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Date:	Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:40:51 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Audio recording / editing programs?

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Peter Skye wrote:

> Here's the math.
> . . .

Thanks for the short refresher course.

> There were 16-2/3 rpm recordings (half-speed 33-1/3) which were popular
> at one time for classical recordings. You can still buy 16-2/3 rpm
> phonographs on eBay -- I checked a while back. 16-2/3 was never big
> because, except for live recordings, it costs twice as much to produce
> twice as much music but the consumers weren't going to pay twice as much
> for the album.

And then there was the whole Mobile Fidelity line, which were 33-1/3
pressings, but half-speed mastered. (A gimmick ?) I think those were
easily double the standard price per disc, maybe more.

Jordan

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