I think that's due to the fact that their budget in production/engineering/marketing of a CD is more money than we'll ever see :) Someone writing and mastering their own stuff won't have that problem.
Kevin --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i should also add, just to counter myself, that the > greatly reduced > distribution costs idea might end up being a big lie > anyway. it sure > was with the switch to CDs. we'll see. > > At 7:31 AM -0700 8/15/01, [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!? > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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