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charlene · 08-30-2013, 02:34 PM

RIchard Harison says:

I put on Songbook and the click is definitely there.
It is also on the original vinyl, which I have had since its release.
Why the poster says it is NOT on any of his/her "repackaged" CDs is beyond me.
CDs are often re-mastered from the original multi-track recordings, and if the click were on an actual channel, it could have been originally included in the final 2-track mixdown, but eliminated in some CDs, re-mastered later on.

It sounds to me like a "click track" -- an electronic metronome, if you will which sounds in the headphones but is not on the actual tracks.
Well...not usually anyway.

08-30-2013, 02:34 PM	#78
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	Re: Song For a Winters Night- What the heck is that? RIchard Harison says: I put on Songbook and the click is definitely there. It is also on the original vinyl, which I have had since its release. Why the poster says it is NOT on any of his/her "repackaged" CDs is beyond me. CDs are often re-mastered from the original multi-track recordings, and if the click were on an actual channel, it could have been originally included in the final 2-track mixdown, but eliminated in some CDs, re-mastered later on. It sounds to me like a "click track" -- an electronic metronome, if you will which sounds in the headphones but is not on the actual tracks. Well...not usually anyway.