The transition was so difficult for the audio and video industry, that for many people it STILL hasn't happened. You can find workhorse macs running OS9 in nearly every recording studio and post production house in LA.
No condemning something until you've tried it? I guess this means that from now on all judges will have to commit crimes before being able to try a defendant for those crimes.
2.0 beta is much better than 1.x, but there are still scores of issues that still keep me from using Open Office as my primary suite:
1. Word/Excel Documents often do not fit in the same number of pages. If you have lots (I have dozens) of forms, templates and other documents pre-created, you will likely have to readjust margins, tables, font sizes, etc., to get them to fit in the same space.
2. Power Point animations are attempted, but not satisfactorily reproduced. They get jumpy, or do things at the wrong speed or in the wrong order.
3. You cannot specify a header row when sorting spreadsheet data.
4. In general, document/font display is not as accurate nor as aesthetically pleasing as it is in MS Office.
5. On my work PC, MS Word takes about 5 seconds to load when I double-click a document. Open Office Writer (2.0 beta) takes about 25 seconds, and that's with "Quickstarter." Hopefully there is still some optimization to be done before this goes gold.
Depends on how you define patron. Humans have a complex social network. Two counterexamples: Charles Ives, the quite famous composer, was an insurance salesman. Van Gogh didn't exactly have a patron, and he certainly wasn't wealthy.
education and a lack of qualified candidates are the two issues with the greatest impact on their business
Then they should talk to the people screening candidates. They usually just scan for irrelevant buzzwords and listed experience that parrots the job listing.
AAC doesn't sound as good as mp3 to my ears, at least as long as the mp3 is done at alt-preset-standard or higher, by LAME. I stopped listening to the AAC (and mp3) files ripped by friends and family in iTunes because my LAME mp3s and my FLACs, and my OGGs sounded so much better.
Good question, considering that as the earth turns, our cone of airspace, or spacespace, if extended infinitely, would cover a significant portion of the universe.
Yeah, hating LA is quite popular. But the only place I've ever been shot at was at a mall in Seattle. And the smog here was bad in the 80s, but it's gotten better nearly every year since then, even as the population grows. I love the music, the art, the mix of cultures (80 percent of homes in LA have a first language other than English. Yeah. That's right. 80 percent.) And the weather, well the weather is stunning. I run my air conditioner maybe ten days a year, and rarely need to wear a jacket. How can you beat that?
why Lucas does or does not deserve to make the proceeds
Let me be the first to say that I think Lucus should make a cut of the proceeds from P2P downloads. In fact, I'll send him 10% of what I paid to download it on BitTorrent. What's your address, George?
And the sun shines for all of three hours in the winter, and the snow falls for eight months, and you have to get on a months-long waiting list to see certain types of doctors? I love many things about Canada, my ancestral home, but there are reasons to live in Los Angeles. Like wearing flip-flops in January. and filling your gas tank for less than $75.
Most engineers are under the thumb of a producer and/or artist who are watching the clock, and unaware of the subtleties involved in making a surround mix. There is a certain wow factor when a guitar jumps out of a speaker behind you, and that wow factor usually trumps the subtle things that can be done if an engineer is allowed to do it. Listen to some classical and/or sound track recordings to hear the state of the art.
It's all about timing. Your ear/brain times when the signal hits each of your ears, and compares the direct source (which generally arrives first) with the reverberations off of other objects. For example, if the direct signal hits your left ear first and most of the reverberations hit your right ear, then you probably have the source on your left, out in the open, and some surface or combination of surfaces on your right. When there is no direct source (for example, someone yelling to you from around the corner and down the hallway) then it's harder to pinpoint their location.
Please don't ever mix an album that I will listen to.
Already did. Sorry...
There is no "purpose" of surround where music is concerned. The infrastructure is there due to movies, and musicians will do whatever they want with it. It's rock-n-roll, man. Chill a little.
That's why I said "properly-placed" speakers. In the real world, most sounds are heard by both ears, but you are still able to pinpoint their location.
I agree with you. Surround is usually done because it can be done, not for any imperative reason. We hear with two ears, so there are biological reasons to create stereo music. There are no biological reasons for multiple channels. Theoretically you would be able to create any audible sensation from two properly placed speakers. I have heard a few recordings that use surround to put you inside the band or orchestra rather than in the audience, but most surround recordings are done because the format exists, not because the music requires it.
16 bits theoretically allows for 96dB (6dB per bit). In reality, a 16bit consumer system only approaches 90dB. So theoretically a human could hear the difference. But once you get to 90dB of signal to noise ratio, the quality of the converter, cables and speakers matter much more than the dynamnic range. 24 bits makes a huge difference in the recording and mixing stage, and is the reason that analog now sounds better than digital (that and education of your average audio engineer.) But once you have your stereo mix, 16-bit is just as good as 24-bit, with a possible exception for classical music. Most pop music released these days has a dynamic range of about 24dB (3 bits).
A stereo mix gives you just two channels into which you have to place all of your content. Generally bass content is placed fairly equally into both channels, and bass takes up a large percentage of the energy an average speaker can produce. So it's quite difficult to carve out a unique space on the virtual stage for each instrument, balancing frequency, amplitude, depth, etc., for all the instruments and allow each of them to be heard without overwhelming either of the speakers.
Surround, especially with a separate subwoofer, gives you a much larger virtual stage, which allows you to make creative choices with your instrument placement, and rather than having to squeeze them into what's left of a stereo speaker's capacity.
I'm a composer/producer. It's actually as easy or easier to make a surround mix than a stereo mix.
But it's difficult for the average consumer to have a playback system that makes it worthwhile. You have to spend a few thousand dollars, and have the right room, and then spend your time sitting in the sweet spot to listen to your music.
If, like me, you listen to music while driving, exercising (oh wait, this is/.) and entertaining, there really is no reason to pay for the equipment/setup, and therefore no reason to spend the extra bucks on the higher quality discs.
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I'm sure you're right -- in fact I'm having trouble thinking of ANY other activities where you can be under ten meters of water.
The transition was so difficult for the audio and video industry, that for many people it STILL hasn't happened. You can find workhorse macs running OS9 in nearly every recording studio and post production house in LA.
iPod socks.
No condemning something until you've tried it? I guess this means that from now on all judges will have to commit crimes before being able to try a defendant for those crimes.
2.0 beta is much better than 1.x, but there are still scores of issues that still keep me from using Open Office as my primary suite:
1. Word/Excel Documents often do not fit in the same number of pages. If you have lots (I have dozens) of forms, templates and other documents pre-created, you will likely have to readjust margins, tables, font sizes, etc., to get them to fit in the same space.
2. Power Point animations are attempted, but not satisfactorily reproduced. They get jumpy, or do things at the wrong speed or in the wrong order.
3. You cannot specify a header row when sorting spreadsheet data.
4. In general, document/font display is not as accurate nor as aesthetically pleasing as it is in MS Office.
5. On my work PC, MS Word takes about 5 seconds to load when I double-click a document. Open Office Writer (2.0 beta) takes about 25 seconds, and that's with "Quickstarter." Hopefully there is still some optimization to be done before this goes gold.
Nothing more to see hear.
smell, touch or taste.
Depends on how you define patron. Humans have a complex social network. Two counterexamples: Charles Ives, the quite famous composer, was an insurance salesman. Van Gogh didn't exactly have a patron, and he certainly wasn't wealthy.
education and a lack of qualified candidates are the two issues with the greatest impact on their business
Then they should talk to the people screening candidates. They usually just scan for irrelevant buzzwords and listed experience that parrots the job listing.
AAC doesn't sound as good as mp3 to my ears, at least as long as the mp3 is done at alt-preset-standard or higher, by LAME. I stopped listening to the AAC (and mp3) files ripped by friends and family in iTunes because my LAME mp3s and my FLACs, and my OGGs sounded so much better.
Good question, considering that as the earth turns, our cone of airspace, or spacespace, if extended infinitely, would cover a significant portion of the universe.
Yeah, hating LA is quite popular. But the only place I've ever been shot at was at a mall in Seattle. And the smog here was bad in the 80s, but it's gotten better nearly every year since then, even as the population grows. I love the music, the art, the mix of cultures (80 percent of homes in LA have a first language other than English. Yeah. That's right. 80 percent.) And the weather, well the weather is stunning. I run my air conditioner maybe ten days a year, and rarely need to wear a jacket. How can you beat that?
What's the ig for? iGoogle? Please tell me no.
why Lucas does or does not deserve to make the proceeds
Let me be the first to say that I think Lucus should make a cut of the proceeds from P2P downloads. In fact, I'll send him 10% of what I paid to download it on BitTorrent. What's your address, George?
It's not a win for "file sharers". It's a win for everyone
In Canada, these two groups will now be synonymous.
And the sun shines for all of three hours in the winter, and the snow falls for eight months, and you have to get on a months-long waiting list to see certain types of doctors? I love many things about Canada, my ancestral home, but there are reasons to live in Los Angeles. Like wearing flip-flops in January. and filling your gas tank for less than $75.
Most engineers are under the thumb of a producer and/or artist who are watching the clock, and unaware of the subtleties involved in making a surround mix. There is a certain wow factor when a guitar jumps out of a speaker behind you, and that wow factor usually trumps the subtle things that can be done if an engineer is allowed to do it. Listen to some classical and/or sound track recordings to hear the state of the art.
Easy to listen first? Oh yeah, because Kazaa is flooded with lossless surround mixes off of SACD and DVD...
It's all about timing. Your ear/brain times when the signal hits each of your ears, and compares the direct source (which generally arrives first) with the reverberations off of other objects. For example, if the direct signal hits your left ear first and most of the reverberations hit your right ear, then you probably have the source on your left, out in the open, and some surface or combination of surfaces on your right. When there is no direct source (for example, someone yelling to you from around the corner and down the hallway) then it's harder to pinpoint their location.
Please don't ever mix an album that I will listen to.
Already did. Sorry...
There is no "purpose" of surround where music is concerned. The infrastructure is there due to movies, and musicians will do whatever they want with it. It's rock-n-roll, man. Chill a little.
That's why I said "properly-placed" speakers. In the real world, most sounds are heard by both ears, but you are still able to pinpoint their location.
I agree with you. Surround is usually done because it can be done, not for any imperative reason. We hear with two ears, so there are biological reasons to create stereo music. There are no biological reasons for multiple channels. Theoretically you would be able to create any audible sensation from two properly placed speakers. I have heard a few recordings that use surround to put you inside the band or orchestra rather than in the audience, but most surround recordings are done because the format exists, not because the music requires it.
Typo. 24dB equals 4 bits, not 3.
16 bits theoretically allows for 96dB (6dB per bit). In reality, a 16bit consumer system only approaches 90dB. So theoretically a human could hear the difference.
But once you get to 90dB of signal to noise ratio, the quality of the converter, cables and speakers matter much more than the dynamnic range. 24 bits makes a huge difference in the recording and mixing stage, and is the reason that analog now sounds better than digital (that and education of your average audio engineer.)
But once you have your stereo mix, 16-bit is just as good as 24-bit, with a possible exception for classical music. Most pop music released these days has a dynamic range of about 24dB (3 bits).
A stereo mix gives you just two channels into which you have to place all of your content. Generally bass content is placed fairly equally into both channels, and bass takes up a large percentage of the energy an average speaker can produce. So it's quite difficult to carve out a unique space on the virtual stage for each instrument, balancing frequency, amplitude, depth, etc., for all the instruments and allow each of them to be heard without overwhelming either of the speakers.
Surround, especially with a separate subwoofer, gives you a much larger virtual stage, which allows you to make creative choices with your instrument placement, and rather than having to squeeze them into what's left of a stereo speaker's capacity.
I'm a composer/producer. It's actually as easy or easier to make a surround mix than a stereo mix. /.) and entertaining, there really is no reason to pay for the equipment/setup, and therefore no reason to spend the extra bucks on the higher quality discs.
But it's difficult for the average consumer to have a playback system that makes it worthwhile. You have to spend a few thousand dollars, and have the right room, and then spend your time sitting in the sweet spot to listen to your music.
If, like me, you listen to music while driving, exercising (oh wait, this is