Final Scratch can also play wav files, so someone using FS doesn't necessarily have to worry about the low quality of MP3's.
Kevin --- "M. Todd Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While I agree with what Lauryn has said for the most > part (because we have > already seen the effect of Napster on the music > industry). We must include > one more particularily special point. > > MP3 Quality at less than a bit rate of 192 sounds > shoddy on the extreme low > end and extreme high end. MP3 is a compression > algorithm which lops off the > signal at the extent of the human hearing range (ie > 20, 000 Hz but most > codecs lop off around 16, 000), and the sub-extent > of human hearing (around > 20hz but again most codecs lop off around 100Hz). > When listening at home > this isn't so bad since most in home stereo systems > already reduce extreme > low-high end by means of a crossover either in the > speaker itself or > digitally in the amplifier. At the club however the > is no roll off, and > things like these become more apparent. > > Worse is the fact that despite our inability to hear > these frequencies, we > can hear the harmonics that they create with > frequencies we do hear. > Moreover even without knowledge the producer of the > track may have utilized > those particular harmonics. With MP3 those will > never be heard. > > I've heard both MP3's and vinyl on the same system, > and to be honest unless > you have a good soundcheck and all your files are > recorded and EQ'ed > properly beforehand, your set will sound lackluster. > > MP3's with a bitrate higher than 192 sound great, > the higher the better, but > they take up more room. As we progress into a > generation where physical > memory is no longer an issue I'm sure this will > become more viable. > > Cheers > todd > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "miss lauryn g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:10 AM > Subject: Re: [313] ANyone know about Finalscratch > (maybe OT) > > > > i think the idea of this technology is fantastic. > however, what i am > > wondering is what this is going to do to the > independent record label > > industry. use of mp3s right now doesn't currently > affect them as much as > > it does the major record labels. but what this is > going to do is > > discourage buying vinyl. (at least that is how i > see it.) all you have to > > do is basically find a track online or find a > friend with that record and > > rip an mp3. it's going to cause a lot of producers > to not make any money. > > i wonder how much people are going to start > fighting within the dance > > music community after this becomes readily > available. i personally think > > that final scratch is going to be pretty popular > and that after it gets > > some more attention, it's going to be utilized by > more and more people, > > especially after they see that it works so well. > it's just also a question > > of people supporting their artists and buying the > vinyl still. (which > > is something that i would still be doing if i > really really wanted a > > certain track...it would cause a lot less of that > "ooooh why did i buy > > THAT?" syndrome that i occasionally get here and > there if i used final > > scratch and just had an mp3 of the track.) > > > > i dunno...i'm just going to sit back and watch and > see how people start > > changing their minds on the mp3 argument when it > starts affecting THEM. > > > > -l > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
