| The REAL beauty of 45 is toward the end of the side!
At the end of the side, the extra velocity starts to matter more!
If the audio material in question builds to greater peak levels and more complexity of waveform than that which exists at the beginning of the track, 45's the way to go.
In the very rare case that the reverse is true, 33 would be the choice.
Hmmmm...
...UNLESS you could talk the mastering engineer to cutting it as a "start inside" record (meaning that the buyer of the record would start playing the record by placing the stylus on the inner groove. and the stylus would progressively move toward the outside as it played).
...But...
If what you're putting on the record is your average "balls to the wall" mix (with all the dynamic range of a cow sh*ting on a flat rock), well then what possible difference could any of this possibly make? |