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SanDisk introduces SlotMusic, new music format
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andysayshi
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I'm constantly amazed at record companies, still desperately trying to cling to the old album purchase model, when the market has clearly moved away from it. And who wants to fiddle around with a bunch of memory cards whilst listening to music on the bus or train?
This is a gimmick at most. Music purchase is a solid online business now, and the demographic that uses gadgets with memory card slots is computer savvy. Plus, with phones and music players like iPod Touch and Zune now offering impressive online capabilities and huge storage capacities, the need for memory cards at all is nearly gone from the marketplace.
Even if I choose to go retail rather than online, at most large record stores in Australia now, I can buy songs and install them directly on my phone via WiFi or USB.
Sorry, but IMO this idea is dead in the water.
This is a gimmick at most. Music purchase is a solid online business now, and the demographic that uses gadgets with memory card slots is computer savvy. Plus, with phones and music players like iPod Touch and Zune now offering impressive online capabilities and huge storage capacities, the need for memory cards at all is nearly gone from the marketplace.
Even if I choose to go retail rather than online, at most large record stores in Australia now, I can buy songs and install them directly on my phone via WiFi or USB.
Sorry, but IMO this idea is dead in the water.
ColorSlaughter
Slut
Its not entirely a bad idea. The market still needs to rely on physical media to survive, after all, which is why a lot of record companies (I guess more indie labels because thats what I actually pay attention to.) are offering a ton of bonus material to accompany their albums, as well as really nice packages that makes them a really good thing to throw on your shelf.
Thats why I collect CD's after all, and I don't really want to see them disappear for that reason. However, will these offer the same options that most CD's have? What will the audio quality be like in comparison to CD Quality?
Probably nothing that a cell phone would be able to pick up. But given those are becoming the popular music player, its not a bad idea.
Thats why I collect CD's after all, and I don't really want to see them disappear for that reason. However, will these offer the same options that most CD's have? What will the audio quality be like in comparison to CD Quality?
Probably nothing that a cell phone would be able to pick up. But given those are becoming the popular music player, its not a bad idea.
andysayshi
JUB Addict
That's part of my point, I guess. I'm a CD buyer too, because of bonus material but mostly because I can't stand the audio quality of most MP3s, and I'd prefer to listen to true uncompressed music (like CDs). Plus, CDs offer a reliable backup - when I buy a CD, I rip it to the computer and put it in the cupboard as a reliable backup for the next time my hard drive dies.
If you're buying at retail, unless you're purchasing for instant playback capability, why would you buy a volatile and more losable format with lesser quality than CD?
andysayshi
JUB Addict
^Cool test site - I got it right! 
Of course, the dynamic range compression on CDs is the choice of audio engineers, based around perceived loudness issues, and nothing to do with the capability of the medium. It's a relatively modern phenomenon - CDs in the 80s were FAR less compressed than CDs today. MP3s are affected just as much as CDs with these choices of today's audio engineers.
A good explanation of the process here:
MP3 compression, on the other hand, removes frequency AND amplitude dynamics in order to reduce data size, and that is on TOP of the dynamic range compression introduced at the engineering stage.
Personally, I use the Apple Lossless codec for music. It's about 5 times larger than an average 256K MP3, but half the size of uncompressed, and sonically identical to the original. But I am a bit of an audio nazi.
Of course, the dynamic range compression on CDs is the choice of audio engineers, based around perceived loudness issues, and nothing to do with the capability of the medium. It's a relatively modern phenomenon - CDs in the 80s were FAR less compressed than CDs today. MP3s are affected just as much as CDs with these choices of today's audio engineers.
A good explanation of the process here:
MP3 compression, on the other hand, removes frequency AND amplitude dynamics in order to reduce data size, and that is on TOP of the dynamic range compression introduced at the engineering stage.
Personally, I use the Apple Lossless codec for music. It's about 5 times larger than an average 256K MP3, but half the size of uncompressed, and sonically identical to the original. But I am a bit of an audio nazi.