Richard D James SoundCloud - A Gift To The Fans

  On 5/15/2015 at 1:47 AM, qnio said:

which was the last uploaded track before "8 Glock+onion"?

tamclap2

grrr missed that one!

7z is the shit

why did the username change wtf stop confusing me

  On 5/15/2015 at 1:50 AM, thief said:

 

  On 5/15/2015 at 1:47 AM, qnio said:

which was the last uploaded track before "8 Glock+onion"?

 

tamclap2

 

wtf! lol ok will enable javascript when i browse sc (noscript user). now i see it

  On 5/15/2015 at 12:03 AM, Ingwe said:

 

  On 5/14/2015 at 2:39 PM, caze said:

 

Higher sampling rates can capture higher frequencies, and that is all, they cannot improve on the reproduction of the lower frequencies that are already being recorded, which is solely dependant on the quality of the AD/DA converters (and the filters they use), and the dithering algorithm being used.

correct in principle, but somewhat inaccurate.

16 bit audio has around 96dB of dynamic range, decent stereo equipment and human ears have more like 120-130db of dynamic range. so 24 bit is audible - if you have a good stereo and if the audio is not massively compressed. otherwise, yeah, diff btwn 16/24 is not really audible to the avg listener.

 

the "you don't need to go over 44.1k because you can't hear over 20k" thing many ppl believe is also missing the point a bit. audio recorded at 44.1 has to be filtered to prevent aliasing, and this filter rolls off audible frequencies due to the slope of the filter, as well as causing audible phase distortion. this is why older converters sound better at higher sampling rates, because the filter is not needed, or is at such a high freq the artifacts are inaudible. most converters today always record at 96k-384k sampling rate, and downconvert on the fly to the rate you request. so you don't hear the diff between 44.1k and 96k coz everything is recorded at 96k or higher.

 

sorry for ot, just see these misconceptions all the time.

 

24 bit is up to 120 db after dithering, 96 db is already pretty high though, and still vastly more than vinyl or cassette. 120 db is already approaching the pain threshold, close to the noise of an aircraft taking off, and would result in permanent hearing loss if endured for too long (well over environmental safety limits in most developed countries).

you're not correcting any misconceptions, I already mentioned the filters, and the dithering process also makes a difference (if it's a freq-shaped dither). you're right about the higher frequencies in the ADs these days, left that out for brevity (though they run at higher clock speeds for economic reasons as much as quality, you could make chips just as accurate with slower clocks for extra cost), the point is whether the final encoding makes a difference, and extra bits and samples get you nothing.

there might be a slight argument in adopting 24 bit in order to skip the dithering stage (because then any distortion would be well below the noise floor of the hardware being used), but that just simplifies the process (becomes a cost of storage vs cost of DAC argument), it doesn't result in better quality audio.

  On 5/15/2015 at 1:30 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

 

  On 5/15/2015 at 12:18 AM, nyr22 said:

 

  On 5/14/2015 at 11:53 PM, Goiter Sanchez said:

I really feel sorry for people releasing electronic music of the more experimental/braindance ilk at the moment... I can't tear myself away from these Aphex tracks to listen to anything else!

True but don't miss out on Mike P he's throwing some serious serious heat and up to 180 tracks now himself

 

Oh I'm on top of that one as well. Between the two of these there is little time for much else :/

 

Yes I did see you're well on top of it :) just making sure any other fans don't miss out, some real brain melting stuff in there and keeps getting better

pretend analog is awesome. as a guy who spends all his music-time trying to make pretend analog in reason, i think it sounds like it was made in reason. eh?

He responded to my recommendation to use flux :) I'm a fanboy from hell so yes I'm excited he wrote 3 sentences to me about a large monitor and eye strain ha.

  On 5/15/2015 at 2:48 AM, coolandfrank said:

as a guy who spends all his music-time trying to make pretend analog in reason

haha same here. i shoud stop though, it's quite a waste a time imo.

  On 5/15/2015 at 2:48 AM, coolandfrank said:

i think it sounds like it was made in reason. eh?

doesn't sound like so to me but what do i know

  On 5/15/2015 at 3:02 AM, Vaaler9 said:

He responded to my recommendation to use flux :) I'm a fanboy from hell so yes I'm excited he wrote 3 sentences to me about a large monitor and eye strain ha.

RDJ=legend

yo! let's trade some patches!

  On 5/15/2015 at 3:12 AM, Brian Tregaskin said:

 

  On 5/15/2015 at 2:48 AM, coolandfrank said:

as a guy who spends all his music-time trying to make pretend analog in reason

 

haha same here. i shoud stop though, it's quite a waste a time imo.

 

 

  On 5/15/2015 at 2:48 AM, coolandfrank said:

i think it sounds like it was made in reason. eh?

 

doesn't sound like so to me but what do i know

 

So can someone can fucking link to these things instead of wasting my time trying to record my fucking speakersT????¿

  On 5/15/2015 at 5:53 AM, Philip Glass said:

So can someone can fucking link to these things instead of wasting my time trying to record my fucking speakersT????¿

soundcloud downloader

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/soundcloud-downloader-fre/libedajeiljdoodmokbppgapcfbignci?hl=en

word to the suggestion of fl.ux. i'm a huge fan, used it for years, have it pernamently enabled (everybody always asks me 'why is your screen red?')

  On 5/15/2015 at 6:56 AM, xf said:

word to the suggestion of fl.ux. i'm a huge fan, used it for years, have it pernamently enabled (everybody always asks me 'why is your screen red?')

"why is your screen red?"

"because aphex twin"

Anyone else waiting for 66,666 followers?

does he mean first virtual analog or first track ever??

sounds way too good to me for a first track..

this new stuff is soo good

Pretend Analog Extmix 2b description:

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first track i did, everything virtual analog.
2007
jumped forward in the years tangent

semi-related but can anyone remember the earliest we ever heard tuss?

all i can recall is rushup in italy 2005

oh whoa, pretend analog is a confirmed tuss-era track! awesome!

2007
jumped forward in the years tangent

o boy. maybe the next batch'll have more from this time.

  On 5/15/2015 at 10:04 AM, Kilgore Trout said:

2007

 

jumped forward in the years tangent

can't wait for the 2018 tracks

rich making tunes with his future self is imminent shit

Selected Virtual Analog Works 2005-????

I've said it before (and 100s of other people probably have) but this is a glorious time to be a fan of AFX.

  On 5/15/2015 at 12:10 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 5/14/2015 at 11:53 PM, Goiter Sanchez said:

I really feel sorry for people releasing electronic music of the more experimental/braindance ilk at the moment... I can't tear myself away from these Aphex tracks to listen to anything else!

the one good effect is i think that Aphex throwing the gauntlet down like this will hopefully encourage electronic music producers to be more creative and playful. For the people who weren't aware of or who forgot that Aphex had such a diverse playful way of making music instead of just one way or a couple of ways i think this is a bigtime wakeup call. The net result i think will be certain electronic musicians, especially ones who have been heavily inspired by Aphex to loosen up and explore more (instead of just riding on one specific aphex style for example). I run an experimental electronic label and this dump has made me more excited about what im doing with the label than anytime in the last 5 years.

There is nothing threatening or bad about being overshadowed by the master, in fact i think electronic music as a whole would have probably been a lot more interesting the last 15 years if Aphex continued putting out music very regularly during that whole period. Instead what happened was the gauntlet of Analord caused thousands of people (mostly laptop musicians) to think they could buy analog electronic music hardware and be able to make cool shit with it, obviously this didn't happen but we're turning a corner now where a lot of the people who got into hardware in the mid 00's are now figuring out how to make really amazing stuff with it