I would like to post the transcript of the several minutes of excerpt Mike highlights. But I don’t see a transcript under this particular YouTube video. Does anyone know how to display the transcript of the dialogue of this YouTube video, so we can see easily, and then discuss, Bernie’s verbatim statements?
Can't do that Ron; all the same, this may help for dipping in - Language my own, from my own notes - I think it's on beam - Captures gist anyway - Apologies any minor deviations / Timings approx.
00.00.00 BG: Trust your ears / Music is a complex signal (defies bench measurement) / Everything matters [later says we [mastering engineers] listen to wire when he laments AES/EBU for D-D transmission as it carries both channels AND clock] / At work BG needs a neutral system but at home has something more "hypey" / Talks about emotion and connection and how mastering facilitates those aspects
00:10:40 Importance of earliest generation (tape source) / Difference between accurate and "clean" being tied to first/early generation and EQ to make something you could like more / No perfect digital copy / RKS says the earlier the generation the closer to how the artist intended (because that is what was passed)
00:13:15 BG: Likes that he stays in audiophile market (doing reissues) / Doesn't like Loudness and pandering to customers for Loudness / Loudness irritates
00:14:40 CK talking about DR / BG talking about discs i.e. vinyl records: complex signal + obstacle course for stylus + loud enough to get above noise floor for vinyl + speed at rim vs. speed at label therefore "clearer" at edge
00:23:10 BG: Younger people listening to vinyl - demands attention - involvement - listen and do nothing else at same time
00:24:00 Prefer analogue copy of tape or digital copy to work with? BG answers firmly that *analogue* tape has greater longevity / Careful storage important / Tapes get wear by repeated play / Many 50s tapes are in great condition
00:28:25 BG can repair analogue tapes with alt. CD material
00:32:00 Labels have not been looking after tapes / Not thinking of posterity
00:35:40 Quality of press in recent years - Vinyl sellers seeing returns as acceptable price of volume business
00:36:20 Controversy BG involvement in analogue reissue of 'Thriller'
00:39:30 Discussion about getting hold of original tapes
00:45:35 Extraordinary condition of KOB tape [in mid-1990s] - no splices
00:55:45 Mastering mojo variable - one day sounds great - the next maybe not - not always understanding why
01:04:00 Talking about "Original Master Recording" and what that means / BG repeats generational copies will never be as "clean" / VMP copying an analogue tape still leaves possibility of AAA
01:10:00 CK talking about comparing AP issues with originals [analogue-era 1st issues]
01:13:26 CK: "There's only one original ... a tape copy - or worse - a *digital* tape copy"
01:19:00 BG on digital - low level - how ambience is lost / digital permeates / makes everything sound the same / "disease" [gets smile from CK]
01:21:45 RKS: Working with PCM not DSD / CK: We're on 4 DSD / BG: With DSD things go bad / 44.1 16 bits good / It is [iterative] *processing* that does the damage with digital / Repeats digital problem of revealing ambience and high end info / Questions credentials of 192 downloads
01:27:20 BG: A straight [flat] digital copy will not sound as good / Here is where BG talks about AES/EBU wrt jitter etc inc. re-clocking
01:35:00 Discussion quality pf press / CK "shitty pressing plant" [btw heard CK use f word twice in whole broadcast] / deleterious effect of polishing or de-horning on SQ / Quieter but inferior
01:39:20 SRX / Quiet vinyl
01:40:35 Led Zeppelin on Classic Records from original tapes / BG: Not much to do / "Very good recordings"
01:47:50 CK is coming out with big announcements in 2 weeks then another one after a month - "not Beatles"
01:59:10 DSD audible on a home stereo - generations can be heard [implicit that one generation is a delta]
My own minor remarks
Michael 45 was pretty quiet - good "Chair"
RKS didn't get a lot of air time - respectful to BG
BG spoke a lot - but you wanted to listen - pure experience
CK loudmouth somewhat off-putting - over-passionate - sales guy