There’s this thing in digital audio called Dither. It’s the first step of lossy-ness. But it’s never talked about outside of mastering engineer shop talk. I think it’s ignored because it’s misunderstood, and frankly, would hurt sales if explained.… Read the rest
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The Problem With Experts Indeed
Interesting take over on RealHDAudio taking shots at a music producer.
I read and replied to his post but it’s not publishing over there, so here is:
Timing, timbre, and room sound.
Timing, timbre, and room sound.
Timing, timbre, and … Read the rest
Team Eye vs. Team Ear Part 1 – TV Sets Through History
Recording allows us to store and replay something. It is the first time-shifting. It’s been around for ~ 200 years but it wasn’t until the last 100 that they really started making tangible progress for commercial applications.
Images were first. … Read the rest
The Resolution Wars
MP3’s are dying, thank god. MP3 is a transitionary technology that has overstayed it’s welcome.
If you believe lossy MP3 is all you need for music, goodbye. Come back when you want to listen. Yes 320k is better than 192k … Read the rest
The Pono Promise Is Real
This crazy old rock star started another company. He named it the Hawaiian word for righteousness. He has long hair, wears jeans and a leather coat, it’s a for-profit small business, and he is hated by conservatives.
The … Read the rest
Appreciating HD Audio
Good article by Bob O’Donnell posted at Engadget. Engadget is usually anti-audio quality, pushing the standard line of lossy is fine, smartphones are fine, buy new headphones and shut up. But Bob pushes through with a nice summary of … Read the rest
Rip 2.0
Rip your CD’s again. Do it right this time.
Most of us went through ripping phases where we created gigs of MP3 files and either traded back in our CD’s or hid them in the basement. We’ve been walking around … Read the rest
I Thought It Was Gone…
… or I was losing my hearing.
Words of wisdom from the people that know music (the people that make music):
… Read the restThe Complicated World of Hearing
What do you hear?
Everything you can.
How do you hear?
Binaurally through the ears using mechanoreceptors in the form of tiny hairs called follicular receptors. Additional data is picked up by … Read the rest
Audio Mythology
See if you agree with any of these:… Read the rest
HD Apple Rumors Swirling
Rumors are flying that Apple is about to include 24-bit audio in it’s new iOS products, both from the software end of things and hardware – updating the Lightning cable for faster interconnects when HD Audio is being used with … Read the rest
High Fidelity Audio Enters The Digital Age – Slashdot