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i agree %100
Nope
I wouldn't use the word "better", it has to do with sound aesthetics. It depends on the type of recording which one of these formats is more appropriate to listen to. To give you an example - Daft Punk - CD, Louis Armstrong - vinyl.
Very good and well presented info. So relevant. Thanks!
No CD is better if mastered without today’s brick wall limiting, clipping and over compressed rubbished released today. CDs did sound good in the 80s and 90s, I wish these engineers would get over this loudness war, it turns music into garbage.
How do I get one if I’m going direct to consumer and selling only physical and downloads off my website ?
Thanks for the vid Tony - always interesting. Whats your dog called? Does he or she play in a band ?
Well said, nothing more nothing less!
More excellent advice!! Thank you :)
Thanks for a great video. I can't tell the difference between vinyl and CD but what I cannot understand is that when analog (vinyl) is sampled and converted to digital (CD) the bits of analog between the samples are lost regardless of the sampling rate so shouldn't vinyl be superior to CDs? I like CDs for the convenience but love vinyl for the cover art and nostalgia and the pleasure of taking out a record from it's sleeve and preparing it for playing.
CD is loud gives higher db but vinyl has much better clarity, details and fidality.
Enlightenment ❤️🙏🏽
Thank you
This is a good idea. I never release an album without producing physical copies. It just doesn’t seem like a release to me. Obviously, there is way more profit in selling physical copies. However, I don’t think you’ve been to the post office in a while. Two dollars per desk to mail is way underestimating the cost.
We just started suggesting this as well with the cd's. Even taking it as far as, suggesting to download the music first, stream after! - Keath
Been doing this for quite a while. It does work, but there has to be some follow-up after the new wears off.
Hi I need help how can I personally reach you.
Thanks for your support.
I love and have passion for music but I left it to pick a job somewhere where I cannot practice it. I am looking for a way out that is how I come about your video. I will share my breakthrough story soon. Thanks for the video
Some vinyl just sounds better than cd. The warmth of vinyl is evident however.. I like some cds over vinyl and vice versa.
Do us all a favor and STOP making digipaks. Theyre trash
Very nice. I chose Disc Makers for my recent CD mostly because of the amazing artwork they do. Their design studio is great to work with. I highly recommend them.
All the talk of vinyl being the real sound that the band or artist wanted is nonsense. Vinyl and it's limitations forced compromise. A pressing would be tested on the most common, cheapest and crappiest record players and if it jumped or distorted due to a low budget record player not being good enough to cope then it was back into the studio to adjust levels until it didn't.
No. One second vídeo.
What if you’re the artist creating the samples ? Do you /should you try to get a content ID on them through Distrokid or upload to Ascap or BMI before selling them ?
I’m a collector of funk and soul music. I always tell my grand kids,it doesn’t matter how you hear music, it’s still the same music eg vinyl tape or cd. Vinyl can sound like snap crackle and pop. Tapes eventually twist and chew up. However CDs give the purest clearest sound by a country mile.Its CDs all the way for me.
Vynle sounds different than cd, it is not a question of better. Vynle played on a good system with a good turntable sounds good.
Very helpful. Thank you for explaining.
To me the question is witch format is the funniest. I grew up listening to rock in the 70's in my car on a built in cassette player with a boost unit. The music was what matters. When getting home I could admire the album cover and hopefully an inlay with pictures and texts. Nowadays I can appreciate a modern car, but my 2002 car has more character and looks better.
Vinyl resurgence is a "sales driven scam"!
Well done video. At about 7:30 you hit the real difference. If your LP is mastered from digitally recorded material, you will not get the sonic difference other than maybe some reduced highs. But when you master from analogue recorded material, there is a textural difference. Very subtle and would be lost on most casual listeners, but it is there. So if you are buying music recorded in the modern era, in all likelihood it has been recorded in a digital format. So just get yourself a good CD player (mp3's sound OK, but they are not CD quality) and a good system and just enjoy the music. The difference most are experiencing with vinyl mastered from digital is a lack of highs thus making the vinyl give the illusion of warmth. So a good graphic equalizer can do about the same thing. But for that small textural difference that few can hear, the benefits of digital for most will out weigh the benefit. Just my opinion of course. Having said that, I did love my records back in the day! Clicks, pops, scratches and all. Most pop and rock records don't have much dynamic range either by the time they are recorded and mastered, especially today. Orchestral music on the other hand can have a significant range depending on the piece. Oddly enough tho, orchestral music is where I noticed that textural thing I speak of the most. It's a balancing act. I like both formats for different reasons. Oh, and you are so right about the quality of the "record player".
how distrokid know if the samole is cleaned?
How's your hearing? 😎
Super iam going to go with cd baby and songtrust
I have to admit, Tony is very good on camera and is obviously passionate about what he and his company do. He's a good spokesperson.
Why thank you kindly, good sir! ☺
Not helpful at all
I love the sound of CDs (thank heavens for this technology after the hissing sounds and the pain of rewinding of the cassette tape); but I also love holding and (painfully physically) playing vinyl music. I love the debates, and I love the two perspectives. Can we just agree to disagree (esp the vinyl record haters?) Thank you for this video!
The main consensus of this controversial debate is still being dialed in, and I’d say the conclusion is going to involve caveats in the terminology, related to which aspects are and aren’t objective, and I think it’s going to sound something like (pardon me if this is woefully incomplete) “while the potential of the sonic quality is better on CD, it is true, statistically speaking, that due to the consumers demand for volume continuing the problematic outcome of the loudness wars, vinyl will have better dynamic range on a case by case basis.” I’m still working on this
I disagree. The mastering is different on vinyl. The dynamic range is different. Bass is different. The mids come through in a different proportion. Some people just love the sound of vinyl pressings.
This is largely myth.
No it's not myth !!! vinyl sounds different to cd. Mastering has to be different . It's a fact. Like you stated your not an engineer. I know many. I have copies of albums in cds and viny. They are mastered differently. The absolutely have to be. Certain dynamics on cd would make a needle jump on vinyl.
Most fans aren't buying physical media for the music these days, but to support the band. So many fans have told me, "I have a copy of your last album, still in the shrink wrap! When I want to listen to the music, I just stream it." That's great for me because it means we made money on the CD *and* every time they stream the track.
100%. Physical is a way for a fan to demonstrate their fandom and support the artist. It's less about listening to the physical product (though for many fans it IS about that) than having that physical connection and (if the artist signs the disc) memento.
Great stuff thanks for sharing
Aren't we missing the big point? How much are fans willing to pay for CDs? What's the market for them? All the kids I know barely know what a CD is. How many fans have a CD player? How many people at shows would even consider buying a CD?
We have found that when we chose to take the Joe Bonamassa approach... Higher Price, less quantity of sales we became more profitable. Since we have a moderate following we are working hard to find that ONE fan willing to spend $50-75$ per year supporting our endeavors. Broken down an ideal SUPPORTER. In an 18-24 month cycle would purchase (1) - Physical CD Sale (1) - Vinyl Album Sale (1) - T-Shirt or other Merch Sales (1) - Concert Ticket We have some supporters who double up on this. We have remained out of the digital and streaming realm because we want to have scarcity syndrome to occur... A purchasing phenomena that something increases in value, because access to it is limited... Diamonds is an example of this... they are a very common raw material, but access is limited, thus driving up the price... CZ and manufactured diamonds from an (everyday persons) aesthetic point of view is almost flawless, but functionally exactly the same. However very common and easily purchasable. Thus lower cost than the "real" thing. This I think is the real rub, settijg a value to your work product, then finding persons within the market you determine it has the same or more of a value to them. This does not result in large reorders to Discmakers, howver it does create an album cycle that can be profitable. Wish everyone the very best of luck. THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE. And its a slow go when it comes to sales. But it works for us.
If you buy the right equipment then cd/vinyl can sound as good as each other. As the old saying goes, 'shit in, shit out'.
This is why I've been in Buisness with Discmakers & CD Bbay since 1997
Derek was the only soul at CD Baby back then!!
Thank you...
Hey Tony, I'm in Philadelphia. I'm playing in Moorestown Porch Fest today at 1:45 at 53 Oak St. Moorestown NJ. Tried sending a photo but not won't let me.
Tony, I'm performing at a Porch Fest in Moorestown, NJ, today. I live in Philadelphia.
I last had a record player 40 years ago, but the record player had a much better sound.
No. It's more likely that you are playing mp3 digital files that are lossy. CDs are often better than mp3 files and the same with vinyl.
Nope. There's no way that it can.