What's the point?!

[proletkult]

you dont think CDs are much better that .mp3 ???

... theyre not perfect but still ... ?!?

slainte rob

Ok..gone too far but you've put your finger on it..convenience, not quality. Thats what people are after so why bother with all the gear?

[proletkult]

"The Point" was a 1979 animated movie about non-conformity... er, I mean about a little boy, Oblio, and his dog, Arrow. Oblio is the only round-headed person in a land where everyone has a pointed head. So naturally he's exiled. He travels and becomes hip to stuff and all that.



Harry Nilsson did a catchy little number concerning the hero and his pet, and possibly other songs; I can't remember. Ringo Starr narrated. (There's some history about that but I'll stop here.)

Anyway: that's What's The Point.

Dude, the thread about pots somewhere else!

[xoxos]

Ok..gone too far but you've put your finger on it..convenience, not quality. Thats what people are after so why bother with all the gear?

mebbe the flaw in your thought is attempting to vector map the lot with one sweeping generalisation.. "that's what people want.." i'll show you stinky steven on the end of the street, all he wants is to wipe boogers on your face.


"..so that's what people are after eh."

[Landphil]

Point well taken!

[Meffy]

Landphil: Heh!

BTW, did I actually type 1979?!? It was 1971. I shall gnaw my fingers off in repentance, starting tomorrow.

[shamann]

i'll show you stinky steven on the end of the street, all he wants is to wipe boogers on your face.

Hey, I'm not stinky!!

[Scot Solida]

Who says that's what everybody wants? I know quite a few folks with expensive sound systems who take great joy in wallowing in every nuance and squeek in a recording. I want them to like my records. I know lots of folks whose exposure to music is only through downloadable MP3s. I want them to like my stuff, as well. I work very hard to ensure that my mixes sound good no matter what your listening preference. If you want to compromise your audio by reducing it to the lowest common denominator, that's your business. I, for one, enjoy an excellent recording, and am often put off by a bad one, though an excellent recording of shit is still shit, and a bad recording of a brilliant composition is still brilliant.

[phunktion]

128k mp3 is crap. 192k and above is more than adequet, and sounds like a cd to me. and the benifits of higher than 16bit 44k sound are neglible.

and any serious music downloader is gettin high quality mp3s nowadays

[Landphil]

Who says that's what everybody wants? I know quite a few folks with expensive sound systems who take great joy in wallowing in every nuance and squeek in a recording. I want them to like my records. I know lots of folks whose exposure to music is only through downloadable MP3s. I want them to like my stuff, as well. I work very hard to ensure that my mixes sound good no matter what your listening preference. If you want to compromise your audio by reducing it to the lowest common denominator, that's your business. I, for one, enjoy an excellent recording, and am often put off by a bad one, though an excellent recording of shit is still shit, and a bad recording of a brilliant composition is still brilliant.

[LIMITAPROACHINGINFINITY]

"The Point" was a 1979 animated movie about non-conformity... er, I mean about a little boy, Oblio, and his dog, Arrow. Oblio is the only round-headed person in a land where everyone has a pointed head. So naturally he's exiled. He travels and becomes hip to stuff and all that.



Harry Nilsson did a catchy little number concerning the hero and his pet, and possibly other songs; I can't remember. Ringo Starr narrated. (There's some history about that but I'll stop here.)

Anyway: that's What's The Point.

So this is about circumcision?

[pooshka]

... the issue that the Mp3 is so popular and so CRAP!

i think it's funny when something so crap gets so popular and it annoys people who don't like that crap

[Landphil]

So this is about circumcision?

[proletkult]

Who says that's what everybody wants? I know quite a few folks with expensive sound systems who take great joy in wallowing in every nuance and squeek in a recording. I want them to like my records. I know lots of folks whose exposure to music is only through downloadable MP3s. I want them to like my stuff, as well. I work very hard to ensure that my mixes sound good no matter what your listening preference. If you want to compromise your audio by reducing it to the lowest common denominator, that's your business.

I don't know many people who can afford gear like that and I don't think they make up the majority(but thank God for them). I DO NOT WANT TO REDUCE MY WORK TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR! Which is why I'm complaining that there's very little going on to promote better formats.

I, for one, enjoy an excellent recording, and am often put off by a bad one, though an excellent recording of shit is still shit, and a bad recording of a brilliant composition is still brilliant.

That would have gone without saying.

[proletkult]

128k mp3 is crap. 192k and above is more than adequet, and sounds like a cd to me. and the benifits of higher than 16bit 44k sound are neglible.

and any serious music downloader is gettin high quality mp3s nowadays

So how many people are downloading 192k?

[Warmonger]

Why bother with all the gear? Well, just because MP3 is lossy, doesn't mean that a listener can't tell the difference between Model E and Minimonsta.

And if you're just complaining about MP3 sucking, well, too bad. I guess you must still pissed off about Beta vs. VHS.