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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:19 am
by bdzz
superuser wrote:I'm sure a lot of people already know this or have there own prefs, but here is a decent option for iTunes/iPhone/iPod users.
I download WAVs then drop them into iTunes. Select them all as a group. File>Convert to Apple Lossless.
Delete the WAVs from iTunes, but keep the original downloaded WAVs for backup.
In iTunes, Select all the Apple Lossless files that you created and edit the tags to your liking + add artwork.
This gives you a tagged lossless file to use on your computer and portable devices. Entire process probably takes 5 min.
+1 If you use iTunes that's best solution.
But first you need to set the preset to Apple Lossless (Preferences, General, Import settings).
Then you select all the tracks and choose Apple Lossless from the Advanced menu.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:22 am
by noby
superuser wrote:Delete the WAVs from iTunes, but keep the original downloaded WAVs for backup.
Is the download from Bleep just a one-time thing? If it isn't, I don't see much reason to keep a local backup.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:25 am
by bdzz
noby wrote:superuser wrote:Delete the WAVs from iTunes, but keep the original downloaded WAVs for backup.
Is the download from Bleep just a one-time thing? If it isn't, I don't see much reason to keep a local backup.
Imagine Bleep goes down and you won't have access to the files anyomre...
Always keep a backup.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:43 am
by Macfuk
Just ditch iTunes. Your lives will improve immeasurably and the sun will shine.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:53 am
by d e n
Macfuk wrote:Just ditch iTunes. Your lives will improve immeasurably and the sun will shine.
what is your reasoning
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:12 am
by noby
bdzz wrote:Imagine Bleep goes down and you won't have access to the files anyomre...
Always keep a backup.
I don't find it a probably situation what Bleep would be down at a time I have an acute need for 24-bit recordings
. And even better solution would be to convert them in the original 24-bit depth, ALAC supports that right?
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:17 am
by bdzz
noby wrote:bdzz wrote:Imagine Bleep goes down and you won't have access to the files anyomre...
Always keep a backup.
I don't find it a probably situation what Bleep would be down at a time I have an acute need for 24-bit recordings
. And even better solution would be to convert them in the original 24-bit depth, ALAC supports that right?
Sorry, I mean when a store goes out of business. I don't see any chance of that w/ Bleep.
But still it's easier to keep a backup.
Maybe I'm a bit paranoid (once I've lost a huge part of my digital life...).
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:54 pm
by superuser
noby wrote:superuser wrote:Delete the WAVs from iTunes, but keep the original downloaded WAVs for backup.
Is the download from Bleep just a one-time thing? If it isn't, I don't see much reason to keep a local backup.
Just talking about a general routine. On Bleep you can redownload, but on Beatport you can't.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:14 pm
by Capt Kittinger
azamarro wrote:What do you guys even listen to flacs on? I hate listening to music on the computer (bad speakers and hate looking at a screen while listening to music) but that's the only place it seems flacs can be used.
When I go out, as far as digital file playback is concerned, I have an iPod and my car stereo has a USB port so I can use a thumb drive. Also the CD player can read an mp3-formatted disc which is useful at times. But none of these things support flac files! Do you all just have non-iPod MP3 players?
Me personally, my home setup is a server upstairs, connected via ethernet to a HTPC in my tv cabinet running XBMC, in turn connected via HDMI to my stereo. FLAC is my preferred format!
Edit: and on the move, I use my smartphone instead of a dedicated mp3 player, but when I had an iPod it was Rockboxed and played FLACs fine..
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:14 pm
by Basefree
Your download can also expire. It happened to me in Boomkat (though it took a year, or even two, didn't follow).
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:25 pm
by jcotteri
Calvin wrote:yeah i call bullshit on anyone in this thread that says they can hear a difference between V0 mp3 and FLAC / Wav / Lossless while PORTABLE. i already call BS on just being able to tell a difference in general, but CERTAINLY NOT while portable.
my point was that from wav you can get to any format you want
from flac you can get to any format you want
so there's no need to download both
COSIGN.
It's a placebo effect whilst fully portable.. Connected at home this is a different story.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:44 pm
by azamarro
Capt Kittinger wrote:azamarro wrote:What do you guys even listen to flacs on? I hate listening to music on the computer (bad speakers and hate looking at a screen while listening to music) but that's the only place it seems flacs can be used.
When I go out, as far as digital file playback is concerned, I have an iPod and my car stereo has a USB port so I can use a thumb drive. Also the CD player can read an mp3-formatted disc which is useful at times. But none of these things support flac files! Do you all just have non-iPod MP3 players?
Me personally, my home setup is a server upstairs, connected via ethernet to a HTPC in my tv cabinet running XBMC, in turn connected via HDMI to my stereo. FLAC is my preferred format!
Edit: and on the move, I use my smartphone instead of a dedicated mp3 player, but when I had an iPod it was Rockboxed and played FLACs fine..
Wow, I still don't know what your home setup is. Too many acronyms to make sense of it. I guess I'm technologically stunted. Ah, okay some smartphones play flacs. That makes sense.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:22 pm
by thepastinsidepressant
comes to life with these Flacs, just made apple lossys for the ipod too.
can't wait to play the vinyl now.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:23 pm
by thepastinsidepressant
Macfuk wrote:Just ditch iTunes. Your lives will improve immeasurably and the sun will shine.
yea hate itunes myself, flacs from the source if at all possible, bleep in this case.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:32 pm
by DisgruntledPorcupine
thepastinsidepressant wrote:comes to life with these Flacs, just made apple lossys for the ipod too.
can't wait to play the vinyl now.
Yeah the FLACs really do sound a lot better.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:07 pm
by North by North
Not an audiophile (so forgive me), but would MP3s converted from FLAC sound better than MP3's burn from the CD (still waiting for mine to arrive)?
Appreciate any input from the audio experts.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:57 pm
by superuser
North by North wrote:Not an audiophile (so forgive me), but would MP3s converted from FLAC sound better than MP3's burn from the CD (still waiting for mine to arrive)?
Appreciate any input from the audio experts.
No
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:35 am
by thepastinsidepressant
ok just noticed a glitch at 3:01 on New Seeds flac from bleep. re-downloading to see if its ok then.
mp3s fine, wavs are fine, remaining flac files fine
just re-downloaded, same issue. anyone else can check this for me?
thanks
edt: hmm seems to be my flac player/conversion. i think.
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:17 am
by d e n
i recommend VLC as a FLAC player. works smoothly.
i like itunes personally, it's organized and if you have an apple music player it's perfect. also the itunes tomorrow's harvest sounds no different the wavs from bleep.
question: when a CD is burned onto the computer the files are 16bitwavs not mp3's, yes?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:40 am
by mc10101
d e n wrote:
question: when a CD is burned onto the computer the files are 16bitwavs not mp3's, yes?
It depends how you rip it. In Windows Media Player you need to set your 'rip settings' quality to WAV 1411k beforehand. If you've never touched the rip-settings before its default is probably 320kps mp3.