steinberg ur28 as 5.1 output?

[goshawk on horseback]

hello all, 
does anyone happen to know, if I can set the 6 analog outputs on a steinberg 
ur28 sound box to work as a 5.1 output? 

Simon 

Re: Digital Audio Extraction

[Dane Trethowan]

Okay, the first and best place to start is http://www.exactaudiocopy.de

> On 30 Jan 2016, at 11:52 AM, Casey  wrote:
> 
> Hi Dane would you be able to help me on where to get exact audio copy and how 
> to configure the settings to give you be best sounding rips as well?
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/29/2016 6:11 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> The following link shows you the read/write offsets for your CD/DVD/Blueray 
>> writer, this information can be used in such CD Ripping software as Exact 
>> Audio Copy, Easy CD Converter and XLD to ensure accurate and error free 
>> rips/burns of audio CD’S.
>> 
>> Note that some software such as Exact Audio Copy have modes to create your 
>> own “Test CD” to obtain the read/write offsets for your drive just in case 
>> its not covered here.
>> 
>> 
>>> http://www.accuraterip.com/driveoffsets.htm 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Casey
> 

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Re: Digital Audio Extraction

[Casey]

Hi Dane would you be able to help me on where to get exact audio copy 
and how to configure the settings to give you be best sounding rips as well?




On 1/29/2016 6:11 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

The following link shows you the read/write offsets for your CD/DVD/Blueray 
writer, this information can be used in such CD Ripping software as Exact Audio 
Copy, Easy CD Converter and XLD to ensure accurate and error free rips/burns of 
audio CD’S.

Note that some software such as Exact Audio Copy have modes to create your own 
“Test CD” to obtain the read/write offsets for your drive just in case its not 
covered here.



http://www.accuraterip.com/driveoffsets.htm 




**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.






--
Casey

Digital Audio Extraction

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

The following link shows you the read/write offsets for your CD/DVD/Blueray 
writer, this information can be used in such CD Ripping software as Exact Audio 
Copy, Easy CD Converter and XLD to ensure accurate and error free rips/burns of 
audio CD’S.

Note that some software such as Exact Audio Copy have modes to create your own 
“Test CD” to obtain the read/write offsets for your drive just in case its not 
covered here.


> http://www.accuraterip.com/driveoffsets.htm 
> 


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halfwits in this world behind.

A Rod On CD Rippers

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

I’ve found a new function in the XLD CD Audio CD Ripper/Burner for Mac and it 
looks as though XLD for Mac is setting the pace for ripping standards, its 
widely used on the CD Archive along with Exact Audio Copy for Windows.

Anyway I discovered - by looking at the log XLD produces when Ripping a CD - 
that XLD and determine whether you’re ripping from an original pressing of a CD 
or a copy, the log actually tells you.

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Re: Review: Phantom of the flopera, by Rod Easdown.

[Dane Trethowan]

Given the description of their “Quick Start Guides”, I have to be honest in 
saying that my hopes for accessible controller Apps aren’t high.


> On 30 Jan 2016, at 1:56 AM, John Gurd  wrote:
> 
> This was fascinating. I've spent an hour or so reading reviews of the speaker 
> and then of the company, Devialet, that makes them. Their truly revolutionary 
> D200 amp also sounds amazing. Though wouldn't you just hate to buy a pair of 
> these speakers at well over £3000 each and then find the IOS app to control 
> them is inaccessible!!! (smiles)
> 
> Thanks Dane
> 
> John
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: 27 January 2016 23:56
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Review: Phantom of the flopera, by Rod Easdown.
> 
> No, this isn�t the most expensive Wireless system I�ve heard of but its right 
> up there with them, read why below, scanned this out of today�s local paper.
> 
> Headline, Phantom of the flopera, by Rod Easdown.
> 
> Devialet is a French company that had its beginnings in 2003 with ingenious 
> technology that combines digital and analogue amplification. Yes, its amps 
> sound good, but what most appeals to me is that they look like nothing else 
> at all in hi-fi. They are sleek, elegant, stylish and expensive, of course: 
> $8300 to $39,500.
> 
> Now Devialet is making speakers called the Phantom ($2990) and the Silver 
> Phantom ($3590) that also look like nothing else in hi-fi. Both can be used 
> singly or set up as stereo pairs. They are Bluetooth AptX-compatible, and by 
> hooking into your home wireless network, they can go in any room and play the 
> music you have stored on wirelessly connected devices. Well, that's the 
> theory.
> 
> Maybe you haven't noticed, but since everything went online, the instruction 
> books provided with new gadgets have become thinner, lighter and, most of 
> all, cheaper. Often all you get is a quick-start guide that usually invites 
> you to visit a website if you have problems. I suspect Devialet has set the 
> minimalism record with its guide for the Phantom.
> 
> You get a little round book 6.5 centimetres in diameter that mostly boasts 
> about the technology. The set-up and operation instructions total just three 
> pictures and 15 words, five of which are the invitation to visit the website 
> ("Oops! Need help? Visit ..."). The folk at Devialet have obviously assumed 
> that everything is going to go exactly to plan when you plug the Phantom in 
> at your place, but it didn't at my place.
> 
> I downloaded the app and everything worked nicely until I got to the screen 
> declaring that everything was ready and to press "continue". Then a little 
> timing wheel came on and kept turning. I went to the website. There I learnt 
> there was a button to be pressed and a connection to be made. Once done, the 
> app told me the next step of installation would launch automatically. No, 
> nothing. Try as I most assuredly did, the Phantom app went no further. The 
> Bluetooth worked, so I could listen to music on my phone and high-resolution 
> music player, but the home wireless network remained as silent as a stone, 
> and so did the music on my computer.
> 
> I kept trying. I even tried with Devialet's optional Dialog box ($499) that 
> plugs into the router (instructions: four pictures and 20 words), and still 
> there was nothing but darkness. After two days of mucking about, I decided I 
> had better things to do.
> 
> Devialet's Australian product manager called by and got everything running 
> beautifully on his MacBook, but nothing he could do would persuade the 
> Phantom to join my wireless network through my PC, which was the point of the 
> exercise. It seems the Phantom app prefers Apples to PCs and doesn't like 
> Windows 10 at all, although the factory says Windows 10 is expected to be 
> supported soon.
> 
> I can say, however, that this is absolutely the best Bluetooth speaker I've 
> ever listened to. It has powerful but never overwhelming bass, brilliant 
> definition and beautifully defined and crisp highs, and it's extremely 
> powerful, filling a big space even at low volume.
> 
> Looking like the progeny of a motorcycle helmet and a football, it's big and 
> it's heavy - 11 kilograms. If you go to the Devialet website, you'll find a 
> video of the Phantom pumping out bass, the convex cones at each side 
> thrusting dramatically. I had no test tracks that made them gyrate that hard 
> (at normal volume anyway), but Lucia Micarelli's Samarkand got them excited. 
> Yes, it's an expensive speaker, but it sounds good, especially given that it 
> can live on a shelf.
> 
> Now, here's the good thing. These are sold on a 45-day trial basis. If it 
> doesn't work at your place or you just don't like it, return it for a full 
> refund. But I have a better idea: its price is such that you can ask the 
> dealer to install it at your place for f

RE: Review: Phantom of the flopera, by Rod Easdown.

[John Gurd]

This was fascinating. I've spent an hour or so reading reviews of the speaker 
and then of the company, Devialet, that makes them. Their truly revolutionary 
D200 amp also sounds amazing. Though wouldn't you just hate to buy a pair of 
these speakers at well over £3000 each and then find the IOS app to control 
them is inaccessible!!! (smiles)

Thanks Dane

John


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 27 January 2016 23:56
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Review: Phantom of the flopera, by Rod Easdown.

No, this isn�t the most expensive Wireless system I�ve heard of but its right 
up there with them, read why below, scanned this out of today�s local paper.

Headline, Phantom of the flopera, by Rod Easdown.

Devialet is a French company that had its beginnings in 2003 with ingenious 
technology that combines digital and analogue amplification. Yes, its amps 
sound good, but what most appeals to me is that they look like nothing else at 
all in hi-fi. They are sleek, elegant, stylish and expensive, of course: $8300 
to $39,500.

Now Devialet is making speakers called the Phantom ($2990) and the Silver 
Phantom ($3590) that also look like nothing else in hi-fi. Both can be used 
singly or set up as stereo pairs. They are Bluetooth AptX-compatible, and by 
hooking into your home wireless network, they can go in any room and play the 
music you have stored on wirelessly connected devices. Well, that's the theory.

Maybe you haven't noticed, but since everything went online, the instruction 
books provided with new gadgets have become thinner, lighter and, most of all, 
cheaper. Often all you get is a quick-start guide that usually invites you to 
visit a website if you have problems. I suspect Devialet has set the minimalism 
record with its guide for the Phantom.

You get a little round book 6.5 centimetres in diameter that mostly boasts 
about the technology. The set-up and operation instructions total just three 
pictures and 15 words, five of which are the invitation to visit the website 
("Oops! Need help? Visit ..."). The folk at Devialet have obviously assumed 
that everything is going to go exactly to plan when you plug the Phantom in at 
your place, but it didn't at my place.

I downloaded the app and everything worked nicely until I got to the screen 
declaring that everything was ready and to press "continue". Then a little 
timing wheel came on and kept turning. I went to the website. There I learnt 
there was a button to be pressed and a connection to be made. Once done, the 
app told me the next step of installation would launch automatically. No, 
nothing. Try as I most assuredly did, the Phantom app went no further. The 
Bluetooth worked, so I could listen to music on my phone and high-resolution 
music player, but the home wireless network remained as silent as a stone, and 
so did the music on my computer.

I kept trying. I even tried with Devialet's optional Dialog box ($499) that 
plugs into the router (instructions: four pictures and 20 words), and still 
there was nothing but darkness. After two days of mucking about, I decided I 
had better things to do.

Devialet's Australian product manager called by and got everything running 
beautifully on his MacBook, but nothing he could do would persuade the Phantom 
to join my wireless network through my PC, which was the point of the exercise. 
It seems the Phantom app prefers Apples to PCs and doesn't like Windows 10 at 
all, although the factory says Windows 10 is expected to be supported soon.

I can say, however, that this is absolutely the best Bluetooth speaker I've 
ever listened to. It has powerful but never overwhelming bass, brilliant 
definition and beautifully defined and crisp highs, and it's extremely 
powerful, filling a big space even at low volume.

Looking like the progeny of a motorcycle helmet and a football, it's big and 
it's heavy - 11 kilograms. If you go to the Devialet website, you'll find a 
video of the Phantom pumping out bass, the convex cones at each side thrusting 
dramatically. I had no test tracks that made them gyrate that hard (at normal 
volume anyway), but Lucia Micarelli's Samarkand got them excited. Yes, it's an 
expensive speaker, but it sounds good, especially given that it can live on a 
shelf.

Now, here's the good thing. These are sold on a 45-day trial basis. If it 
doesn't work at your place or you just don't like it, return it for a full 
refund. But I have a better idea: its price is such that you can ask the dealer 
to install it at your place for free. That way his brain cells will be killed 
by the set-up, not yours, and if it doesn't like your wireless system you can 
tell him, gently, that the deal's off.


**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

[no subject]

[K. Washington via Pc-audio]

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The best I found is discogs.com.

I use an excellent program called MP3Tag to correctly tag all of my 
audio files:

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

It is the most accessible, powerful MP3 Tag editor I've used in all 
of my years of being on-line. Create a Discogs account and link 
MP3Tag editor to it and you will find yourself wanting to re-tag all 
of your audio files for the heck of it. Offers right mouse click 
audio file tagging via Windows Explorer. Best free audio file 
application I've used ever!


At 05:48 AM 1/28/2016, you wrote:
Can anyone supply me with a reliable database I can use for cd track 
information. The free sites are somewhat unreliable with their data.

Andrea
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