Just counting vinyls (all formats) against CD: ~535'000 CDs vs. ~ 120'000 vinyls. http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/2070556778?tag=musicbrainz0e-21
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Frederic Da Vitoria <davito...@gmail.com>wrote: > 2012/11/2 Sheamus Patt <musicbrainz.r...@ncf.ca> > >> On 11/02/2012 12:14 PM, Alex Mauer wrote: >> >> On 11/01/2012 08:06 PM, Sheamus Patt wrote: >> >> Simply digitizing an analogue source doesn't seem to represent any more >> significant change than doing an analogue pressing from a digital >> source. Sure, some were "remastered", but I think many are simply >> digital copies of the original analogue masters with the intention that >> it be a faithful rendition. Calling this a distinct audio source is an >> artificial distinction, which isn't adding value that I can see. >> >> So what do you do when this “faithful rendition/simple transfer” happens >> multiple times and the result is different? Just treat them all the >> same, even though they may sound completely different? >> >> >> I don't really object to new recordings being created to describe a >> remastering, particularly if a new engineer was involved and there are new >> relationships that need to be attached to describe the new recording. What >> I have a problem with is the wording of the revision of the style guideline >> which seems to define *any* analogue-digital conversion as being such a >> significant event. I just don't buy the argument that a digital version >> "must" sound significantly different than the analogue. Forcing such a >> distinction can lead to duplications of recordings for little benefit and >> diminish the value of the MB database because those duplicates will in many >> cases be left without the performance relationships etc. that the originals >> might have had. >> > > How many Recordings are we speaking of? Or rather what is the proportion > of digital mediums versus analog mediums currently in MB? > > > -- > Frederic Da Vitoria > (davitof) > > Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - > http://www.april.org > > > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-style mailing list > MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style >
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