From: Ian Ashton-Reader (ian_ar_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2004-11-30 13:06:40
Nice topic Steve! I seems that last years CD sales slump was mainly due to
folk spending their home-ent' cash on DVD and _not_ due to pirated downloads!
*coughs: CDs are digital.
1. Yes (a few tracks, unavailable for purchase, in a med-volume bar environment).
Not sure what resolution these were at, but quantization-noise's apparent,
when played on hi-fi equipment. I've not formed an opinion on "min-resolution"
for a club, but I'd be more likely to use only part of a track, within a mix,
with a quality recording.
2. 1% vinyl, 99% CD, 0% download.
3. B (Laptop with Yamaha/Harmon-Kardon sound. Mainly used for Internet radio.)
http://HardwareZone.Com/articles/view.php?id=789
- Ian (Scrawl Audio http://TinyURL.Com/6mxeq)
"At the heyday of Napster, record execs used to show up at conferences
and tell everyone that Napster was doomed because no one wanted
lossily compressed MP3s with no liner notes and truncated files
and misspelled metadata." - Cory Doctorow http://ChangeThis.Com/4.DRM
--- "Walker, Radio Jazz" <walker_at_radiojazz.dk> wrote:
> From: "Walker, Radio Jazz" <walker_at_radiojazz.dk>
> To: <acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu>
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:30:40 +0100
> Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] :: digital confessions ::
>
> Nice discussion theme being put up.
>
> My answers would be :
>
> NO
> 85% / 14% / 1%
> B
>
> Groovealisciously yours R M Walker
>
> "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where
> thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
>
> -- Hunter S. Thompson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: steve
> To: acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:50 AM
> Subject: [acid-jazz] :: digital confessions ::
>
> great news for the recording biz...
> the uk just had its best year ever in music sales...
> legal downloads account for 1.75 million additional sales.
>
> NOW
>
> inquring minds want to know!!!
>
> are we really happy with the sound of our downloaded tracks? not even talking about
> the bug-addled limewire download that a kid recorded from his boombox w. a radio shack
> mic and tossed up on the web @ 192kbps (don't u hate when that happens?)... but tracks
> from streaming radio, download services (audiogalaxy, i tunes), artist sites, etc.
>
> QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
>
> 1. dj's...
>
> a. have u used mp3's in a set yet?
> b. if yes, what is the lowest resolution you've used or think could pass in a club?
> be honest! its for science!!!
>
> 2. music fans...
>
> what percentage of your music purchases/acquisitions for '04 were
>
> a) vinyl
> b) cd
> c) mp3 / computer download...
>
> 3. finally, computer users, how would you rate your computer audio setup?
>
> a) barely passable
> b) decent, but could be better
> c) i've spent some time setting up my system and i like it...
>
> :: my answers ::
>
> 1. n/a
> 2. 80% download, 15% cd, 5% vinyl
> 3. c
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