Ternaugh Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 I'm currently going through a bunch of CDs that I hadn't ripped into FLAC yet, and I've found a few oddities that were most likely picked up when I was working in electronics retail. One of these is a Spatializer demo disc, which touts a technology that simulates 3D stereo with two speakers. One short track mentions that it takes advantage of the advanced features of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 95. Apparently, a few Spatializer-processed albums were released by labels, including a few classical/pops albums on the Telarc label. Currently listening to "Crazy Girl" by Rock Sugar. Enforcer84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 in the middle of restructuring and reorganizing my music collection with a fresh Media Monkey install. Found some nice guitar bit that was a guy from a guitar shop demonstrating their new models. Listening to Shut up and Dance by Walk the Moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 in the middle of restructuring and reorganizing my music collection with a fresh Media Monkey install. Found some nice guitar bit that was a guy from a guitar shop demonstrating their new models. Listening to Shut up and Dance by Walk the Moon. I've been playing around a bit more with the latest version of Media Monkey, mainly for the DLNA/UPnP server functions. It's amazingly friendly with my new Onkyo surround sound system, and actually allows playlists on the receiver's network player. The only trick was marking the MAC of the receiver as an allowed client, otherwise, the library wouldn't show up. I've set up MM to have separate views for soundtracks, multichannel FLAC, 2 channel FLAC, classical, and so on; these also show up as options through the DLNA connection. The old media box is primarily running JRiver Media Center for TV recording, and Asset for an audio-only DLNA server. Asset allows multiple profiles (with on-the-fly conversion), so I've got one that converts FLAC to WAV that's capped at 48kHz/24 bit in case I want to stream to the XBox One or other devices that can't handle FLAC or sampling rates above 48kHz. Currently listening to "Water Out of Wine" by Tony Banks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 I've recently started on the FLAC train, lamenting the theft of my CD collection so much more now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DasBroot Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac Ternaugh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 On Presuming to be Modern (I) I've used this as a fanfare for a character in a campaign where everyone chose theme songs, and one of the guys in the group ripped a CD of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 E minor 5/9 Minor/5 A lot of folks find this dissonant and unsettling. Only Germans use minor 9ths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Who plays the chainsaw as a musical instrument? OK. Now build it up from a solo instrument to a full ensemble. "The Malden Chamber Chainsaw Orchestra plays "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". Maybe someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Right idea, but it's a steel saw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 closer... but still a solo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 I'm listening to this right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 I haven't seen Rogue One yet, but I have little optimism for the film if the soundtrack album is any indication. I know the art of the movie score is in decline as its leading lights age, but still I have no idea where they found that guy. If there even was a guy -- I strongly suspect it was made by entering the notation for the Imperial March and a couple of other recognizable SW themes into a primitive musical AI and handing the orchestra whatever random notes it spat out. If it was somehow created by a human, then that human gives hackwork a bad name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 "White Sister" by Toto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 I haven't seen Rogue One yet, but I have little optimism for the film if the soundtrack album is any indication. I know the art of the movie score is in decline as its leading lights age, but still I have no idea where they found that guy. If there even was a guy -- I strongly suspect it was made by entering the notation for the Imperial March and a couple of other recognizable SW themes into a primitive musical AI and handing the orchestra whatever random notes it spat out. If it was somehow created by a human, then that human gives hackwork a bad name. The composer was Michael Giacchino, who was given a month to score the film after the original composer, Alexander Desplat, dropped out. Giacchino is known for scoring The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Up for Pixar, and the new Star Trek movies for Paramount, as well as a host of other movies, TV shows, and video games. That said, I was less than happy with Jurassic World, which I found to be a mostly forgettable soundtrack punctuated by a few quotes of the original John Williams compositions for the first two movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Heart - Crazy on You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 28, 2017 Report Share Posted April 28, 2017 "Beethoven's 5 Secrets" by the Piano Guys tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted April 28, 2017 Report Share Posted April 28, 2017 Main Street - Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ternaugh Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 The new album (released April 28) from Ayreon, The Source. And before that, the new album (released April 7) from Mike + The Mechanics, Let Me Fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted April 30, 2017 Report Share Posted April 30, 2017 2017 R&R Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. I'm watching it the second time in a row actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 R&R? Rhythm and Rhythm? Just now listening to Jeff Wayne's Forever Autumn. On the radio, unfortunately, so Thunderchild won't be next. Ternaugh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DasBroot Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Mike Oldfield - Hibernaculum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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