Bernard Chasan ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Mike Leghorn:
>
>>One guy I talked with explained the apparent improvement in modern
>>musicians' technique by engineering voodoo, e.g. the engineers can
>>somehow substitute missed notes with right notes (this seems totally
>>ludicrous to me).
>
>No vodoo, just splicing in substitute patches. I suspect that this was
>not done fifty years ago. Perhaps it couldn't be done.
Well, 50 years ago would have been about when it started - with the advent
of tape into the recording stdio.
There is a well-known anecdote of Klemeperer recording in the mid-50s.
At one point he noticed an error in the playback and wanted to repeat an
entire movement. The engineers assured him they could simply record a few
bars and splice the correction in.
Klemperer turned to his daughter (and assistant) and said: "Lottem, ein
schwindel [swindle] ist!"
One reason I so much prefer listening to live performances (I mean unedited
live performances) these days.
Deryk Barker
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