven't heard of it, I just don't know what it is. What kin is it to "blue tube"? (I don't know what that is either).Corkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15894537940881776504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-47263455308986757992013-05-02T02:25:27.142+12:002013-05-02T02:25:27.142+12:00Otherwise Good clean sound, but are they adding Re...Otherwise Good clean sound, but are they adding Reverb?Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.com