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• Crimso (Score:1)

  by jjohn (22)

  Normally, I try to minimize harsh languages, but fuck 'em if they can't take a little Crimso. When I reflect on of the crappy pop tunes, muzac and hip-hop I've had to endure in public places, I think your musical tastes need to be respected as much as anyone elses.
  
  

  Lark's Tongue, of course, kicks ass.
  • Re:Crimso (Score:2)

    by davorg (18)

    Of course I love King Crimson too. But I'm slightly biased as they had an extremely cool violin and mellotron player [aol.com] :)
• Ogg? (Score:0)

  by djberg96 (2603)

  Have you tried Ogg (or Ogg Vorbis or Vorbis, or whatever it is they're supposed to be called). I've not tried it myself, but from what I've read, you'll get better quality with Ogg.

  Also, what bitrate are you encoding at? I usually do 192 at a minimum.
  • Re:Ogg? (Score:2)

    by Matts (1087)

    Like I said, I haven't had chance to re-encode any of this stuff yet. I'm going to have a go with "Lark's Tongues" when I get a spare moment though - the current recording is MP3@128Kbps, which is pretty much as low as you can go quality wise. And IIRC I did it with Bladenc.
    • Re:Ogg? (Score:2, Informative)

      by pudge (1)

      I use iTunes/SoundJam which uses the FhG stuff, and I find that 160 kbps virtually eliminates artifacts (if I turn off the "smart" frequency and encoder adjustments). But on the occasional track that doesn't sound good at 160, 192 is just fine. I've never heard an encoder that does well with lots of cymbals or jangling guitars etc. at 128 kbps.
• MP3 (Score:2, Interesting)

  by TorgoX (1933)

  I find that MP3 128Kbps is a decent encoding rate for a lot of my percussion-free stuff, particularly things like quartet music and piano music; but for things with high-frequency percussion, that bitrate often makes the percussion very shwoosh.

  I remember Joe Hall telling me the ins and outs of how to give the encoder switches for paying more attention to getting that high-frequency stuff right, but it was way over my head.
• Larks Tongues (Score:1)

  by MeerCat (31)

  Never knew you were a KC fan matt.
  
  Anyway, MP3 for anything other than low-fidelity pop is truly offensive. If you want to listen to LTiA properly, forget the vinyl and come round for visit - I'll play you the David Singleton remastered version thru a set of studio speakers. Fracture (from SaBB) is superb when you hear it properly, oh and I have quite a lot of the "KC Collectors Club Official Bootlegs" too....
  
  Tim (used to chat to you about Win32::ASP from my days at WestMerchant Bank)