The Computer Audiophile Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Thanks for the in-depth article @bluesman. As a podcaster who recently upgraded all my stuff, Neumann TLM 103 and Merging Anubis+, I read this with a new sense of (limited) understanding and found it very interesting. The wheels are spinning on how I can test out some of this. Very cool. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
bbosler Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 WOW😮 Very impressive and informative. As I read it, I couldn't help but notice all of the acronyms and abbreviations that many/most of us take for granted but a newbie might not. Not a criticism, just an observation... slow day at the ranch so I made a list... almost 70 of them.. I know some are so common that they are universal. .. just something I found interesting and free music too !!! keep em' comin' FLAC wav DAI SQ CD DSP DAW USB TOSLINK RCA HDMI WiFi GNU PC SBC gig RAM RPF OS USB SSD SD ZRAM HAT PPA SSH VNC WLAN ALSA MC ADC Mic DAC SoC I/O DSD MC LMMS VST VLC CPU LED GUI IMO SBC OK XLR TRS DC PS AC dB dBu BTW EQ D-to-D MB Mp3 KB GB NAS BU WD BT SMPS YMMV bluesman 1 see my system at Audiogon https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/768 Link to comment
bluesman Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 54 minutes ago, bbosler said: WOW😮 Very impressive and informative. As I read it, I couldn't help but notice all of the acronyms and abbreviations that many/most of us take for granted but a newbie might not. Thanks for the observation. That's why I try to spell out the full terms the first time each is mentioned, adding the abbreviation to be used in parentheses, e.g. "digital audio interface (DAI)". Perhaps I've assumed more than is justified about many of those on your list - I'll try to be more consistent with up-front definitions. TTYL 🤪 Link to comment
Account Closed Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Quick question: Do you ever sleep? Let me see: Doctor, Musician, Researcher, Recordist..... Did I miss anything? Loved it, Thanks The Computer Audiophile 1 Link to comment
Rexp Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 11 hours ago, bluesman said: Thanks for the observation. That's why I try to spell out the full terms the first time each is mentioned, adding the abbreviation to be used in parentheses, e.g. "digital audio interface (DAI)". Perhaps I've assumed more than is justified about many of those on your list - I'll try to be more consistent with up-front definitions. TTYL 🤪 Many thanks for the recording, did you down convert it to 16/44.1? Link to comment
Rexp Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Rexp said: Many thanks for the recording, did you down convert it to 16/44.1? Ignore that, I think the player I used initially down converted it. Sounds great! Link to comment
bluesman Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 6 hours ago, Rexp said: Many thanks for the recording, did you down convert it to 16/44.1? Rudolph the Redbook Demo is a garden variety CD quality track. To see what the Pi would do, I made a few recordings at 24/192, which works fine on a fan cooled Pi 4, as long as you don’t try to use loopback monitoring in real time. But I make all of the band’s demos (for learning new tunes etc) the way I made Rudolph - it’s easy, effective, and requires no special or costly stuff. Link to comment
Rexp Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, bluesman said: Rudolph the Redbook Demo is a garden variety CD quality track. To see what the Pi would do, I made a few recordings at 24/192, which works fine on a fan cooled Pi 4, as long as you don’t try to use loopback monitoring in real time. But I make all of the band’s demos (for learning new tunes etc) the way I made Rudolph - it’s easy, effective, and requires no special or costly stuff. The download you provided is 32/44.1 as per the article? Link to comment
bluesman Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 26 minutes ago, Rexp said: The download you provided is 32/44.1 as per the article? The download is Redbook (16/44.1). Each instrument was recorded separately in 32/44.1 but the final master was mixed to 16/44.1 format. I recorded each of the 6 instrumental tracks as a 32 (float)/44 wav using Ardour. I then opened them in Audacity exactly as recorded, normalized the gain on each one, applied a little DSP (eg compressed the bass a bit in the first chorus, because it’s playing the melody and I thought it needed a little punch), touched up the gains for solos, and panned the instruments to create a soundstage. Then I mixed them down to a Redbook master. This was all done on the same 4 gig Pi 4. Rexp 1 Link to comment
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