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OMG. I DO hope this is some genius Chris Morris / AliG style spoof.
Otherwise I am VERY worried about the sanity of some of my fellow humans. And a little bit freaked.
(via WFMU)
Sep. 14th, 2008
Hippies Wail for Dead Trees - Watch more free videos
OMG. I DO hope this is some genius Chris Morris / AliG style spoof.
Otherwise I am VERY worried about the sanity of some of my fellow humans. And a little bit freaked.
(via WFMU)
Hippies Wail for Dead Trees - Watch more free videos
OMG. I DO hope this is some genius Chris Morris / AliG style spoof.
Otherwise I am VERY worried about the sanity of some of my fellow humans. And a little bit freaked.
(via WFMU)
Hippies Wail for Dead Trees - Watch more free videos
OMG. I DO hope this is some genius Chris Morris / AliG style spoof.
Otherwise I am VERY worried about the sanity of some of my fellow humans. And a little bit freaked.
(via WFMU)
moar cider making
Sep. 14th, 2008 07:07 pmHey iPhone users - would you want to download podcasts via an app on your iPhone? Well Apple Computer Says No. (via podcasting news)
It's not like you'd want to download podcasts via the device directly, I mean it's not a device with WiFi or HDSPA is it? Oh, wait...;-)
OK I doubt there are any Applefanatics left on my FL now, after my rants but anyways, that aside as a podcaster this does boggle the mind...I would like people to download my podcasts from wherever they are, whatever device they are on, and iPhone app to do that can do nothing but good (rather than those spammy Facebook-style one-podcast-only apps which annoy me, as of course only pro or semi pro podcasts can afford to develop those).
Really I'm starting to wonder if Apple really cares about podcasting at all...it seems to be sidelined you know? (apart from my crappy experiences with it, one being banned or unable to get my feed onto iTunes for 2 years, with no explaination, part of the reason Radio Clash never had the big 'spike' of listenership others had - so I have experienced being outside that particular 'wall' - it's not nice.)
It's not like you'd want to download podcasts via the device directly, I mean it's not a device with WiFi or HDSPA is it? Oh, wait...;-)
OK I doubt there are any Applefanatics left on my FL now, after my rants but anyways, that aside as a podcaster this does boggle the mind...I would like people to download my podcasts from wherever they are, whatever device they are on, and iPhone app to do that can do nothing but good (rather than those spammy Facebook-style one-podcast-only apps which annoy me, as of course only pro or semi pro podcasts can afford to develop those).
Really I'm starting to wonder if Apple really cares about podcasting at all...it seems to be sidelined you know? (apart from my crappy experiences with it, one being banned or unable to get my feed onto iTunes for 2 years, with no explaination, part of the reason Radio Clash never had the big 'spike' of listenership others had - so I have experienced being outside that particular 'wall' - it's not nice.)
moar cider making
Sep. 14th, 2008 07:07 pmHey iPhone users - would you want to download podcasts via an app on your iPhone? Well Apple Computer Says No. (via podcasting news)
It's not like you'd want to download podcasts via the device directly, I mean it's not a device with WiFi or HDSPA is it? Oh, wait...;-)
OK I doubt there are any Applefanatics left on my FL now, after my rants but anyways, that aside as a podcaster this does boggle the mind...I would like people to download my podcasts from wherever they are, whatever device they are on, and iPhone app to do that can do nothing but good (rather than those spammy Facebook-style one-podcast-only apps which annoy me, as of course only pro or semi pro podcasts can afford to develop those).
Really I'm starting to wonder if Apple really cares about podcasting at all...it seems to be sidelined you know? (apart from my crappy experiences with it, one being banned or unable to get my feed onto iTunes for 2 years, with no explaination, part of the reason Radio Clash never had the big 'spike' of listenership others had - so I have experienced being outside that particular 'wall' - it's not nice.)
It's not like you'd want to download podcasts via the device directly, I mean it's not a device with WiFi or HDSPA is it? Oh, wait...;-)
OK I doubt there are any Applefanatics left on my FL now, after my rants but anyways, that aside as a podcaster this does boggle the mind...I would like people to download my podcasts from wherever they are, whatever device they are on, and iPhone app to do that can do nothing but good (rather than those spammy Facebook-style one-podcast-only apps which annoy me, as of course only pro or semi pro podcasts can afford to develop those).
Really I'm starting to wonder if Apple really cares about podcasting at all...it seems to be sidelined you know? (apart from my crappy experiences with it, one being banned or unable to get my feed onto iTunes for 2 years, with no explaination, part of the reason Radio Clash never had the big 'spike' of listenership others had - so I have experienced being outside that particular 'wall' - it's not nice.)
moar cider making
Sep. 14th, 2008 07:07 pmHey iPhone users - would you want to download podcasts via an app on your iPhone? Well Apple Computer Says No. (via podcasting news)
It's not like you'd want to download podcasts via the device directly, I mean it's not a device with WiFi or HDSPA is it? Oh, wait...;-)
OK I doubt there are any Applefanatics left on my FL now, after my rants but anyways, that aside as a podcaster this does boggle the mind...I would like people to download my podcasts from wherever they are, whatever device they are on, and iPhone app to do that can do nothing but good (rather than those spammy Facebook-style one-podcast-only apps which annoy me, as of course only pro or semi pro podcasts can afford to develop those).
Really I'm starting to wonder if Apple really cares about podcasting at all...it seems to be sidelined you know? (apart from my crappy experiences with it, one being banned or unable to get my feed onto iTunes for 2 years, with no explaination, part of the reason Radio Clash never had the big 'spike' of listenership others had - so I have experienced being outside that particular 'wall' - it's not nice.)
It's not like you'd want to download podcasts via the device directly, I mean it's not a device with WiFi or HDSPA is it? Oh, wait...;-)
OK I doubt there are any Applefanatics left on my FL now, after my rants but anyways, that aside as a podcaster this does boggle the mind...I would like people to download my podcasts from wherever they are, whatever device they are on, and iPhone app to do that can do nothing but good (rather than those spammy Facebook-style one-podcast-only apps which annoy me, as of course only pro or semi pro podcasts can afford to develop those).
Really I'm starting to wonder if Apple really cares about podcasting at all...it seems to be sidelined you know? (apart from my crappy experiences with it, one being banned or unable to get my feed onto iTunes for 2 years, with no explaination, part of the reason Radio Clash never had the big 'spike' of listenership others had - so I have experienced being outside that particular 'wall' - it's not nice.)
Loudness Wars
Sep. 14th, 2008 09:17 pmSomething that most DJs and audiophiles and remixers know about but might not be common knowledge is the Loudness Wars
Do you have CDs that you bought, heard on the radio, then listened to a few times but every time you did it just felt tiring or sounded too loud or weird? It's probably a 'bricked' CD, all the dynamic range compressed and the sound clipping for maximum radio impact (ironic since it compresses it even more) and as arthole commented about a certain set of re-releases it's sadly prevalent in music mastering today. Hard-Fi's first LP is the worst I've had so far, the mastering and sound just seemed so odd it put me off the album.
I have to face it with my mashups even - I can compress it for loudness and dancefloors and listening on iPods, but then it will tear your head off if you're listening elsewhere...it's a hard one. I usually normalize to peak, ie make the sound as loud as it can go without losing dynamic range without clipping, but I also use software to make it 'louder' but usually end up looking at the waveform and using it very sparingly....apart from my KP mash where I wanted it LOUD and didn't really care about the lifetime as it's throwaway.
Here's an example - Beatles 'Somewhere' over the years:
Now upto 90's it's OK - just increasing volume due to the better reproduction available...but the 2000s? See how the waveform is starting to clip at the top, which means the louder bits start to lose more frequency and 'punch' or texture. And I've seen waveforms that are totally green - ie mastered to 0db with no peaks or troughs, no quiet or loud bits. Ouch.
Turn Me Up are responding to this, sadly I think it'd be seen as some old gits moaning about the sound but as someone who listens to a lot of music I know that albums that are mastered like this don't stay in my playlist long, it's too painful. Also audibly very clipped/distorted tracks don't even get that far, they get deleted...apparently the new Metallica album suffers from this, in official MP3 form at least. Ouchies.
Here's another good demo of the problem:
Do you have CDs that you bought, heard on the radio, then listened to a few times but every time you did it just felt tiring or sounded too loud or weird? It's probably a 'bricked' CD, all the dynamic range compressed and the sound clipping for maximum radio impact (ironic since it compresses it even more) and as arthole commented about a certain set of re-releases it's sadly prevalent in music mastering today. Hard-Fi's first LP is the worst I've had so far, the mastering and sound just seemed so odd it put me off the album.
I have to face it with my mashups even - I can compress it for loudness and dancefloors and listening on iPods, but then it will tear your head off if you're listening elsewhere...it's a hard one. I usually normalize to peak, ie make the sound as loud as it can go without losing dynamic range without clipping, but I also use software to make it 'louder' but usually end up looking at the waveform and using it very sparingly....apart from my KP mash where I wanted it LOUD and didn't really care about the lifetime as it's throwaway.
Here's an example - Beatles 'Somewhere' over the years:
Now upto 90's it's OK - just increasing volume due to the better reproduction available...but the 2000s? See how the waveform is starting to clip at the top, which means the louder bits start to lose more frequency and 'punch' or texture. And I've seen waveforms that are totally green - ie mastered to 0db with no peaks or troughs, no quiet or loud bits. Ouch.
Turn Me Up are responding to this, sadly I think it'd be seen as some old gits moaning about the sound but as someone who listens to a lot of music I know that albums that are mastered like this don't stay in my playlist long, it's too painful. Also audibly very clipped/distorted tracks don't even get that far, they get deleted...apparently the new Metallica album suffers from this, in official MP3 form at least. Ouchies.
Here's another good demo of the problem:
Loudness Wars
Sep. 14th, 2008 09:17 pmSomething that most DJs and audiophiles and remixers know about but might not be common knowledge is the Loudness Wars
Do you have CDs that you bought, heard on the radio, then listened to a few times but every time you did it just felt tiring or sounded too loud or weird? It's probably a 'bricked' CD, all the dynamic range compressed and the sound clipping for maximum radio impact (ironic since it compresses it even more) and as arthole commented about a certain set of re-releases it's sadly prevalent in music mastering today. Hard-Fi's first LP is the worst I've had so far, the mastering and sound just seemed so odd it put me off the album.
I have to face it with my mashups even - I can compress it for loudness and dancefloors and listening on iPods, but then it will tear your head off if you're listening elsewhere...it's a hard one. I usually normalize to peak, ie make the sound as loud as it can go without losing dynamic range without clipping, but I also use software to make it 'louder' but usually end up looking at the waveform and using it very sparingly....apart from my KP mash where I wanted it LOUD and didn't really care about the lifetime as it's throwaway.
Here's an example - Beatles 'Somewhere' over the years:
Now upto 90's it's OK - just increasing volume due to the better reproduction available...but the 2000s? See how the waveform is starting to clip at the top, which means the louder bits start to lose more frequency and 'punch' or texture. And I've seen waveforms that are totally green - ie mastered to 0db with no peaks or troughs, no quiet or loud bits. Ouch.
Turn Me Up are responding to this, sadly I think it'd be seen as some old gits moaning about the sound but as someone who listens to a lot of music I know that albums that are mastered like this don't stay in my playlist long, it's too painful. Also audibly very clipped/distorted tracks don't even get that far, they get deleted...apparently the new Metallica album suffers from this, in official MP3 form at least. Ouchies.
Here's another good demo of the problem:
Do you have CDs that you bought, heard on the radio, then listened to a few times but every time you did it just felt tiring or sounded too loud or weird? It's probably a 'bricked' CD, all the dynamic range compressed and the sound clipping for maximum radio impact (ironic since it compresses it even more) and as arthole commented about a certain set of re-releases it's sadly prevalent in music mastering today. Hard-Fi's first LP is the worst I've had so far, the mastering and sound just seemed so odd it put me off the album.
I have to face it with my mashups even - I can compress it for loudness and dancefloors and listening on iPods, but then it will tear your head off if you're listening elsewhere...it's a hard one. I usually normalize to peak, ie make the sound as loud as it can go without losing dynamic range without clipping, but I also use software to make it 'louder' but usually end up looking at the waveform and using it very sparingly....apart from my KP mash where I wanted it LOUD and didn't really care about the lifetime as it's throwaway.
Here's an example - Beatles 'Somewhere' over the years:
Now upto 90's it's OK - just increasing volume due to the better reproduction available...but the 2000s? See how the waveform is starting to clip at the top, which means the louder bits start to lose more frequency and 'punch' or texture. And I've seen waveforms that are totally green - ie mastered to 0db with no peaks or troughs, no quiet or loud bits. Ouch.
Turn Me Up are responding to this, sadly I think it'd be seen as some old gits moaning about the sound but as someone who listens to a lot of music I know that albums that are mastered like this don't stay in my playlist long, it's too painful. Also audibly very clipped/distorted tracks don't even get that far, they get deleted...apparently the new Metallica album suffers from this, in official MP3 form at least. Ouchies.
Here's another good demo of the problem:
Loudness Wars
Sep. 14th, 2008 09:17 pmSomething that most DJs and audiophiles and remixers know about but might not be common knowledge is the Loudness Wars
Do you have CDs that you bought, heard on the radio, then listened to a few times but every time you did it just felt tiring or sounded too loud or weird? It's probably a 'bricked' CD, all the dynamic range compressed and the sound clipping for maximum radio impact (ironic since it compresses it even more) and as arthole commented about a certain set of re-releases it's sadly prevalent in music mastering today. Hard-Fi's first LP is the worst I've had so far, the mastering and sound just seemed so odd it put me off the album.
I have to face it with my mashups even - I can compress it for loudness and dancefloors and listening on iPods, but then it will tear your head off if you're listening elsewhere...it's a hard one. I usually normalize to peak, ie make the sound as loud as it can go without losing dynamic range without clipping, but I also use software to make it 'louder' but usually end up looking at the waveform and using it very sparingly....apart from my KP mash where I wanted it LOUD and didn't really care about the lifetime as it's throwaway.
Here's an example - Beatles 'Somewhere' over the years:
Now upto 90's it's OK - just increasing volume due to the better reproduction available...but the 2000s? See how the waveform is starting to clip at the top, which means the louder bits start to lose more frequency and 'punch' or texture. And I've seen waveforms that are totally green - ie mastered to 0db with no peaks or troughs, no quiet or loud bits. Ouch.
Turn Me Up are responding to this, sadly I think it'd be seen as some old gits moaning about the sound but as someone who listens to a lot of music I know that albums that are mastered like this don't stay in my playlist long, it's too painful. Also audibly very clipped/distorted tracks don't even get that far, they get deleted...apparently the new Metallica album suffers from this, in official MP3 form at least. Ouchies.
Here's another good demo of the problem:
Do you have CDs that you bought, heard on the radio, then listened to a few times but every time you did it just felt tiring or sounded too loud or weird? It's probably a 'bricked' CD, all the dynamic range compressed and the sound clipping for maximum radio impact (ironic since it compresses it even more) and as arthole commented about a certain set of re-releases it's sadly prevalent in music mastering today. Hard-Fi's first LP is the worst I've had so far, the mastering and sound just seemed so odd it put me off the album.
I have to face it with my mashups even - I can compress it for loudness and dancefloors and listening on iPods, but then it will tear your head off if you're listening elsewhere...it's a hard one. I usually normalize to peak, ie make the sound as loud as it can go without losing dynamic range without clipping, but I also use software to make it 'louder' but usually end up looking at the waveform and using it very sparingly....apart from my KP mash where I wanted it LOUD and didn't really care about the lifetime as it's throwaway.
Here's an example - Beatles 'Somewhere' over the years:
Now upto 90's it's OK - just increasing volume due to the better reproduction available...but the 2000s? See how the waveform is starting to clip at the top, which means the louder bits start to lose more frequency and 'punch' or texture. And I've seen waveforms that are totally green - ie mastered to 0db with no peaks or troughs, no quiet or loud bits. Ouch.
Turn Me Up are responding to this, sadly I think it'd be seen as some old gits moaning about the sound but as someone who listens to a lot of music I know that albums that are mastered like this don't stay in my playlist long, it's too painful. Also audibly very clipped/distorted tracks don't even get that far, they get deleted...apparently the new Metallica album suffers from this, in official MP3 form at least. Ouchies.
Here's another good demo of the problem: