| Title: | Welcome to the CD Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to COOKIE |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::ROLLOW |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Mar 03 1989 |
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I purchased the Paul Winter - Canyon CD which has two problems which maybe technical or artistic. I'm inclined to think these are technical problems but I'd like to hear others opinions. The info on the CD is: Paul Winter CANYON Living Music Records* LMR-CD6 CRC DIDY 709 (what's this? A manf. ID or another code like DDD, ADD) Digital Audio Disk Corp. * This must be the problem! LM Records, not Comp. Disk - ;-} Observation #1: There is a conga in the first selection and the last (?) that is terribly distorted. Thinking I blew a speaker I played it on a friends system with the same results. Observation #2: The all selections are very flat, sounding like a DBX recording that is being played with out DBX enabled. Since Paul Winter composes in the avant garde genre I'm not certain if my observations are his imaginative utilization of technological limitations or blatant recording or manufacturing carelessness
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| 775.1 | PRANCR::STEWART | Mon Jun 08 1987 11:32 | 7 | ||
There is a message in the liner notes regarding the sound of
that drum. It simply states that this is the real sound of
the drum and that there is nothing wrong with the recording
or your speakers. I forget, right now, the name of the drum
or it's origins. It *is* an odd sound.
=ken
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| 775.2 | The drummer | PARSEC::PESENTI | JP | Mon Jun 08 1987 19:34 | 13 |
Can you tell me the name of the cut with the unusual drum? I have a video of their trip thru the canyon (from WGBH). If it is the drum and drummer I'm thinking of, he performed a drum solo at their concert in Symphony Hall (Boston) last winter that blew my doors off! His drum looked like a 2 ft diameter, 4 inch high tamborine. In addition to beating on it, he licked his thumb and used it much as a violinist uses a bow. The variety of sounds was truly amazing. He started in the darkened hall in the middle of the audience, and proceded to hold us spellbound for 15 minutes with only the drum. (Well that isn't completely true, he also "sang" a single note, kind of a long "aaa-a-ah" sound, and used his mouth to generate harmonics.) Superb! - JP | |||||
| 775.3 | PRANCR::LEVETT | Tue Jun 09 1987 17:22 | 7 | ||
Re: Last
I'll check my cd for verification but the 2 cuts I'm sure are the
opening and closing cuts which are "SUNRISE" and "SUNSET". It took
me awhile to get used to the sound of the drum but I now find it
very mesmerising and soothing.
_stew-
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| 775.4 | It's supposed to buzz... | WINERY::JAEGER | Wed Jun 10 1987 19:15 | 7 | |
The drum is a arabic drum of some kind that sounds exactly like
a drum playing through a badly blown speaker. Not to worry, it sounds
like that on both the LP and CD, and is noted in the liner notes.
Nice effect.
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| 775.5 | See the Laserdisc! | RUTLND::BARTHEL | Fred Barthel | Fri Jun 12 1987 14:04 | 6 |
I just watched and listened to the Laserdisc version. This has digital audio and the video is superb. The drum is quite interesting--watching a solo down in the bottom of the canyon is a definite experience. Fred | |||||