[EMAIL PROTECTED];337389 Wrote: > In answer to your first question, I can't remember why but I'm back to > using FLAC for tagging as it's more reliable. My assistant found > another tagging program suitable for WAVs but it's awkward to use. So, > it's back to FLAC and "lovin' it". As for people hearing different sound > quality between WAV and FLAC, it's likely imagination at work. The data > is identical. > > In answer to your second question, one man cannot stop an avalanche. > And in fact I've smashed a few masters in my time, usually at the > demand of the client, or the A&R director. Things are slowly pulling > back, but it's a tough business and I often have to make a master > "louder" than I want to, it is a client-driven business and I work hard > to educate the client on the loudness wars, but he pays the bill. And > unfortunately, "loudness" trumps everything else, even quality. Unless > someone turns up the gain on the softer piece it sometimes even sounds > more compressed to the ear, not less. > > The eventual saving grace will be some form of automatic volume control > based on the actual loudness of the program. And as disc-based players > start to bite the dust in favor of network-based playback (I own a > Transporter and a Squeezebox) there may be some movement and producers > may begin to realize they have no control over the loudness perceived > by the consumer. If you wish to reply to this, let's move it over to > another thread, please. Thanks.
Yes as far as flac goes I thought that would be the conclusion that you would end up using. Really if you want to take advantage of music on the computer it is the way to go. For the second, and off topic because of my question, it would be cool to hear a bit more of your story and the story of how the volume wars became what they are today and where you think they are going, and what the common folk, like myself can do about it. I would suggest if you are up for it, in the Audiophile forum, not because of the audiophile thing but because a lot of people there would be interested in hearing from an insider to all of this. Like myself, there are a lot of people that are very tired of inferior recordings, not just audiophiles, and it would be nice to know the history, from your viewpoint, and what,if anything we can do to help the cause for better quality music. Not a problem either if that's asking too much my friend. :) -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32661 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
