Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-24 Thread William T Goodall
On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 06:43 am, Jan Coffey wrote: 16 bits per sample? yuck! get with the program, we are talking 24 at the very least and 32 if you are recording to standard mdvd. never mind the format wars). 16 bits is what CDs use, so a lossless copy of a CD is 16 bit. -- William T

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-24 Thread Jan Coffey
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 06:43 am, Jan Coffey wrote: 16 bits per sample? yuck! get with the program, we are talking 24 at the very least and 32 if you are recording to standard mdvd. never mind the format wars). 16 bits

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-24 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reggie Bautista Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 04:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e ** I'm not sure how much (if any) overhead the iPod has per file, but the article

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-24 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jan Coffey wrote: 16 bits per sample? yuck! get with the program, we are talking 24 at the very least and 32 if you are recording to standard mdvd. never mind the format wars). Extra bits are nice, but all they really give you is a bigger dynamic range. What I really like playing with (at 16

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-24 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Coffey Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:00 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e --- William T Goodall

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-24 Thread Jan Coffey
Reggie, What are you using for recording? --- Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: 16 bits per sample? yuck! get with the program, we are talking 24 at the very least and 32 if you are recording to standard mdvd. never mind the format wars). Extra bits are nice, but

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-24 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jan Coffey asked: Reggie, What are you using for recording? That depends. If I'm using my own equipment, I typically record to a DAT machine at 44.1kHz and then run the signal in digital into my hard drive and use ProTools, CSound, and various freeware and shareware tools to capture and

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Reggie Bautista
William T. Goodall posted: Just to footnote that there is a review at Stereophile Magazine, complete with measurements and graphs and all, that concludes:- The iPod's measured behavior is better than many CD players—ironic, considering that most of the time it will be used to play MP3 and AAC

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Russell Chapman
Reggie Bautista wrote: Just for the record (pardon the pun), uncompressed cd-quality audio takes up about 10 megs per stereo minute* *44100 samples per second times 16 bits per sample equals 705600 bits per second. 705600 bits per second divided by 8 equals 88200 bytes, which rounds up to 9

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: Just for the record (pardon the pun), uncompressed cd-quality audio takes up about 10 megs per stereo minute* *44100 samples per second times 16 bits per sample equals 705600 bits per second. 705600 bits per second divided by 8 equals 88200 bytes, which rounds up to 9 megabytes. Russell

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Reggie Bautista
Two clarifications. I wrote: I knew when I typed that it was under something didn't sound right. That might not parse correctly without a comma and different word order. It should read: When I typed that it was under, I knew something didn't sound right. And yes, I realize I misspelled

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William T. Goodall posted: Just to footnote that there is a review at Stereophile Magazine, complete with measurements and graphs and all, that concludes:- The iPod's measured behavior is better than many CD players—ironic, considering that

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-21 Thread G. D. Akin
Miller, Jeffrey wrote snip Excellent, excellent player. I've got the 30Gb model. It is pricey, but worth it and highly recommended. Anyone have a newer one? I'm selling my 10G today, and am debating the 20G vs the 40G.. Bigger is better. George A

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-21 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Minette Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 04:58 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e - Original Message - From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 02:44 am, Erik Reuter wrote: Yup, brainwashed. Are you going to become religious next? Yup, brainwashed. You have joined the recording industry religion. Preach the gospel, brother! You were the one who brought up contributing to the artists. But I can understand

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 03:53 am, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 20 Oct 2003 at 1:03, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:52 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:52:14AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Is there an argument in there that I missed? Yup. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 01:15 pm, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:52:14AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Is there an argument in there that I missed? Yup. So what was it? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog :

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So what was it? Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the questions, then maybe we can get somewhere. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So what was it? Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the questions, then maybe we can get somewhere. Back to the netherlander sagas perhaps? Ray.

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 11:40:05PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Back to the netherlander sagas perhaps? If you think that, then you need to pay closer attention. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 20 Oct 2003 at 9:11, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 03:53 am, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 20 Oct 2003 at 1:03, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:52 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote:

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
Listening test? Right. I'm talking about actual waveform analysis compared to the origional sound. Ah, so who cares what it sounds like - we'll tell you what you should be thinking. Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man on the

Scouted: 1 million iTunes copies (Was: Re: iTunes for Windo$e)

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
Apple: 1 million iTunes copies, songs in three days By Peter Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] October 20, 2003 9:40 am ET Last week Apple introduced its long-awaited iTunes for Windows software. The software provides Windows PC users with the ability to buy music from the iTunes Music Store, and it

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Pensinger Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 08:36 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of G. D. Akin Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 02:23 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e William T Goodall wrote: snip The iPod doesn't rip. It is a player - mp3, aac

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e Listening test? Right. I'm talking about actual waveform analysis compared to the origional sound. Ah, so who cares what it sounds like

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William T Goodall Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 01:11 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e Yes. It was run in the media lab of Salford University. I'll see if I

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e So I guess the simple answer to your question, Dan, would be that fidelity to the sound of the original does not always equal

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 02:17 pm, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So what was it? Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the questions, then maybe we can get somewhere. If I can find the time I might do that.

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 02:54:43AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 02:17 pm, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So what was it? Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Jan Coffey
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes downloaded from ITunes on my Musicmatch jukebox?

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 09:46 am, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 12:15 am, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 17 Oct 2003 at 15:24, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: as varied as Blackalicious (hip-hop) to Loreena McKennitt (world) to Lisa Loeb (pop). I've also found that

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:48:43AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes downloaded from ITunes on my

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:31:18AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Some isn't more than none? None isn't none. If you think that it is accurate to call copying music files from a friend stealing, if you think that the only way or best way for artists to make money from creating music is to

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes downloaded from ITunes on my Musicmatch jukebox?

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 09:48:43 +0100, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the idea is to use iTunes as the player instead of whatever inferior software you were previously hampered by :) Musicmatch is decent software, and I've got tome and money invested in it as do many other

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread G. D. Akin
William T Goodall wrote: snip The iPod doesn't rip. It is a player - mp3, aac, aiff etc. The player hardware is of very high quality - suitable for driving external amplifier and speakers. Excellent, excellent player. I've got the 30Gb model. It is pricey,

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 12:00 pm, Jan Coffey wrote: --- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:52 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 03:55 pm, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:31:18AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Some isn't more than none? None isn't none. It isn't? I think you are too subtle for me :) If you think that it is accurate to call copying music files from a friend

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:07:41AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: The solution to the pie being divided unfairly isn't to throw out the pie. Getting rid of IP seems like Luddism to me, a return to the days of craft work and patronage. IP (copyright in the case of music, books and films)

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 20 Oct 2003 at 1:03, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:52 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this:

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-18 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 12:15 am, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 17 Oct 2003 at 15:24, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: as varied as Blackalicious (hip-hop) to Loreena McKennitt (world) to Lisa Loeb (pop). I've also found that much of the Bethoven and Grieg I ripped onto my iPod share this... tonal

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-18 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes downloaded from ITunes on my Musicmatch jukebox? So much for ITunes. 8^P I think the idea is to use iTunes

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-17 Thread William T Goodall
On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 05:02 am, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:20:33PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some young people who think (if you can call it thinking) that they have some kind of a right to download (i.e., steal) all the music they want for nothing, no they

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-17 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 09:28:33AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: However little money the creators make when one buys the music it is more than the 'none at all' they make when one steals it. Wrong. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-17 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 01:07:32AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you think it is evil to contribute money to terrorists? Um...non-sequitur? Do you know much about the record industry and RIAA? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-17 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Chapman Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 04:03 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e Miller, Jeffrey wrote: I am. The hassle of all the backdoor spyware

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-17 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert J. Chassell Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 02:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: iTunes for Windo$e Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... I'm one of those freaks who

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-17 Thread William T Goodall
On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 10:04 pm, Robert J. Chassell wrote: Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... I'm one of those freaks who can hear the sound quality difference between mp3s and cds; drives me nuts sometimes. Just curious: for you, what is the sound quality difference

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-17 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 17 Oct 2003 at 15:24, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: as varied as Blackalicious (hip-hop) to Loreena McKennitt (world) to Lisa Loeb (pop). I've also found that much of the Bethoven and Grieg I ripped onto my iPod share this... tonal wash-out. That is largely to to the basic alogrythm the iPod uses

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-17 Thread Doug Pensinger
So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes downloaded from ITunes on my Musicmatch jukebox? So much for ITunes. 8^P -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread William T Goodall
iTunes and the iTunes Music Store are now available to users of Windows XP and Windows 2000. Store still only sells in the USA. http://www.apple.com/itunes/ -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ A bad thing

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread Russell Chapman
William T Goodall wrote: iTunes and the iTunes Music Store are now available to users of Windows XP and Windows 2000. Store still only sells in the USA. http://www.apple.com/itunes/ Why USA only? It's not like there's shipping involved. Or security issues. Or the content is exclusively from

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Chapman Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 03:50 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e William T Goodall wrote: iTunes and the iTunes Music Store are now

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread Russell Chapman
Miller, Jeffrey wrote: I am. The hassle of all the backdoor spyware and the risk of viruses (at worst) from crappy p2p software is enough to drive me legit years ago... ok, that and a CD collection that, at last count, topped 1000... I honestly don't /need/ free music. Wow - where do you put

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread TomFODW
In a message dated 10/16/03 6:51:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I hope they do well, but I wonder if, after years and years of free downloads, people are going to be willing to start paying. Some young people who think (if you can call it thinking) that they have some kind of a right

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread TomFODW
Who, exactly, is losing a lot of money from this stealing you are talking about? You don't suppose it is the creators of the music, do you? You think the only music being downloaded is from the major labels? That no independent labels and artists who release their own CDs are being ripped

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread TomFODW
Do you think the most money is being stolen from independent labels? Does it matter? Why rip off from ANYONE? Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last. - Dr Jerry Pournelle

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:50:29AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it matter? Why rip off from ANYONE? Do you think the record labels ask that question? The RIAA? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread TomFODW
Do you think the record labels ask that question? The RIAA? And their iniquity justifies someone else's? Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last. - Dr Jerry Pournelle

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:55:18AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And their iniquity justifies someone else's? Do you think it is evil to contribute money to terrorists? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-16 Thread TomFODW
Do you think it is evil to contribute money to terrorists? Um...non-sequitur? Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last. - Dr Jerry Pournelle ___