Music Format Thread

Astronomer · 04-13-2010, 10:52 PM

I picked 'Live Music is the Best' because although I listen to a lot of my music digitally such as on MP3s, I definitely enjoy listening to live music much more. There's something special about it, for me personally.

Guybrush · 04-14-2010, 08:46 AM

I don't think midi or live music should be in the poll really. They differ from the others in that they're not ways to record and store music. Aside from that, it seems quite thorough.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 04-14-2010, 12:10 PM

Well, the reason I included them is the invention of recording and storing of music is fairly new. For all the time before that, we had to rely on notations, scores and players to hear our favorite music again. Just thought i'd give it a show but I didn't think it'd be the most popular option.

MIDI was included almost as a joke, but along the same lines as above.

taint_nutin' · 04-28-2010, 10:33 PM

gotta say CD and MP3.

Guybrush · 04-29-2010, 12:19 AM

I'd like to see why some people prefer some lossy formats to other if they have any idea other than habit about it.

I gave some reasons why I like ogg. Most of all besides doing well in tests, it's free and open source. I don't like WMA at all because only a few tags support multiple values .. I can't see why they would bottleneck the usefulness of the format in such a stupid way.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 04-29-2010, 11:11 AM

I don't prefer lossy to lossless. It's just a matter of availability, really. I voted for FLAC because that's my usual format of choice (although I've never really given .Ogg a fair shot), but tbh the majority of my music collection is in Mp3 format. When I download music it's just the most readily available one out there.

~~James~~ · 05-01-2010, 12:38 PM

CD But wax tubes are very underated I found a blog once of mp3 versions of Wax Tube exclusives some real gems.

leftyguitarfreek · 05-02-2010, 08:56 AM

The heart and soul of music is and always will be in the live performance, but I do think that both cds and mp3s are pretty awesome. I constantly just do whatever I have to do while listening to my ipod and with the ability to hold thousands of songs I can pretty much always listen to whatever suits my mood. It isn't as easy to always have access to my cd collection (which is over 600 at least).

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 05-02-2010, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by james44754

CD But wax tubes are very underated I found a blog once of mp3 versions of Wax Tube exclusives some real gems.

I can only bear things recorded on Wax Tubes when they've been digitally cleaned up. It's a pretty tiny sound quality on the real things. But that blog sounds pretty interesting.

clutnuckle · 05-02-2010, 01:16 PM

FLAC is 100% worth the space issue, especially 24-bit.

View Poll Results: Which format for listening to music do you enjoy most?
Live Music is the Best	8	20.00%
Player Pianos	0	0%
Edison era Wax Tube	2	5.00%
Vinyl/other records	3	7.50%
8-Track	0	0%
Cassette Tape	0	0%
CD	11	27.50%
Mp3 Digital	9	22.50%
WAV Digital	1	2.50%
.Ogg Digital	1	2.50%
FLAC Digital	4	10.00%
Apple Lossless	1	2.50%
Other Lossy (which?)	0	0%
Other Lossless (which?)	0	0%
MIDI	0	0%
Voters: 40. You may not vote on this poll

04-13-2010, 10:52 PM	#21 (permalink)
Astronomer we are stardust Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,894	I picked 'Live Music is the Best' because although I listen to a lot of my music digitally such as on MP3s, I definitely enjoy listening to live music much more. There's something special about it, for me personally. __________________

04-14-2010, 08:46 AM	#22 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	I don't think midi or live music should be in the poll really. They differ from the others in that they're not ways to record and store music. Aside from that, it seems quite thorough. __________________ Something Completely Different

04-29-2010, 12:19 AM	#25 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	I'd like to see why some people prefer some lossy formats to other if they have any idea other than habit about it. I gave some reasons why I like ogg. Most of all besides doing well in tests, it's free and open source. I don't like WMA at all because only a few tags support multiple values .. I can't see why they would bottleneck the usefulness of the format in such a stupid way. __________________ Something Completely Different

04-14-2010, 12:10 PM	#23 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	Well, the reason I included them is the invention of recording and storing of music is fairly new. For all the time before that, we had to rely on notations, scores and players to hear our favorite music again. Just thought i'd give it a show but I didn't think it'd be the most popular option. MIDI was included almost as a joke, but along the same lines as above.

04-28-2010, 10:33 PM	#24 (permalink)
taint_nutin' Groupie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: behind you... made you look Posts: 22	gotta say CD and MP3.

04-29-2010, 11:11 AM	#26 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	I don't prefer lossy to lossless. It's just a matter of availability, really. I voted for FLAC because that's my usual format of choice (although I've never really given .Ogg a fair shot), but tbh the majority of my music collection is in Mp3 format. When I download music it's just the most readily available one out there.

05-01-2010, 12:38 PM	#27 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	CD But wax tubes are very underated I found a blog once of mp3 versions of Wax Tube exclusives some real gems.

05-02-2010, 08:56 AM	#28 (permalink)
leftyguitarfreek Groupie Join Date: May 2010 Location: SF BAY AREA Posts: 2	The heart and soul of music is and always will be in the live performance, but I do think that both cds and mp3s are pretty awesome. I constantly just do whatever I have to do while listening to my ipod and with the ability to hold thousands of songs I can pretty much always listen to whatever suits my mood. It isn't as easy to always have access to my cd collection (which is over 600 at least).

05-02-2010, 01:16 PM	#30 (permalink)
clutnuckle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: -_-_-_-_~__~-~_-`_`-~_-`-~-~ Posts: 1,276	FLAC is 100% worth the space issue, especially 24-bit.