https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 02 May 2026 07:59:00 +0000 Fri, 16 May 2025 18:49:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5875 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=66690&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#66690 Author: 995wlol
Subject: 5875
Posted: 16 May 2025 at 6:49pm

Any recommendations for CDs with the best sounding LP version?

Edited by 995wlol - 16 May 2025 at 6:49pm]]> Fri, 16 May 2025 18:49:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=66690&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#66690 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27688&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27688 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5875
Posted: 05 September 2010 at 7:54pm

Yeah, my mixer has a "stereo/mono" switch. I know what you mean about varying sound levels. My DJ software has a nice feature where it adjusts the gain internally based on how loud the song is. It's not perfect, but it helps significantly.]]> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:54:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27688&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27688 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27683&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27683 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 5875
Posted: 05 September 2010 at 2:14pm

Aaron, I deejayed a wedding dance for the first time two weeks ago, and because the classic rock-loving bridal couple had pre-selected all the music, I had considered mixing everything to mono beforehand. That didn't turn out to be necessary, but in prepping the music and seeing so many compressed waveforms and brickwalling on stuff I was was ripping from even early-'90s CD pressings, I decided to transfer everything from the list that I had on vinyl from the records, rather than the CDs. The last thing I wanted to deal with was sound levels that ran all over the map.

Of course, that meant a LOT more work, but at least I now have that material archived for my own use... which is mostly microbroadcast through mono AM these days.   ]]> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:14:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27683&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27683 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27680&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27680 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5875
Posted: 05 September 2010 at 1:03am

Thanks, John! The tweaking of stereo versions is a newer thing for
me. It's mainly because I just started deejaying parties again in the
last year, and most times I run my system in mono. If I don't check, I
end up playing something that sounds horrible. A couple '90s songs
that always sounded horrible when folded down are 100% Pure Love
and Lovefool. They were obviously both mastered out of phase. ]]> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:03:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27680&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27680 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27674&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27674 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 5875
Posted: 04 September 2010 at 4:13pm

Aaron, VERY nice job on the new-and-improved CD track! Thanks for the time spent tweaking it.

I'm sure that someone has come up with a scientific word to describe people who spend far too much time tweaking stereo tracks so that they sound great in mono. Fortunately, that person hasn't come knocking on my door yet. ;)   ]]> Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:13:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27674&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27674 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27673&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27673 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 5875
Posted: 04 September 2010 at 9:14am

SoCalDrew wrote: I don't recall the harmony counterpoint at the end, for instance.

I've NEVER heard any version of this song (whether long or short) that DIDN'T have the counterpoint of the 2 melodies near the end of the song. (Unless - are you talking about harmonies underneath the two counterpoint melodies??)]]> Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:14:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27673&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27673 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27672&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27672 Author: SoCalDrew
Subject: 5875
Posted: 04 September 2010 at 7:24am

Guess the only way to resolve my possibly faulty recall of the 45 is to buy a turntable and single off of eBay! LOL]]> Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:24:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27672&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27672 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27671&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27671 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5875
Posted: 03 September 2010 at 10:04pm

Actually, John, I believe your initial speculation was correct. Thanks for allowing me to hear your mono DJ 45. After working on it for a while, I was able to get the left and right channels of my CD version back in phase. Now my CD version can be folded down without getting swishy and muddy. Without fixing the phase issue, the high hat doesn't sound very clear as you have pointed out. Comparing my new-and-improved fold down, it sounds the same as your DJ 45, other than some minor EQ differences.]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:04:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27671&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27671 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27661&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27661 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 5875
Posted: 02 September 2010 at 2:49pm

Yah Shure wrote: aaronk wrote: I'm also curious to know if there's a mono side to the promo 45 Yes, there was. Haven't played it since back in the day, though. Will do that tomorrow.

UPDATE: I initially thought the mono side sounded like a fold-down, but the high-hat during the intro comes through clearer on the mono side than on the folded-down stereo side.   

Edited by Yah Shure]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:49:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27661&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27661 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27656&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27656 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 5875
Posted: 01 September 2010 at 9:42pm

aaronk wrote: I'm also curious to know if there's a mono side to the promo 45

Yes, there was.

Haven't played it since back in the day, though. Will do that tomorrow.

Edited by Yah Shure]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:42:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5875&PID=27656&title=manfred-mann-blinded-by-the-light#27656