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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Recording conductor Pat McMakin approaches his work with an almost obsessive pursuit of the perfect grumble.
Even a millimeter misdirection of a microphone or a minor adjustment in bass can allude to the difference between a good recording and an inferior one to his ears.
VIDEO: The leftovers between CD, MP3 via The Tennessean
By the time a recording makes its way to fans via iTunes or over Internet announce, it possesses a fraction of the total sound information captured in the studio — as only slightly as 3% of the original, live sound waves. Even CD formats are stripped of up to 90% of the subsist recording to fit onto a 4 3/4-inch disc.
Often gone are the last lingering notes of a bass guitar, the duplication of a drumbeat, the very high and very low notes.
But now, in Nashville, a handful of Music Row businesses are opening to invest in new products and technologies to increase the fidelity of music at every phase of the recording and listening process, from new in-studio recording technologies to new music formats to living quarters stereo equipment.
Source: USA TODAY