Ok. Good idea.
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, zap strassburger wrote:
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> one hot minute
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> Hello everyone, I'm planning a collaborative soundpiece and am looking for
>contributors !!!
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> The plan is:
> someone starts out with one minute of sound/music in mp3 and sends ist to the next
>person, who adds something to the mix without lenghtening it and so on (like you did
>with midi). Voil�, in the end we have a complex international one-minute-piece
>consisting of influences all over the world. Everything is allowed as long as you add
>something. (of course nobody seriously thought about removing)
> So far, so good!
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> The only catch to it:
> I would really like the mp3 to be in cd-quality (128kbps / stereo / 44kHz) meaning a
>file size of ~950kb.
> WAIT I can hear you protest !!!
> You are right, BUT the great advantage is: We could add tiny little noises which
>won't get lost to the last contributor, and it will be broadcastable / burnable if
>anyone so desires! No sound gets lost during en/decoding, every crackle counts. We
>have the whole palette from left to right and 50Hz to 20kHz.
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> Technical:
> For those who fear large email-attachments we could alternatively set up a
>freedrive-account or something, so that every paticipant could download the piece and
>check the current progress.
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> Okay,
> hope you're hot now! Don't hesitate a minute and be a part of it.
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> zap strassburger
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