Much more vinyls than I thought. Of course, we'd have to include Audio DVDs, downloadable formats and cassettes, but I guess this would not change the ratio much.
2012/11/3 SwissChris <swissch...@gmail.com> > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-style mailing list > MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style > -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org
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