Prior to a few months ago I had no idea what a Podcast was (and this is coming from a computer geek/audio engineer). I suppose it is precisely BECAUSE I'm an audio guy that I was not aware of Podcasts... because I don't have an MP3 player (portable iPod type, anyway). When I want to listen to music, I use a STEREO system, not my computer.
But anyway, in March a friend suggested *I* do a Podcast, and I thought he was crazy. I suggested we do one together, and these few months later, we have 7 episodes in the can, and are having a BLAST.
I really enjoy the freedom the format allows, and the distribution potential of the internet. If you have something to say, do it in a podcast.
As long as I'm posting, check out my sig and give OUR Podcast a listen. I think you'll enjoy it.
It's certainly better to be safe than sorry. And NASA is certainly going to be extra careful on this, the first launch after the accident, but I wonder if they would have landed in these conditions before?
Podcasting is another of the field leveling technologies that the internet allows. Prior to my friend mentioning the concept of a Podcast to me in March, I hadn't heard of them. Now I'm amazed at the selection. Most of it is chaff, but there are some good ones out there.
I'm not sure if you were replying to me or not, so...
But who said I didn't think the Nazi's were terrorists?
In general I don't like to use that word anymore because with its recent OVERUSE, I don't even know what it means.
And that is exactly what the propaganda ministers of the Bush admin want. They want you to go to them for information. Don't worry, they'll always tell you the truth, won't they?
I agree with the sentiment expressed here, but not your example.
I would argue that the US government is using the word "terrorist" today, the way that the Nazis used the word "Jew" 60 years ago.
Once that label is applied to your "enemy" you have Carte Blanche to do what you want to them.
Am I accusing the Bush admin of Genocide and putting people into ovens? No, absolutely not.
But I *AM* accusing them of being virtual fascists who are abusing the rights of their citizens and people all around the world in the name of this freakish war on terror and economic policies.
+9 tape can be driven to that level with little or no distortion, and you can exceed that by quite a bit yielding nice compression and distortion.
Rich...
I think the perspective on this web site is skewed. Just because you all have some sort of onboard digital audio in your computer and listen to MP3's and own CD's and DVD's, you think there is no market for analog tape anymore.
You are also interpreting an article about a company "restructuring" as meaning "clearly because I have never seen an analog tape machine in real life, and they haven't used those since the 1940's, no one needs analog tape anymore."
I can assure you that this is not the case. Large recording studios routinely shell out high six-figure and seven-figure dollar amounts for analog recording consoles. These studios also very likely have 48 tracks (2, 24-track machines) of analog audio available. Do they have Protools? Sure, but he point is many people still prefer analog audio and to do a full length project with 48 tracks (all 48 are not usable, but that's another matter) you need SIX reels of tape (not counting safeties). The fact that the tape is expensive doesn't scare someone who can afford to pay $1,000,000 for a recording console.
As I said in another post I have a friend with NINE 2-inch analog machines that he rents to big studios. He also has some 1-inch machines, a few 1/2-inch machines, and a few 1/4-inch machines, ALL of which get used, and require tape.
I have a new reel of Quantegy GP-9 (their flagship product) about 24 inches from my feet as I type this, for an upcoming demo project I'm doing in a local analog room.
Even if Quantegy does not survive these financial woes, I highly suspect that either someone will buy their manufacturing facility and technology from them, or BASF, or perhaps even Scotch re-enter the market to fill this void.
Analog tape machines are not going anywhere. Perhaps Quantegy simply needs to re-assess their business plan and operate from the perspective that the analog tape market isn't what it used to be (I won't deny that) and perhaps is more properly looked at as a "boutique" market.
There are certainly more than 250 people in the US and world using analog tape. Any real recording studio has at least one 2", 24 track machne, and probably two.
My friend's studio in NJ has 5, 2" machines amd 2, 1/2" machine.
I know a collector of analog gear who rents his equipment out who personally owns NINE 2" analog machines.
Perhaps you have forgotten, but there were other planes in the air, that might have had to have been shot down. I believe that is a decision that only the president should make. That would have required him to be in his limo on a secure phone with up to date intelligence.
Instead he chose to sit there with that classic "Dear in the headlights" look on his face, and do nothing. And when he felt particularly anxiety ridden he picked up some book and pretended to read from it.
It was very clear that he had NO idea what to do, and was terrified.
Tasteless interview with Charleton Heston? Are you joping? Heston was the leader of the NRA, if he can't handle himself in an interview he shouldn't be there. Michael Moore didn't MAKE Heston show his biggotry... Heston volunteered that and tried to backtrack out when he realized he had shown his true colors.
What did he do to the "crippled kids" at K Mart?
Who would you choose to fight your battles against injustice?
Our immoral wars are NEVER about the price of gasoline.... our government doesn't care if oil companies gouge us... it's about ACCESS to oil. That the access sometimes causes gas prices to fall is irrelevent.:-)
So if indeed it only MOVES the jobs, the the national net gain is zero, and one state loses while another gains. One of which is coincidentally run by his brother.
Once again, Schneier shows why he's at the top of his game. Perhaps we should petition to get him and Lessig together to do a radio show (not that either of them have any time to do this).
Is there a difference between compression and signal attenuation (in your example)?
Either way, something loud is being made quieter. This HAS to make the waveform look different, so therefore it is being distorted.
Some more people have posted since I made my post, and they are claiming that a lot of the clipping occurred in tracking, and they didn't want to recut and fix them tracks, they figured they'd fix them in the mix. (yeah, like that will work)
So it sounds me me like this record sounds like shit because it was recorded like shit. I bet the mastering engineer made it sound BETTER. They often can do that.
The good news is that you can't get louder than digital zero... so this trend will have to end eventually.:-)
Ummmm... this is news? People in the recording industry have known this for a decade.
For me (a recording engineer) I judge the sonics of the record on mix clarity. Can you hear ALL of the instruments ALL of the time? This generally has nothing to do with loudness. Were the sounds captured well? Again, this has nothing to do with loudness.
To me, this article sounds like an immature diatribe put forth by some kid with a pet peeve.
He says he LIKED the analog recordings that used TAPE compression to get things louder, as opposed to the modern way of using digital compression (in software or hardware forms).
Well I have bad news for him... TAPE compression is STILL compression, and it STILL distorts (often radically) the waveform into something different than the original input signal. So why is one better than the other? Perhaps he's answering a question that I already know the answer to (the whole analog vs. digital argument.)
Does this guy think that back in the analog "day" that analog compressors weren't put into the signal path when mastering the recordings to vinyl? Of course they were, and THOSE distorted the signals also.
I haven't heard the new Rush album, but now I'll have to. I suspect it sounds fine, and it's just had all of the dynamics squeezed out of it. Or maybe it was simply recorded and mixed like shit and would sound horrific whether or not is was mastered too loudly.
So is it the volume or the distortion that this guy doesn't like? Because if it's the distortion he'd better tell Lifeson to turn off those Marshalls.;-)
Look, I like dynamics left in my recordings also, but there are FAR worse engineering crimes out there other than mastering too loudly.
What about those earlier Rush records where Peart's drum heads were taped up so much it sounded like he was beating Tupperware?
And to the guy who likes the way the records on Nuclear Blast sound and congratulates their european engineers? Well, I did two records for that label in a NY studio. Sorry, no European engineers were on those sessions at all.
I suspect that all of the things other postulate about Mars are true... ie. geothermal activity, microbial life, underground water. We now just need to send people there to prove it.
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Prior to a few months ago I had no idea what a Podcast was (and this is coming from a computer geek/audio engineer). I suppose it is precisely BECAUSE I'm an audio guy that I was not aware of Podcasts... because I don't have an MP3 player (portable iPod type, anyway). When I want to listen to music, I use a STEREO system, not my computer.
But anyway, in March a friend suggested *I* do a Podcast, and I thought he was crazy. I suggested we do one together, and these few months later, we have 7 episodes in the can, and are having a BLAST.
I really enjoy the freedom the format allows, and the distribution potential of the internet. If you have something to say, do it in a podcast.
As long as I'm posting, check out my sig and give OUR Podcast a listen. I think you'll enjoy it.
Rich...
It's certainly better to be safe than sorry. And NASA is certainly going to be extra careful on this, the first launch after the accident, but I wonder if they would have landed in these conditions before?
Podcasting is another of the field leveling technologies that the internet allows. Prior to my friend mentioning the concept of a Podcast to me in March, I hadn't heard of them. Now I'm amazed at the selection. Most of it is chaff, but there are some good ones out there.
I'm not sure if you were replying to me or not, so...
But who said I didn't think the Nazi's were terrorists?
In general I don't like to use that word anymore because with its recent OVERUSE, I don't even know what it means.
And that is exactly what the propaganda ministers of the Bush admin want. They want you to go to them for information. Don't worry, they'll always tell you the truth, won't they?
Crixus...
I agree with the sentiment expressed here, but not your example.
I would argue that the US government is using the word "terrorist" today, the way that the Nazis used the word "Jew" 60 years ago.
Once that label is applied to your "enemy" you have Carte Blanche to do what you want to them.
Am I accusing the Bush admin of Genocide and putting people into ovens? No, absolutely not.
But I *AM* accusing them of being virtual fascists who are abusing the rights of their citizens and people all around the world in the name of this freakish war on terror and economic policies.
I see Karl Rove as Bush's Goebbels.
Me...
+9 tape can be driven to that level with little or no distortion, and you can exceed that by quite a bit yielding nice compression and distortion. Rich...
I think the perspective on this web site is skewed. Just because you all have some sort of onboard digital audio in your computer and listen to MP3's and own CD's and DVD's, you think there is no market for analog tape anymore.
You are also interpreting an article about a company "restructuring" as meaning "clearly because I have never seen an analog tape machine in real life, and they haven't used those since the 1940's, no one needs analog tape anymore."
I can assure you that this is not the case. Large recording studios routinely shell out high six-figure and seven-figure dollar amounts for analog recording consoles. These studios also very likely have 48 tracks (2, 24-track machines) of analog audio available. Do they have Protools? Sure, but he point is many people still prefer analog audio and to do a full length project with 48 tracks (all 48 are not usable, but that's another matter) you need SIX reels of tape (not counting safeties). The fact that the tape is expensive doesn't scare someone who can afford to pay $1,000,000 for a recording console.
As I said in another post I have a friend with NINE 2-inch analog machines that he rents to big studios. He also has some 1-inch machines, a few 1/2-inch machines, and a few 1/4-inch machines, ALL of which get used, and require tape.
I have a new reel of Quantegy GP-9 (their flagship product) about 24 inches from my feet as I type this, for an upcoming demo project I'm doing in a local analog room.
Even if Quantegy does not survive these financial woes, I highly suspect that either someone will buy their manufacturing facility and technology from them, or BASF, or perhaps even Scotch re-enter the market to fill this void.
Analog tape machines are not going anywhere. Perhaps Quantegy simply needs to re-assess their business plan and operate from the perspective that the analog tape market isn't what it used to be (I won't deny that) and perhaps is more properly looked at as a "boutique" market.
Rich...
There are certainly more than 250 people in the US and world using analog tape. Any real recording studio has at least one 2", 24 track machne, and probably two.
My friend's studio in NJ has 5, 2" machines amd 2, 1/2" machine.
I know a collector of analog gear who rents his equipment out who personally owns NINE 2" analog machines.
Rich...
This kinda sounds like Roswell, doesn't it?
First a big-whig announces something cool. and then it gets retracted the next day.
INTERESTING.
Rich...
What would you have him do? How about his job.
Perhaps you have forgotten, but there were other planes in the air, that might have had to have been shot down. I believe that is a decision that only the president should make. That would have required him to be in his limo on a secure phone with up to date intelligence.
Instead he chose to sit there with that classic "Dear in the headlights" look on his face, and do nothing. And when he felt particularly anxiety ridden he picked up some book and pretended to read from it.
It was very clear that he had NO idea what to do, and was terrified.
Rich...
Tasteless interview with Charleton Heston? Are you joping? Heston was the leader of the NRA, if he can't handle himself in an interview he shouldn't be there. Michael Moore didn't MAKE Heston show his biggotry... Heston volunteered that and tried to backtrack out when he realized he had shown his true colors.
What did he do to the "crippled kids" at K Mart?
Who would you choose to fight your battles against injustice?
Rich..
YES, YES, YES.
Reagan did such an efficient job of moving the spectrum to the right in the 1980's, and it hasn't stopped.
BOTH major parties in the US are so right of center it's ridiculous... with the Dems being slightly left of the Repubs.
This is why I questioned a user a moment ago when he said democrats are left wing...
Yeah, right.
Progressives are left wing. Greens are left wing. Dems? No way in heck.
Rich...
Rich...
Democrats are left wing?
That's news to me.
Rich...
As I understand it, by contract, Disney HAS to dsitribute ANY Mirimax film that gets a rating UNDER NC-17.
I believe Disney to be in breach of contract, and hopefully Mirimax will sue.
Rich...
Fortunately there are many theatres not enforcing the 'R' rating at the gate. Rich...
The US will never attack a country like N. Korea. They can actually defend themselves.
Rich...
Agreed.
"Any system that can not withstand scrutiny is a system not worth having." (paraphrased)
-Carl Sagan
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Our immoral wars are NEVER about the price of gasoline.... our government doesn't care if oil companies gouge us... it's about ACCESS to oil. That the access sometimes causes gas prices to fall is irrelevent. :-)
Rich...
She said SHIFT, not CREATE.
So if indeed it only MOVES the jobs, the the national net gain is zero, and one state loses while another gains. One of which is coincidentally run by his brother.
Rich...
Don't forget William Shatner. Eesh...
But they DID give us the genius of Glenn Gould.
Rich...
Once again, Schneier shows why he's at the top of his game. Perhaps we should petition to get him and Lessig together to do a radio show (not that either of them have any time to do this).
Geeks would be in their glory.
Rich...
Is there a difference between compression and signal attenuation (in your example)?
:-)
Either way, something loud is being made quieter. This HAS to make the waveform look different, so therefore it is being distorted.
Some more people have posted since I made my post, and they are claiming that a lot of the clipping occurred in tracking, and they didn't want to recut and fix them tracks, they figured they'd fix them in the mix. (yeah, like that will work)
So it sounds me me like this record sounds like shit because it was recorded like shit. I bet the mastering engineer made it sound BETTER. They often can do that.
The good news is that you can't get louder than digital zero... so this trend will have to end eventually.
Rich...
Ummmm... this is news? People in the recording industry have known this for a decade.
;-)
For me (a recording engineer) I judge the sonics of the record on mix clarity. Can you hear ALL of the instruments ALL of the time? This generally has nothing to do with loudness. Were the sounds captured well? Again, this has nothing to do with loudness.
To me, this article sounds like an immature diatribe put forth by some kid with a pet peeve.
He says he LIKED the analog recordings that used TAPE compression to get things louder, as opposed to the modern way of using digital compression (in software or hardware forms).
Well I have bad news for him... TAPE compression is STILL compression, and it STILL distorts (often radically) the waveform into something different than the original input signal. So why is one better than the other? Perhaps he's answering a question that I already know the answer to (the whole analog vs. digital argument.)
Does this guy think that back in the analog "day" that analog compressors weren't put into the signal path when mastering the recordings to vinyl? Of course they were, and THOSE distorted the signals also.
I haven't heard the new Rush album, but now I'll have to. I suspect it sounds fine, and it's just had all of the dynamics squeezed out of it. Or maybe it was simply recorded and mixed like shit and would sound horrific whether or not is was mastered too loudly.
So is it the volume or the distortion that this guy doesn't like? Because if it's the distortion he'd better tell Lifeson to turn off those Marshalls.
Look, I like dynamics left in my recordings also, but there are FAR worse engineering crimes out there other than mastering too loudly.
What about those earlier Rush records where Peart's drum heads were taped up so much it sounded like he was beating Tupperware?
And to the guy who likes the way the records on Nuclear Blast sound and congratulates their european engineers? Well, I did two records for that label in a NY studio. Sorry, no European engineers were on those sessions at all.
Rich...
I suspect that all of the things other postulate about Mars are true... ie. geothermal activity, microbial life, underground water. We now just need to send people there to prove it.
Who's up for the trip?
Rich...