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2001-01-28 17:46Kent williamsDoesn't anyone see the absurdity in people arguing about the sound quality of MP3 files, w

From:: Kent williams <kent@avalon.net>
To:: i'd do mary <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 11:46:14 -0600 (CST)
Subject:: [idm] AND WHILE I'M RANTING, HERE'S ANOTHER THING

Doesn't anyone see the absurdity in people arguing about the sound quality of MP3 files, when the music they're listening to has been run through distortion pedals and bit decimators? "Oh, I can't stand how the sound stage collapses when I listen to this Autechre track, which was made by sampling someone coughing, timestretching it to five minutes, cutting it up into synthetic drum hits, sequenced, downsampled to 4 bits, and then run through a digital reverb." kent williams -- kent@avalon.net http://www.cornwarning.com -- Iowa's First Techno Record Label http://www.mp3.com/chaircrusher -- tunes --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2001-01-29 07:45Matt UI guess I'll disagree with this one, too, while I'm at it. While there are certainly some

From:: Matt U <mattu@mindspring.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 01:45:00 -0600
Subject:: Re: [idm] AND WHILE I'M RANTING, HERE'S ANOTHER THING
Reply to:: [idm] AND WHILE I'M RANTING, HERE'S ANOTHER THING

I guess I'll disagree with this one, too, while I'm at it. While there are certainly some tracks where it's less of an issue than other's, I think the point in listening to any recorded music is to hear that artist's sounds as presented by the artist. So, yeah, I wanna hear Autechre's fucked up sounds the way Autechre fucked'em up, not the way mp3 compression fucked'em up. Matt At 11:46 AM 1/28/01 -0600, Kent williams wrote:

quoted 12 lines Doesn't anyone see the absurdity in people arguing about the sound quality

>Doesn't anyone see the absurdity in people arguing about the sound quality >of MP3 files, when the music they're listening to has been run through >distortion pedals and bit decimators? "Oh, I can't stand how the sound >stage collapses when I listen to this Autechre track, which was made by >sampling someone coughing, timestretching it to five minutes, cutting it >up into synthetic drum hits, sequenced, downsampled to 4 bits, and then >run through a digital reverb." kent williams -- kent@avalon.net >http://www.cornwarning.com -- Iowa's First Techno Record Label >http://www.mp3.com/chaircrusher -- tunes >--------------------------------------------------------------------- To >unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional >commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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