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From:
Lance @ Inaudible
To:
Chris Fahey
Cc:
Date:
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:17:11 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) High Quality IDM Webcasts?
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<4.2.2.19991129141308.00a79860@nacs.net>
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At 01:52 PM 11/29/1999 , you wrote:
quoted 14 lines I find it very hard to listen to most streaming audio when the best quality>I find it very hard to listen to most streaming audio when the best quality >I can find is 32 kbps Real Audio or MP3. It's especially frustrating with >IDMish stuff (as opposed to rawk or spoken word junk), much of which is >constructed using extreme bass and treble sounds, pure waveform sounds, >subtle envelope effects, and other sound techniques which get mangled or >eliminated in most high-compression schemes. To listen to, say, Panasonic in >anything less than highest quality compression is like listening to hip hop >on a minicasette player. > >I realize that there are bandwidth issues and storage space issues, and >forgive me if I'm critiquing what is really only the shortcomings of some >hosting providers, but things are changing every day: Those of you who run >and promote such webcasts, like Andrew Duke or Lance, why not lead the way >with full-quality webcasting today?
Inaudible is broadcast & archieved in mp3 format which is probably as good as you can get for streaming audio. Broadcast quality better than that and the artists/labels that we play may have issues with us. : ) -->-Lance--- lance@inaudible.com p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org