Pete | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> It seems that you could have a tape from a rig that was set up in the bathroom of the club that might sound like crap but still pass the "dankseed certification process." I don't mean this as too much of a jab at the dankseed folks (I am 100% confident that they are trying to let people know that a "dankseed" can safely be downloaded as a good source), but I'd like to hear what they have to say about this. <<<
By virtue of the fact that it requires 5 reviewers to certify a transferred recording "dank," and given the time that it takes to perform this, typically reviewers will only want to spend the time on the better quality recordings in circulation. Therefore, I'd say that since 5 people are generally not going to want to take the time to review shitty sounding shows that sound like they were recorded in the bathroom, when you see a dankseed, you can at least know that 5 people were interested enough in the version to spend the time to review the recording. Since most dankseed reviewers are quality mongers to begin with (myself included), and there is quite a large list of shows submitted for certification at any given point in time, I don't think lousy sounding shows end up being top priority for any reviewer, unless recordings of a particular show are very rare and/or in high demand. As a [fortunate or unfortunate] casualty of the process, it is not unusual for some shows submitted for certification to go without completing the process for quire a long time. It should be noted that there is nothing in the way of dankseeds that precludes different versions of the same show from being dankseeded, and quite often seeds do get upgraded when better sounding, flawless recordings pass the certification. In other words, even though the goal of dankseeds is purely based on ensuring cleaner transfers and better CD tracking, without regard to quality of the actual recording (your concern), the ultimate side effect of the process is, the better quality recordings of a particular show are what end up most often getting certified anyway. But the only claim made by dankseeds is that it is a recording that has been verified "flawless" by 5 reviewers. Besides, the quality of a recording outside of potential glitches and poor tracking is most often too subjective and purely a matter of taste. -Dan _______________________________________________ etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree
