Tidal now selling Prince’s exclusive new album on CD and digital download
September 16, 2015 Comments Off on Tidal now selling Prince’s exclusive new album on CD and digital download
A Tidal spokesperson confirmed that this is the first time the service has opened its doors to non-subscriber purchases of an artist’s music. It’s a feature many other streaming services include: Apple Music is obviously coupled to Apple’s iTunes Store, and smaller services like Rdio have their own associated MP3 stores. (Spotify is a notable absence: it sells merchandise and links out to offers on physical products like vinyl, but there’s no way to buy its MP3s or directly purchase associated physical copies.)
Tascam Free Hi-Res Editor Now Has for Mac OS X Support
September 14, 2015 Comments Off on Tascam Free Hi-Res Editor Now Has for Mac OS X Support
DSD Audio can be played natively through USB devices that support it. In cases where a PCM interface is used, or even the computer’s built-in audio, the software automatically plays DSD back through the interface at any available sample rate. A section of the DSD file can be exported as a new file, either in DSD or WAV format, to separate one long recording into individual tracks.
Hi-Res Audio’s Dirty Little Secret
August 16, 2015 Comments Off on Hi-Res Audio’s Dirty Little Secret
” News flash: There are good recordings and bad recordings out there, and as enthusiasts, we’ve always selected our content—whether vinyl LPs, CDs, laserdiscs, DVDs, Blu-rays, and now downloads—based on what we’ve been able to learn from reviews and recommendations about the quality of the music or movie, plus the quality of the recording. Unfortunately, it’s no different with hi-res music; bad production values in the initial recording session or mix don’t get any better just because they’ve been transferred from an analog master into a high-resolution audio forma
Prince to Release New Album Only on Tidal
August 16, 2015 Comments Off on Prince to Release New Album Only on Tidal
“Tidal, the Jay Z-owned Tidal streaming service, announced that Prince will release his latest album exclusively on its platform. The album, HITNRUN, is due out September 7.”
What’s the Difference Between FLAC vs ALAC Lossless for audiophile recordings?
August 6, 2015 Comments Off on What’s the Difference Between FLAC vs ALAC Lossless for audiophile recordings?
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” The primary argument you’ll hear against ALAC is that it’s an “Apple” technology and users don’t want to be locked into Apple technologies in any way shape or form and want their stuff to be open source and royalty free down the road. I’m not here to take a stand one way or the other, but rather to say this is what I’ve primarily heard as the main points why people are against ALAC.”
Audiophile Linux
July 25, 2015 Comments Off on Audiophile Linux
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” The transport and the processing of the audio files are essential. The music travels with AP-Linux from the playback software to the external sound card (DAC) with much greater speed and efficiency. The 192 kHz sample rate is being processed with latencies between 5 to 10ms, dependent on your hardware.”
Apple Music vs. Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Qobuz
June 21, 2015 Comments Off on Apple Music vs. Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Qobuz
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” Streaming subscriptions have really moved on in the last few years, and you can’t go wrong on any of these. Deezer, Spotify and Apple lead the pack, but the others aren’t far behind. One consideration is how much you love Taylor Swift – she’s not on Spotify, but you’ll find her on Tidal.”
State of digital audio distribution
June 15, 2015 Comments Off on State of digital audio distribution
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Despite the growth in streaming revenues and a substantial decline of download sales (-8 percent), downloads still account for the lion’s share of worldwide digital music sales. According to the latest Digital Music Report published by IFPI today, permanent downloads accounted for 52 percent of digital earnings in 2014.”
Spotify Expands Services to Include Video, More
May 31, 2015 Comments Off on Spotify Expands Services to Include Video, More
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“Other streaming services have created playlists for different running cadences to help runners keep the pace. That’s good if you know your pace and don’t mind listening to the same music every day. Spotify Running music is chosen based on our listening history, which is added to multiple-genre playlists”
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