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From:
Koenig Fuerio
To:
IDM
Date:
Sun, 24 Apr 1994 21:27:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: Themes from Vapourspace
Msg-Id:
<199404250427.VAA23446@phakt.usc.edu>
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<Pine.3.88.9404242254.A7991-0100000@Isis.MsState.Edu>
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jah10 (Brother Alphabet, approximately) says:
quoted 5 lines My cd player shows "1" and the time the whole length of the disc...> My cd player shows "1" and the time the whole length of the disc... > > hmmmm > > what a puzzle...
Not too much of a puzzle. Apparently your CD player shows on track numbers, not tracks and indices. The CD player at the store shows index numbers, and while the track number is "1" and the time is the length of the whole disc, the index starts at "0" (time -0:02 to 0:00) then progresses to "1" and then on up into higher numbers. Actually, many idm artists use the index numbers for useful purposes. For example, on many Front242 recordings, if you can jump to index 2 on a track, you skip over the intro. Other times, the index numbers appear to be completely random. And sometimes the entire track is at index 1 (except that the blank space before a track is always index 0). A few bands have recently hidden secret songs in track 1, index 0--for example the song runs from -3:21 to -0:03--so you have to insert the disk and rewind to hear them. ___________ ______________________________________________________________ / payn@ \ "Let an artist show you how to bring a curse down on Satan" \ / scf.usc.edu / --Hilt / \____________/_____________________________________________________________/