Pre Echo On A Vinyl Record

On vinyl the needle is tracking a groove.

Pre echo on a vinyl record.

At first the discs were commonly made from shellac with earlier records having a fine abrasive. It occurs in transform based audio compression algorithms typically based on the modified discrete cosine. Pre echo occurs as the cutting stylus cuts the groove and the lacquer material deforms slightly so a silent groove cut will be affected by a modulated groove cut just after it. It is most noticeable in impulsive sounds from percussion instruments such as castanets or cymbals.

The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. I have never found it objectionable personally. I think you can minimize it to a degree by good tonearm setup but most of it is built in to the pressing. Started by m3nn0 over 9 years ago 6 replies.

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The term i always heard from mastering engineers about echo prior to the start of the song on a vinyl lp was pre echo caused by loud signals particularly bass on adjacent grooves. I ve only really noticed it on electronic records before so my theory which i realize now may seem ill informed went that i was hearing a ghostly dry signal before a wet effected sound kicked in. This was especially noticeable if the following groove was loud. Pre echo sometimes called a forward echo not to be confused with reverse echo is a digital audio compression artifact where a sound is heard before it occurs hence the name.

A phonograph record also known as a gramophone record especially in british english or simply a record is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. Over 100 years after the technology s invention some people still consider vinyl as the only proper way to listen to music but how does vinyl work. Save thread notify me of replies join group. Pre echo and post echo are common on records.

Exit stage left october. The vinyl and the sleeve or cover will have clearly visible defects lower grades like poor or fair may well not play through every time without skipping and will display noticeable cosmetic damage like cracks on the vinyl or tears on the sleeve vinyl records will sometimes be given a play grade and a visual grade.