Robotobibok. The Residents. MP3 vs. CD: The Beer Test. Unless you’re a dog, a whale, or a computer, you’re not going to be able to tell the difference between a good MP3 and CD audio. Think you’re an audiophile? I’ll bet you beers you can’t tell the difference between 256 Kbps VBR MP3s and CD audio in a blind test. Track Selection 12 tracks have been selected from commercially sold, mass-produced audio CDs (i.e. Selected tracks are: Order Songs are ordered alphabetically by song title. CD to MP3 MP3 tracks were imported to iTunes with these settings: stereo bit rate = 256 Kbps Variable Bit Rate (VBR)Quality = HighestSample Rate = 48 kHzChannels = AudioStereo Mode = NormalSmart Encoding Adjustments = OffFilter Frequencies Below 10 Hz = On CD tracks were imported to iTunes using the Apple Lossless Encoder.
Randomness To determine which track comes first in a pairing, I rolled a six-sided die. Sound Level I created a playlist with the 24 tracks and sound-leveled all tracks with iVolume v3.1.4. CD Burning A CD-R was burned with my iMac using iTunes. Scoring. Song Meanings at Songfacts. Jeff Mills. Simple Minds unofficial. Jan Akkerman. Deep Mix Moscow Radio. Definitive Jux Records. Applescal. 8-bit operators. Allan Holdsworth. The pop group. Robert Wyatt. (nearly) an official website Robert Wyatt was a founding member of the Soft Machine, who along with Pink Floyd Helped to transform the late sixties psychedelic scene in the UK into something more lasting. Through successive albums, Soft Machine soon moved toward a more jazz-based fusion with rock music, punctuated by Wyatt's distinctive drumming and vocals, attracting a massive following across Europe.
After extensive touring, Wyatt left intending to pursue a solo career, but instead assembled Matching Mole who released two critically acclaimed LP's before disbanding prematurely. In 1973, Wyatt fell from a third floor window during a party, leaving him paralysed from the waist downwards. From that day onwards he has concentrated his efforts into solo recordings, mixing simple and effective keyboard melody lines with poignant lyrics, often filled with personal and political references. Drumcode. FACT magazine: music & art news. Pitchfork. Robert Quine. Cleartrails: The Shriekback Index Page. Shriekback. Pampelmoose.