I prefer mono.
November 26, 2009 12:05 AM CST
I prefer mono.
November 25, 2009 2:36 PM CST
I've only experienced problems with converting a stereo MP3 into a mono one with maybe one or two songs, where it ended up with static or one channel drowned out the other. Personally, I think the mono podcasts sound fine. Better than AM radio, even. Stereo MP3s often sound worse, in fact, because you split the channels and each channel has a lower bit rate. For example, an 80 kbps stereo MP3 is actually 40 kbps per channel, which is why you hear the compression artifacts in the music (that swishing sound). We would have to rip our shows at 160 kbps stereo to replicate the sound of our 80 kbps shows, and what would it gain you? Well, for one, it would take you twice as long to download each episode and take up that twice as much room on your hard drive or iPod... and it wouldn't necessarily sound any better! Also, the podcasts aren't intended to include pristeen copies of the music... FREDDI is right. We'd rather folks go out and buy the records, CDs, or downloads from the bands if they want the best quality sound. So think of the podcasts as more of a sampling of what's out there rather than an aurally perfect copy of it.
By the way, ALL of our shows are supposed to be ripped in mono, so that the audio is consistent when listening from one program to the next.
November 25, 2009 1:59 PM CST
Guessin' my ears ain't as finely tuned as yers, my fellow music fiend...cuz I really can't tell any difference once I'm in full tilt garagepunk podcast party-time position...
...most o' the 'casts are in such shitty mp3 bitrates that mono vs. stereo is of no concern...
November 25, 2009 12:28 PM CST
Mmm... I think podcasts radio and Garagepunk.com is above all a good chance to knowing new music and bands.
Then if someone heard and discover something interesting, he better search for the CD or LP,and buy it.
Well,maybe most of the stuff played it's not easy to find,but wishing them,visiting records shops or mail order catalogue,
it's still a charming things about music. Anyway I connected my PC audio output in my HI-FI and ain't not that horrible result.
November 25, 2009 8:58 AM CST
Hey You Lovely Garagepunkers and Podcasters- Something has been bugging me lately and I just wanted to see if anybody cares about this subject. Most of the podcasts here at Garagepunk.com are in Mono, though most of the music recorded after 1965 is mixed in Stereo. I understand that a Mono MP3 is much smaller in size, uses less internet server space and is much quicker to download; but a lot of the music gets compromised and even instruments and voices lost in the process of changing the Stereo signal into Mono. Does this bother anybody else besides myself? By no means am I upset with what I've heard here at Garagepunk.com, quite the contrary. Since we're all playing fairly rare music, lots of unheard old and new bands, I just figured it should sound it's very best for the listener. Lemme know what you think.... Brother Pantichrist
November 25, 2009 7:58 PM CST
THe King Khan and BBQ Show "Invisible Girl"
November 25, 2009 2:05 PM CST
A-Bones Not Now! ...just as a start...oh and that White Wires 7'' on Trouble In Mind Records was outta site!
November 24, 2009 7:48 PM CST
Nice choices!
November 24, 2009 6:56 PM CST
Maybe a bit early but it gives us a chance to catch up on the ones we really shouldn't have missed...
Smith Westerns
Strange Boys and Girls Club
um... pretty short list... I guess the credit crunch stopped me buying as many albums as i would have liked.
November 25, 2009 3:39 AM CST
edge??? u2???? Blaine said:
edge- u2
November 23, 2009 12:21 PM CST
Epic Soundtracks
Tory Crimes
Ed Banger
November 22, 2009 1:46 AM CST
edge- u2
November 17, 2009 11:42 AM CST
I've always loved the bass player of the Dwarves name best:
'He Who Shall Not Be Named'
it still gets a giggle out of me...
November 24, 2009 10:58 AM CST
I'd forgotten that Adam Curry was a major podcast pioneer. In fact the first time I heard the term was on a radio interview with him, several years ago. Before then I'd just thought he was a mindless MTV pretty boy from the '80s, but he's pretty damn sharp. kopper said:
Well, there's this:
http://www.castwiki.com/index.php?title=History_of_Podcasting_by_Ad... I sent that link to the EFF. I hope it helps!
November 24, 2009 10:23 AM CST
Well, there's this: http://www.castwiki.com/index.php?title=History_of_Podcasting_by_Ad... I sent that link to the EFF. I hope it helps!
November 24, 2009 12:06 AM CST
Yo Ho Ho!
November 23, 2009 11:52 PM CST
Welcome to Pirate Podcasting, baby! Woo Hoo! I'm getting a boat directly.
November 23, 2009 10:06 PM CST
A Twitter follower alerted me to this post by the Electronic Frontier Foundation about a company that'sbeen awarded a patent on podcasting. From the article: ... This patent could threaten the vibrant community of podcasters and millions of podcast listeners. We want to put a stop to it, but we need your help. The Volomedia patent covers "a method for providing episodic media." It's a ridiculously broad patent, covering something that many folks have been doing for many years. Worse, it could create a whole new layer of ongoing costs for podcasters and their listeners. Right now, just about anyone can create their own on-demand talk radio program, earning an audience on the strength of their ideas. But more costs and hassle means that podcasting could go the way of mainstream radio -- with only the big guys able to afford an audience. And we'd have a bogus patent to blame. In order to bust this patent, we are looking for additional "prior art" -- or evidence that the podcasting methods described in the patent were already in use before November 19, 2003. In particular, we're looking for written descriptions of methods that allow a user to download pre-programmed episodic media like audio files or video files from a remote publisher, with the download occurring after the user subscribes to the episodes, and with the user continuing to automatically receive new episodes. On Volomedia's Web site they say they filed for the patent Nov. 17, 2003 " almost a year before the start of podcasting," they say. "VoloMedia's intent is to continue to work collaboratively with key participants in the industry, leveraging its unique range of products to further grow and accelerate the market. " Has anyone here been at it since before November 2003? I'm not sure whether this actually is a threat to independent podcasters as the EFF seems to think, or not. But it probably is an issue worth watching.
November 23, 2009 6:28 PM CST
I love the Phill Spektor Christmas album with Marshmallow World...and of course the Ramones Mery Xmas I don't want to fight tonite!
November 23, 2009 3:48 PM CST
There's a great James Brown christmas CD that compiles most of the x-mas tunes he did, "Santa's Got A Brand New Bag".
Also the Flying Bomb records "Surprise Package" CD compiling their x-mas 7 inchers is worth a listen.
November 22, 2009 2:57 PM CST
I like Elvis' Christmas album and The Etiquette Records Christmas album by the Sonics, Wailers and Galaxies. I also like Sock it To Me Santa by Bob Seger and the Last Herd.
November 21, 2009 5:35 AM CST
Hey everybody! Soon it's christmas time again. Love it or hate it, there's no time for bad tunes on christmas. Anybody thinking back about past christmas partys is cringing whent it comes to the music. But besides "Last Christmas" and highly polished radio crap there's also good stuff. Especially in the Garage/R'n'R/Insrumental genres. Most vinyl-lovers will know the legendary Norton Records holiday 45 series, a true delight in sound and image. If you like classic punk rock and unholy jokes then the "Christmas Album" by THE YOBS (aka THE BOYS) should offer you high class entertainment during snowy winter nights.
November 23, 2009 3:06 AM CST
It's about ten years that I don't play with a band anymore,but lately I'm going to record something by my own.So I bought some necessary engine machines to add at the old equipment: . -Gibson Les Paul custom black '78 -Fender Telecaster USA (recently bought for that dry Kinks-like sound that I love) -Fender Jazzmaster Japan crafted (good sounds especially clean) -Fender junior pro 15 (Ideal if you need to play at home) -Fender sidekick 25 solid state -Sovtek Big Muff-Boss DS1-MXR distorsion (If you?re looking for fuzz sound, one of these 3 it's good enough for me,using a wah pedal to set the tone,instead of looking for rare and expensive vintage stomps) -Dunlop Cry Baby -EHX-Holy Grail reverb (expensive but excellent if you don't have a real sprig one) -EHX-Wiggler-A kind of vibrato-tremolo-rotary with a two 12AX7 valves;if you put it at the end of the chain(with no need to be switched on),will improve your sound in general. -EHX DeLuxe MemoryMan-It's a good delay with very weird options to experiment,but if you need to set it for a classic slapback,try something less expensive. -A Beyer Dynamic and a Shure mics Recently I took a Fostex 16 Track digital recorder,and a DR880 Boss drum machine... maybe not the ideal for the LO-FI style and attitude..but you spare a drummer and lot of time sometimes. -
November 22, 2009 3:19 PM CST
The trick is to use reverb so it's not sounding like it's bouncing off walls and it's sounding like words are colliding into each other. Kopper's podcasts are really well balanced and are easilly understandable.
November 17, 2009 5:57 PM CST
