Re: RealAudio samples from LD

["future perfect" <artmusic@gte.net>]

My only concern with MP3s is that, though the sound quality is vasly
improved, the file sizes are BIG, and Im not sure, but I dont think you can
make them 'streaming'..its nice to just click on a link and hear something,
even if it is bad AM radio quality, at least it gives me an idea what other
people are up to. Anyone else??
Dave Eichenberger



-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Walker <tawalker@dircon.co.uk>
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Date: Friday, March 13, 1998 3:15 PM
Subject: RealAudio samples from LD


>Hi there, y'all...
>
>This is my first post to LD, so my greetings to all the regulars. I
>hope to de-lurk from time to time, and look forward to listening as
>well as contributing...
>
>The subject of a sound samples page at the LD site caught my attention.
>I'm all in favour of the idea, except for one detail: should it be
>RealAudio **only**? Personally, I'm an enthusiast of MPEG3 audio,
>mainly for reasons of sound quality and its cross-platform nature (I
>don't use Win32 or the Mac, and have had problems with the Win16
>RealPlayer), and intend to
>use MPEG3 for my Web site's future audio clips.
>
>However, I think the audio clips page is a great idea - perhaps the
>file format could be left to the individual? For that matter, can MP3s
>be converted to RealAudio format easily?
>
>Friends, loopers, countrymen, lend me your views...
>
>Best wishes,
>Tim.
>
>
>
>*******************Tim Walker - Staines, UK*****************
> tawalker@dircon.co.uk - www.users.dircon.co.uk/~tawalker/
>  "Quiet is the absence of sound, silence the presence of
>*******************silence." (Robert Fripp)*****************
>
>