Just make the mix like you normally would, with one possible exception: don't expect stuff like 808 kicks and stuff that only shows up on the subwoofer side of the crossover to survive to the vinyl with any kind of energy or dynamics. If a heavy suboofer beat is an integral part of you mix, you might want to make a second mix that doesn't depend so much on the under 90Hz stuff and accentuates the beat a bit higer, say in the 100-150Hz range instead, as that might translate easier to vinyl. Otherwise, there's very little you should do different just because you plan on having a vinyl version.
G.
Yeah, I pulled my punch with the word "virtually" when I shouldn't have.yep, if the low end grooves are big enough, they won't virtually jump the groove .... they actualy will jump ..... called mistracking and though some cartridges can handle WAY more than others, there is still a point where the needle can't follow the groove anymore. I'm talking good cartridges BTW, not the low-fi DJ cartridges. Those things'll track almost anything 'cause they track at such high downforces. But they sound poor compared to an audiophile type cart which will typically track at 1.5 to 2 grams.
That's changed ...... Shure reintroduced the V-15 (Mk V I think) a few years back and the vinyl world wasabuzz over it's low tracking weight of 1.5 gms.Yeah, I pulled my punch with the word "virtually" when I shouldn't have.
It's been a while since I've been up to date on the vinyl thing, but in my day (many moons ago, sometime between Davy Crockett and Sonny Crockett ) even 2 grams was heavy for most setups. Typically one balanced their arm (depending upon the specs of the cartrige/stylus make/model, of course) at between 1.25 - 1.5 grams.
...Until you taped the penny to the headshell .
G.
Yeah, I pulled my punch with the word "virtually" when I shouldn't have.
That was right about the time I was selling that stuff, early to mid 80s. There was a MkIV and a MkV, if I remember correctly (possibly a MkIII as well, as I seem to remember multiple listings in the price book, but I don't remember that for sure.) We also sold the Ortofon and Audio Technica lines, as well as a Stanton that, if I recall, had a model number of 55D or something like that. We also had some esoteric high end moving coil but I can't for the life of me recall the brand, or the brand of the only seperate MC pre we sold. But frankly, I don't remember a single MM cartrige that had a recommended tracking pressure of greater than 1.5g. Now, I may not remember them all, I'll grant you that; but I set up literally hundreds of tables for custys back then, and more times than not the mfr specs called for 1.5g or less back then.That's changed ...... Shure reintroduced the V-15 (Mk V I think) a few years back and the vinyl world wasabuzz over it's low tracking weight of 1.5 gms.
Oh that's absolutely true, and not exactly new news. That was gospel 30 years ago.Michael Fremer (my favorite vinyl writer) did a big test and concluded that tracking too low could damage your records as much as too heavy because if the needle doesn't stay down in the groove, it'll actually bounce around in there chipping off chunks of vinyl.
Well, it's still just an electromagnetic transducer much the same way a microphone capsule or (in the reverse direction) a loudspeaker is (the details vary, but the basic physics are basically the same). Yeah, it is magical in a certain way, but in another way it's so basic and simply elemental. I guess the magic is in the basic nature of nature.I mean, if you really think about what's going on with a needle in a groove reproducing all those freqs simultaneously, it's just mind blowing.
Well, there are enough people on this board who think I'm a total jackass who call me to the woodshed for the same words . I play no favorites .Hehe...You know people respect what you say when you're getting called on adjectives and adverbs. Got to watch every word, Glen.
Literally.
Well, there are enough people on this board who think I'm a total jackass who call me to the woodshed for the same words . I play no favorites .
G.