[Scott Dorsey]

In article , Mike Rivers wrote:
On 7/10/2014 8:57 AM, Les Cargill wrote:

Melodyne is mentioned in every interview I have read
where people say why they want to use tape.

Every interview? Really? How strange. Melodyne makes a program called
Capstan (quite expensive) that, in some cases, can reduce flutter. Maybe
nutty tape people are buying it and using it when they digitize their
tapes. When I think of Melodyne (as a product) I think of their musical
pitch correction and "Audio DNA" polyphonic editor.

The Plangent process really works and removes both frequency modulation
and amplitude modulation ("scrape flutter"), but it's for people with a
budget for commercial reissues, not for home enjoyment, except for
wealthy audiophiles.

The last I heard, the Plangent system didn't work in realtime and was still
based on some heavy Matlab code for the demodulation. It's amazing, though,
the change in sound is considerable. Then again, the blending and blur that
it removes is part of the reason why people still use tape today.

I have never even heard of Melodyne before...
--scott

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