| [guidogodoy] Friday, May 14, 2010 6:12:21 PM | |
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Whoops.....to be accurate, I should have said DRM = Digital Rights Management. Stupid error on my part as I deal with ripping it off most every day! HAAAAAA!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, May 14, 2010 8:56:26 AM)| |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Well, complicated answer. Ion, I don't beileve, is necessarily "junk" but it is low-end, to be sure. Headbanger was hitting close when he said that iTunes was "propriatary" and transforming everything to .m4a. Yes and no. Itunes gave up DMR (propriatary) as did most majors a few years back. Yes, still .m4a but not propriatary anymore. DMR is Digital Media Rights, btw. Likewise, Windows and THEIR format, .wma, had to follow suit or be snowed under by iTunes in selling music. No one uses DMR anymore is what I am trying to say. You can easily copy iTunes to WMA (Windows) in a few clicks.
Now then, the main point is more the comment I think (scratching my head) I made with regard to ripping to either format. Some are known as "lossy." They lose audio by compression. It cuts the highs and the lows (and some midrange). Thus, the "loss." They are trying to keep the bitrate low to keep the filesize small. However, it loses fidelity. No question. Look at the bitrates in which an MP3 is often released. 128? 256? Higher number the better but also the bigger file-size. Still, lower than the original.
I believe I mentioned it before but NO real trading sites accepts such "lossy" formats. There are strict rules against it and anything you upload will be banned if you choose to do so in "lossy" format. Again, look at Halford's site. He released his free music in various formats. MP3, AAC, and a few LOSSLESS formats (WMA now has one).
Hear no difference, good. What is your sound equipment, though? Play it on headphones or a two speaker / low-end system. Fine. Play it on a 6.1 (six speaker + 1 subwoofer) and I guarantee you'll hear a difference.
Not a rant against any lossy format and I hope it is not taken as such. If you are happy, you are happy. All that matters.You are NOT getting true fidelity if you can make sense of any of the above, though. (Quoting Message by Budred from Friday, May 14, 2010 4:56:35 AM)
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| [Deep Freeze] Friday, May 14, 2010 10:13:50 AM | |
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Oh gawd.......please no.........................
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, May 14, 2010 9:32:33 AM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | THEY CALL ME KIIIIIIIIIIDDDD! 
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, May 14, 2010 9:32:33 AM | |
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THEY CALL ME KIIIIIIIIIIDDDD!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Budred from Sunday, May 02, 2010 5:49:19 AM)| | | Budred wrote: | | These two should bring the house down,
too bad it will be on my head.
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, May 14, 2010 8:56:26 AM | |
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Well, complicated answer. Ion, I don't beileve, is necessarily "junk" but it is low-end, to be sure. Headbanger was hitting close when he said that iTunes was "propriatary" and transforming everything to .m4a. Yes and no. Itunes gave up DMR (propriatary) as did most majors a few years back. Yes, still .m4a but not propriatary anymore. DMR is Digital Media Rights, btw. Likewise, Windows and THEIR format, .wma, had to follow suit or be snowed under by iTunes in selling music. No one uses DMR anymore is what I am trying to say. You can easily copy iTunes to WMA (Windows) in a few clicks.
Now then, the main point is more the comment I think (scratching my head) I made with regard to ripping to either format. Some are known as "lossy." They lose audio by compression. It cuts the highs and the lows (and some midrange). Thus, the "loss." They are trying to keep the bitrate low to keep the filesize small. However, it loses fidelity. No question. Look at the bitrates in which an MP3 is often released. 128? 256? Higher number the better but also the bigger file-size. Still, lower than the original.
I believe I mentioned it before but NO real trading sites accepts such "lossy" formats. There are strict rules against it and anything you upload will be banned if you choose to do so in "lossy" format. Again, look at Halford's site. He released his free music in various formats. MP3, AAC, and a few LOSSLESS formats (WMA now has one).
Hear no difference, good. What is your sound equipment, though? Play it on headphones or a two speaker / low-end system. Fine. Play it on a 6.1 (six speaker + 1 subwoofer) and I guarantee you'll hear a difference.
Not a rant against any lossy format and I hope it is not taken as such. If you are happy, you are happy. All that matters.You are NOT getting true fidelity if you can make sense of any of the above, though. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Budred from Friday, May 14, 2010 4:56:35 AM)
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| [Head banger] Friday, May 14, 2010 5:07:55 AM | |
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Itunes does not save in MP3, it uses a proprietory format, M4A I think. that format contains code to eliminate sharing. as to the quality, not sure.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Budred from Friday, May 14, 2010 4:56:35 AM)| | | Budred wrote: | | Question/comment for Guido:
I mentioned I was recording my vinyl to cd. I told you that I was converting to MP3 format.
When I set the disc up I click onto audio cd. The recording converts from analog to digital.
(I'm assuming). After I record the album and insert the track titles it converts to ITunes.
This is why I said I'm recording to MP3. Does converting to ITunes make it MP3 format or
am I getting a digital copy? I've been trying to listen for flaws in the music but they sound really good.
I'm not so sure I'm making MP3 copies. Also you mentioned Ion is junk. (no problem with that).
Would that be because of the errors during recording (tracks recording twice etc...) or is it just the
quality of the recordings? It takes a long time to get through the process and I do have track errors
but the overall quality of the finished disc seems to be pretty good.
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| [Budred] Friday, May 14, 2010 4:56:35 AM | |
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Question/comment for Guido:
I mentioned I was recording my vinyl to cd. I told you that I was converting to MP3 format.
When I set the disc up I click onto audio cd. The recording converts from analog to digital.
(I'm assuming). After I record the album and insert the track titles it converts to ITunes.
This is why I said I'm recording to MP3. Does converting to ITunes make it MP3 format or
am I getting a digital copy? I've been trying to listen for flaws in the music but they sound really good.
I'm not so sure I'm making MP3 copies. Also you mentioned Ion is junk. (no problem with that).
Would that be because of the errors during recording (tracks recording twice etc...) or is it just the
quality of the recordings? It takes a long time to get through the process and I do have track errors
but the overall quality of the finished disc seems to be pretty good.
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| [Head banger] Sunday, May 02, 2010 7:38:12 AM | |
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especialy if you havent been on for a day, hit show all posts since last visit and there are a hundred or more that dont fit on the page...
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:30:33 PM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Me too. Having to scroll from one side to another to see the whole thing is a pain in the bum.
| | | Budred wrote: | | I hate when the picture is bigger than the page.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | They look fine to me. 
| | | Budred wrote: | | | Fuck! I thought I made them smaller. |
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| [Budred] Sunday, May 02, 2010 5:49:19 AM | |
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These two should bring the house down,
too bad it will be on my head.
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| [Budred] Sunday, May 02, 2010 5:45:27 AM | |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:30:33 PM | |
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Me too. Having to scroll from one side to another to see the whole thing is a pain in the bum.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Budred from Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:27:39 PM)| | | Budred wrote: | | I hate when the picture is bigger than the page.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | They look fine to me.
| | | Budred wrote: | | | Fuck! I thought I made them smaller. |
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| [Budred] Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:27:39 PM | |
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I hate when the picture is bigger than the page.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:20:14 PM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | They look fine to me.
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:20:14 PM | |
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They look fine to me.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Budred from Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:15:40 PM)| | | Budred wrote: | | | Fuck! I thought I made them smaller. |
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| [Budred] Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:15:40 PM | |
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| Fuck! I thought I made them smaller. |
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| [Budred] Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:14:32 PM | |
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, April 30, 2010 11:19:23 AM | |
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I HAVE to get a photo online. Sadly, Willie is at Mom's house in MI. LOL!!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Budred from Friday, April 30, 2010 8:57:10 AM)| | | Budred wrote: | | Guido, very funny story. The visual makes me laugh.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | | Damn, I wish I had the picture with me. My sis gave me a life-size Willie when I left after a visit with her in Vegas one year. People in the airport stopped me to take pictures with it! LOL! I still have it but how embarassing is it to carry a life-size Willie as a carry-on to a plane? HAAAAA!!!! |
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, April 30, 2010 11:18:03 AM | |
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What I feel is truly the purpose of this board...friendship with other Priest fans. Cheers, bro.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Budred from Friday, April 30, 2010 9:04:07 AM)| | | Budred wrote: | | Thanks for that. I've been a little down as of late and you've managed to put a smile on my face a few times
the last couple of days. Much appreciation. Take care!
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| [Budred] Friday, April 30, 2010 9:04:07 AM | |
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Thanks for that. I've been a little down as of late and you've managed to put a smile on my face a few times
the last couple of days. Much appreciation. Take care!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, April 30, 2010 8:44:22 AM) |
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| [Budred] Friday, April 30, 2010 8:57:10 AM | |
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Guido, very funny story. The visual makes me laugh.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, April 30, 2010 8:36:17 AM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | | Damn, I wish I had the picture with me. My sis gave me a life-size Willie when I left after a visit with her in Vegas one year. People in the airport stopped me to take pictures with it! LOL! I still have it but how embarassing is it to carry a life-size Willie as a carry-on to a plane? HAAAAA!!!! |
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| [Budred] Friday, April 30, 2010 8:55:34 AM | |
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There are many I have not met. I have quite a few pictures with people I have though.
I'll start posting more of them. Let me stress, I am a nobody who only got lucky waiting by the buses.
One of the coolest things that happened to me was getting to go on Testament's tour bus to (burn) with
the band. The one time I didn't have a camera.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Brian_Evans from Friday, April 30, 2010 8:23:37 AM)| | | Brian_Evans wrote: | | | Hey man, is there anyone you haven't met? lol! I like his music. |
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