JJZolx Wrote: > To each his own. I'd never consider doing this. Storage needs don't > bother me. The only place the filler and the duff generally get in the > way is when playing in random mode. I'm hoping that some day the track > rating system of SlimServer gets implemented, then perhaps the ratings > could be used to filter tracks selected for random play. > > One thing I've noticed about random play, though, is that I'll often > hear a lesser track from an album that catches my ear. I'll then look > to see where it came from, sometimes not even recognizing the artist. > The same track when played in the context of the album goes virtually > unheard because it's not as good as the rest of the album. So I'm > actually discovering great music in that "filler" by hearing it in > random play. > > I have considered leaving tracks out of the library. In particular, I > have some reservations about some of the the "bonus" tracks added to > classic albums, especially if they're not from the same time period, as > is often the case. Since I often listen to complete albums, I wish > there were an easy way to choose whether I want to listen to the > "original" or the extended version of an album. I suppose playlists > might do this, but I don't think they'd be organized with albums. If I > could browse artists, or artwork, then when I got to an album, I had the > choice of playlists to play, instead of just "All Songs" that would be > ideal. > > Particularly with jazz, I love having ten or twenty different versions > of the same tune by the same artist. That's the essence of jazz. > There are often classic versions, or at least those we're all familiar > with, but the others are almost always worthwhile and often better, > although there's seldom a "best". The other thing with jazz is that if > you have a large library of reissues then you'll probably have several > hundred tracks worth of false starts and recording session banter. I > love having all that available, but it doesn't usually work well in > random mode.
Why do I get the feeling you take music too seriously? -- Skunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21807 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
