Since high quality waves (24/96) will be big files, there's less of a chance from finding it on a P2P file sharing program. So people downloading a track someone made could be stuck with a low quality mp3 since that's all that might be available. In contrast, if FS is popular and they like the mp3 they downloaded, they could buy a CD at their local record shop that contains the track in wav format. With harddrives getting faster, bigger, and cheaper, it's feasible. Just a thought though.
Kevin --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > exactly.. you can record to a pristine digital 24/96 > environment if > you like, and then play that digital recording out. > only > consideration is file size. so technically > finalscratch could sound > better than records ever did. > > as for independent labels and distribution, a) this > won't happen over > night - vinyl production isn't going anywhere > anytime soon, and b) > sooner or later digital music distribution will > finally dump its two > left feet and figure out a way a safe and efficient > way to work. > seems so ironic that all the hard to find music we > buy is almost > exclusively on vinyl, when it started out as a > digital master. > artists need to be paid for their work, but in what > format we receive > it shouldn't matter. people seem to have gotten > used to CDs just > fine... plus, if music got cheaper due to the > reduced distribution > costs, there's a very good chance people would buy a > lot more of it. > i know personally there's tons of housier records > that i ignore every > month because it's just not in the budget. this > also has huge > implications for all the tiny, regional labels out > there around the > world that very few people get exposed to. > > At 6:53 AM -0700 8/15/01, Kevin Conrad wrote: > >Final Scratch can also play wav files, so someone > >using FS doesn't necessarily have to worry about > the > >low quality of MP3's. > > > >Kevin > > > > > >--- "M. Todd Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> While I agree with what Lauryn has said for the > most > >> part (because we have > >> already seen the effect of Napster on the music > >> industry). We must include > >> one more particularily special point. > >> > >> MP3 Quality at less than a bit rate of 192 > sounds > >> shoddy on the extreme low > >> end and extreme high end. MP3 is a compression > >> algorithm which lops off the > >> signal at the extent of the human hearing range > (ie > >> 20, 000 Hz but most > >> codecs lop off around 16, 000), and the > sub-extent > >> of human hearing (around > >> 20hz but again most codecs lop off around > 100Hz). > >> When listening at home > >> this isn't so bad since most in home stereo > systems > >> already reduce extreme > >> low-high end by means of a crossover either in > the > >> speaker itself or > >> digitally in the amplifier. At the club however > the > >> is no roll off, and > >> things like these become more apparent. > >> > >> Worse is the fact that despite our inability to > hear > >> these frequencies, we > >> can hear the harmonics that they create with > >> frequencies we do hear. > >> Moreover even without knowledge the producer of > the > >> track may have utilized > >> those particular harmonics. With MP3 those will > >> never be heard. > >> > >> I've heard both MP3's and vinyl on the same > system, > >> and to be honest unless > >> you have a good soundcheck and all your files > are > >> recorded and EQ'ed > >> properly beforehand, your set will sound > lackluster. > >> > >> MP3's with a bitrate higher than 192 sound > great, > >> the higher the better, but > >> they take up more room. As we progress into a > >> generation where physical > >> memory is no longer an issue I'm sure this will > >> become more viable. > >> > >> Cheers > >> todd > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "miss lauryn g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:10 AM > >> Subject: Re: [313] ANyone know about > Finalscratch > >> (maybe OT) > >> > >> > >> > i think the idea of this technology is > fantastic. > >> however, what i am > >> > wondering is what this is going to do to the > >> independent record label > >> > industry. use of mp3s right now doesn't > currently > >> affect them as much as > >> > it does the major record labels. but what this > is > >> going to do is > >> > discourage buying vinyl. (at least that is how > i > >> see it.) all you have to > >> > do is basically find a track online or find a > >> friend with that record and > > > > rip an mp3. it's going to cause a lot of > producers > > > to not make any money. > > > > i wonder how much people are going to start > > > fighting within the dance > > > > music community after this becomes readily > >> available. i personally think > >> > that final scratch is going to be pretty > popular > > > and that after it gets > >> > some more attention, it's going to be utilized > by > >> more and more people, > >> > especially after they see that it works so > well. > >> it's just also a question > >> > of people supporting their artists and buying > the > >> vinyl still. (which > >> > is something that i would still be doing if i > >> really really wanted a > >> > certain track...it would cause a lot less of > that > >> "ooooh why did i buy > >> > THAT?" syndrome that i occasionally get here > and > >> there if i used final > >> > scratch and just had an mp3 of the track.) > >> > > >> > i dunno...i'm just going to sit back and watch > and > >> see how people start > >> > changing their minds on the mp3 argument when > it > >> starts affecting THEM. > >> > > >> > -l > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute > with Yahoo! Messenger > >http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
