Music Recording Sound Progress!

[daib0]

Let's go back to 1997 - not that far back is it?

Yep ...

Radiohead thought floppydisc was going to be how we were going to listen to future recordings when they released OK Computer in 97.




that was only TWENTY YEARS Ago!

Other progressing roads were faced at that time too -

for example, I bought a few commercial mini discs as I thought they were going to catch on - really great sound, but alas not enough popularity outside of musicians interested in recording themselves ....



So, if we sum up the progress of recorded music from the old LP 78 and the music cassette in the 70s and the 80s, are you astounded - like me - at the so rapid progress of late?

And where will this lead us in another twenty years?

Please share your thoughts!!

[Ethiaa]

Erm. That's got a Radiohead screensaver on it. Not music.

[Rover the Top]

Nice story, shame it's not true. You'd fit about, what, a minute and a half of audio converted to mp3 on a floppy? That is a picture of a disk holding a promotional screensaver... as it says on the label.

[mrblackbat]

As for minidisks, they really didn't sound great.

[Gibbon]

As for minidisks, they really didn't sound great.

Better than this though. It's all comparative.

[mrblackbat]

But not as good as this:-



Nor this:-



And possibly not even as good as this, if your equipment was good:-

[daib0]

nice pics!