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in reply to Onj 🎶

it's a vynal you! I bet that feels really fucking cool!

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in reply to Onj 🎶

you've officially heard yourself on all the standard formats. I've recorded you on tape before, and so have you, obviously cd, and now vynal.
in reply to Onj 🎶

@cordova5029 Any of you ever seen a Sony Micro DAT machine? They existed for a few years. 32 kHz 12-bit stereo.
in reply to Xantastic

@cordova5029 I almost bought one a few years ago to play with, but then thought "Wait, why am I spending over $400 for this? Yeah... Let's not."
in reply to Xantastic

@cordova5029 While we're talking about odd formats, linear PCM on the video track of Betamax.
in reply to Xantastic

@cordova5029 @BorrisInABox speaking of, I wrote to techmoan to tell him about it, as he mentioned the album in one of his patreon specials, and he just ordered a vinyl copy for himself. I did say I'd ship him a free one as I have a few here for just such a reason, but he wouldn't let me.
in reply to Xantastic

@cordova5029 It was in the early 80's. Sony had PCM adapters you could buy to plug into your beta or VHS recorder for 14 or 16-bit stereo recording and playback. It was kind of the precursor to DAT.
in reply to Patrick Perdue

@cordova5029 The interesting thing is that you could technically have both analog and digital at the same time on one HiFi VHS tape. Digital on the video track, analog stereo on the audio. Not sure if anyone ever did that.
in reply to Onj 🎶

@BorrisInABox by looking at a laser disc i expected it to crackle like vynal. Then in like, 7th grade, yes, late for this, but my English teacher had some thing on ld, and I heard it.
in reply to Onj 🎶

@BorrisInABox They're about the diameter of a 33, but smooth like a cd. smaller hole in the center too.
in reply to Onj 🎶

@BorrisInABox cd hole in the center. You do, not, wanna touch the surface of it. Usually you don't wanna go touching the surface of a regular record either, but ld is a lot less forgiving.
in reply to Onj 🎶

well 8tracks just a stranger form of reel to reel when you get down to it lol.
in reply to Xantastic

@cordova5029 @BorrisInABox Even heard myself on hi8 tape, but in the form of Tascam DA-38 and DA-98 decks, not the original camcorder style use it was intended for.
in reply to Onj 🎶

That is too cool. Congrats on the vinal release!
in reply to Steve

@sclower Thank you sir. It feels quite special I must admit.
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