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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:23 am
by jlgui
The site
http://hosting.earthshine.it/~boctunes doesn t work today ?
Could you repost please? Thanks !
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:33 am
by Techboy
Download still works here - cover from Google.

the volume is the same as on the original rip, I think its that it hasn't been increased rather than that it has been decreased. This is just obsessive purism on my part - increasing gain then re-encoding the file would result in a loss of quality.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:19 am
by jlgui
The download only work for a few old tunes vol 1.
For Random 35 tracks tape
==> Not Found
The requested URL /~boctunes/r35tt.zip was not found on this server.
For Old tunes vol.2 tape
==> Not Found
The requested URL /~boctunes/otv2.zip was not found on this server.
NB: You can increase the volume of mp3 without reencoding with mp3gain for example.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:10 pm
by Basefree
Replaygain metadata is the best way to alter volume without touching the audio data in any way, because the volume adjustments are written in tags. It also offers a great target volume and is quite widely supported. Portable mp3 players might not read the info, but otherwise.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:08 pm
by Macfuk
Basefree wrote:Replaygain metadata is the best way to alter volume without touching the audio data in any way, because the volume adjustments are written in tags. It also offers a great target volume and is quite widely supported. Portable mp3 players might not read the info, but otherwise.
'Portable mp3 players'
Love it.
INB4 hoards of obscure mp3 players people swear by even though they're kinda crap.
Having said that; RETRORESPECT if you managed to keep using your CREATIVE ZEN or ARCHOS after seeing your mates' ipods.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:21 pm
by Techboy
aaanyway
new link:
http://rareboc.ax.lt
AFOT with properly gained audio and R35TT added - both with serious tagging improvements, OTV2 to follow.
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:30 pm
by Basefree
Macfuk wrote:'Portable mp3 players'
Love it.
INB4 hoards of obscure mp3 players people swear by even though they're kinda crap.
Having said that; RETRORESPECT if you managed to keep using your CREATIVE ZEN or ARCHOS after seeing your mates' ipods.
Not sure how to interpret this post, but I think iPod lacks Replaygain support as well. It does offer some volume normalization option, but I don't know how that normalization is exactly achieved. I don't use it myself.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:39 pm
by jlgui
Thanks a lot! I found on Soulseek a lossless FLAC remastered version of Random 35 tracks with a very nice sound.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:49 pm
by Techboy
could you forward it to
mark@rareboc.ax.lt and ill check it out?
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:30 pm
by jlgui
It s too big via my email... I upload the files on dropbox and send you the links as soon as possible.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:35 am
by jlgui
I sent you an email this morning with dopbox links
Hope it works.