From Brian Sent Thu, May 7th 1998, 01:01
From Brian Sent Thu, May 7th 1998, 01:01
On Wed, 6 May 1998, Upaka wrote: > >Well, it could be worse. If you like the Flaming Lips you might be > >bullied into buying another 3, seeing as their new LP comes on 4 CDs > >which are intended to all be played at the same time (or not, if you're > >feeling rebellious). What the point of it? Don't ask me. It could be > >that they were just too lazy to mix it, or that they want to sell 1 CDs > >for the price of four, or it could be just a load of gimmicky nonsense. > >but as Irene points out, who but the luxuriously rich would have 4 CD > >players to do this on. > > I think this could be interesting if each of the cds had a different mix of > the record, i.e. the vocals on one track panned differently on each disc. Then > when you played all four together it would seem like the vocals were bouncing > around the room. However, I don't think that the Flaming Lips went to so much > trouble. And I completely agree that most people would be unable to use this. Um, for the uninformed out there, this is *precisely* the amount of trouble the Lips went to. *Every* disc has a completely different part of the song on it (not just different mixes, but on some tracks the bass is on a different disc than the vocals and on a different disc than the found sounds, etc.) and is meant to be played with 3 other stereos borrowed from other people. Fosters a nice sense of sharing and community, I'd imagine. :-) > On a related note, I wonder why Gescom have chosen to release their new > recording in minidisc only form. Forget about the whole compression > problem, what about the fact that minidisc players are prohibitively > expensive? .... As far as I know, MD players are *not* prohibitively expensive - there are some out there for $175 (or less if you go used or discount store). And I've had a MD unit for a couple of months now and I can't really tell the difference due to compression (of course, mine has a very new ATRAC version, so older ones may sound crappy). Sorry this isn't idm related at all, but I *had* to clear up the *glaring* misconceptions that were being propagated..... cya brian -------------------------------------------------------- "The most dementing of all modern sins: the inability to distinguish excellence from success." - David Hare