Consumer Formats - Mr Marks Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
Q
What was the music consumer format in the 1880 - 1890s?
A
Wax cylinders
2
Q
What was the music consumer format in the 1900 - 1920s ?
A
Shellac discs
3
Q
What was the music consumer format in the 1930 - 1960s?
A
Vinyl
4
Q
What was the music consumer format in the 1980s?
A
CDs
5
Q
What was the music consumer format in the 2000s?
A
MP3 and MP4 players
6
Q
What was the music consumer format in the 2010 - present?
A
Music streaming platforms
7
Q
How where vinyls made?
A
- grooves with small bumps would be printed onto a master disc as the physical representation of musics waveform
- a mould would be made and the same grooves would be printed onto the consumer disc
8
Q
How were vinyls masters and why was this a bad thing in terms of the audio quality
A
- was limited in its ability to transfer audio from tape masters
- too much bass would cause grooves to be cut too deep
- too much treble can cause distortion
- this means separate mastering would have to be done for vinyl, rolling off low and high frequencies
- this could mean that the original mix from tape gets changed
9
Q
Advantages of vinyl
A
- people prefer having a physical product for there music
- artist can have artistic expressions of their music along with the vinyl through album cover art on the inside and art on the vinyl itself
- some people prefer the analogue sound, the hiss of the vinyl and pops and crackles compared to the perfect sound of digital, to the point where artist even try to recreate that sound in their tracks
10
Q
Why did cassettes begin to outsell vinyl?
A
- More portable
- less prone to damage
11
Q
How did CDs have an impact on other consumer formats?
A
- had a major impact on sales of vinyl and cassettes
- started replacing older analog formats
