Previous Page: Well, my friends, if it weren’t for changes of technology. Would you still be satisfied with the cylinder phonographs in this time? It is said though, that the acetate recordings are interesting to collect, on the other hand, since you never really know exactly what you're going to get as they rarely have any identifiable information written on the labels. It is utterly impossible to identify the source of recordings, or whose voices are recorded on them, makes the whole concept quite an enigma to say the least, but nevertheless, an interesting factor. The acetate is still used to assess whether the music has been successfully transferred to disc this procedure is checked by a sound engineer. With the higher levels recording mechanisms now in existence, the true fact is that the grooves are cut as deep as possible, and with today's playback styluses tracking at much lighter pressures the acetates of today last much longer than those of the olden days. Originally, acetate of the 1940s was expected to last just 5 or 10 plays. It is unusual for more than a dozen acetate recording to be manufactured. From the collector's point of view acetate is a rare and indeed hard to find! If the recording is rejected the acetate may be the only record that survives. The rejected cut may simply be poor quality, however, the artist may have opted to use a different take of the song. |
