> Getting fanatical about any of these choices is a bit silly > if you ask me,as five years from now there'll probably be a >new format that poops all over the compession of today >and we'll all be glad we kept the vinyls so that we can re-encode >everything from the source in the new format.
My point in a nutshell. And I think that if the current choices don't move me like I want, then I'm cool holding out with my source material. If you should ever finish encoding all your vinyl, please allow me to take care of the disposal...for a nominal fee of course :) Kamal K. Stoddard Turner Broadcasting Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 3:54 PM > To: 313 > Subject: (313) A reasonable compression rate? > > The storage requirements for 1000 records at 24 bit 96 KHz > would be astronomical. IIRC, I mixed down a 6 minute track to > 32 bit 96 KHz and it was over 300MB! If you actually decide > to encode an average of 2 tracks/record that would require > ~600GB. 1500 records and you're nearly at a terrabyte (don't > even worry about albums for now). > > Even if you're thinking that hard disk space is cheap these > days, the backup requirements are crazy. Plunking that on > DVD's you've got an organisational nightmare, and if you're > thinking of using a NAS, a terrabyte is bloody expensive. > > But hell, 32 bit 96 KHz is nothing. Why not go for one of > those audiophile formats like Sony's 1 bit 2.1 MHz DVD audio > format which is meant to replicate the stream of analogue > audio more accurately than larger bit types? No clue what > kind of file sizes you'll get with that, but I think it's > similar to the 5 channel 24 bit 96 KHz files from that other > DVD audio format, which is large. > > Personally, I reckon 32 bit 256 Kbps mp3 is plenty good with > today's compression formats. Has anyone actually ever noticed > the difference at this bitrate? That's what I'm using anyway. > Getting fanatical about any of these choices is a bit silly > if you ask me, as five years from now there'll probably be a > new format that poops all over the compession of today and > we'll all be glad we kept the vinyls so that we can re-encode > everything from the source in the new format. Maybe I'll be > done with my current collection by then. ;) > > @ Joe: I recorded a 6-hour mix to VHS once upon a time. Good > for that uninterrupted feel. :) > > Tristan > ======= > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > > >
