Posted by tubeguy on 11/24/05 02:27

"Onideus Mad Hatter" <usenet@backwater-productions.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:11:34 GMT, "tubeguy" <NOtubeguySPAM@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> Off topic you say? Pffft, this is Usenet, get the fuck over yourself
>>> already, bitch.
>>>
>>> If'n you wanna be a Hatter hater, first j00 is need to download nyah:
>>> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_video/tehsuck.avi
>>> ~17 MB, encoded in Xvid
>
>>The sound was good. Not great, but good. But I always like anything with
>>Terry Farrell.
>>
>>I listened with Grado SR60's through an off-the-shelf preamp to buffer the
>>signal. The video was choppy, but that's probably due to my weak-ass
>>machine.
>
> Most likely...or an incompatible/outdated codec...either way would
> cause frame skipping.
>
>>There was some noise, but that is to be expected when you are dealing with
>>consumer-grade sources. It wasn't in the way, I just noticed it, but then
>>I
>>have a stupidly good ear for this stuff. I'm more used to professional
>>headroom, so anything sticks out for me. Most people wouldn't know the
>>difference.
>
> Some of the "noise" was intentional, in the series they would always
> use a kind of background "hum". In some parts, like the part with
> Julian and Ezri in the middle I cut down the hum pretty significantly.
> Part of it is also due to the encoding, I used like 22050Hz,
> 56kbps...not exactly stellar, but good for web distribution. My
> primary concern was more with the mixing than the overall sound
> quality though...for example the second music section, I think the
> volume needs to go down a bit on that...like say 15 to 25 percent of
> what it's currently at.
>
> There's also very slight bit of the original instrumental section in
> the very beginning. In the original clip there's an instrumental
> section playing that stops just a bit after the computer chimes, so
> what I did was remove the original chime and found another chime in
> another clip that had no background music, but I'm thinkin I might
> need to find another clip that has the computer saying "incoming
> transmission" cause if you listen real close you can still hear that
> tiny bit of instrumental...it's blended alright, but it still kinda
> stands out...well to me anyway. Blending/mixing audio is probably my
> weakest area at the moment, but I'm doing a lot of experimentation and
> research. I'm VERY interested in subwoofer effects, like the one
> Linkin Park used in the very start of their song "Numb". I want to
> take it to a higher level though and do some stuff with 5 point
> surround sound, like a war scene in which it feels like explosions are
> going off all around you.

If you like deep bass, I recommend investing in a Bag End Infrasub
(www.bagend.com). Like 8 or 16 Hz at the bottom. Too cool. I don't remember
the exact specs but Infrasubs do go below 20Hz. Not that there is a lot of
material with this frequency range available, but stuff like pipe organs on
vinyl, that is some shit to hear.

Some listeners have said that the only way to get really good bass is to
have 2 subwoofers, but I have never heard a comparison. AFAIK, anything
under 100 cycles is onmnidirectional, so the really important thing is
placement in the room. I messed with a 12" sub a few years ago, and I ended
up with it about 2' from the back wall and out by like 5' from the side. The
boom factor is the biggest sticking point for most acute listeners, but this
can be ameliorated by pulling the cab out from the wall just the right
amount.

>>I actually have some tunes I ripped from vinyl if you're interested. I
>>just
>>got a Music Hall 2.1- an entry level deck but it sounds pretty good to me.
>
> Why not post them to the binary flonk?
> alt.binaries.multimedia.flonk
>
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>
> Onideus Mad Hatter
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> http://www.backwater-productions.net

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